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That looks like the *Hood Ajar* sensor, the STE's have a sensor that displays on the DIC screen when the hood is open. You found that on the forward side of the rad header?

I would imagine there is some delay for the oil level sensor (to accommodate situations where the car might be parked on incline or something). I don't know this for sure, but it makes sense to me. As for the coolant level sensor, it's on the side of the radiator and they are notoriously flaky. I've had them unplugged on every W car.

Mine is fairly rust free but there are a few spots that have shown some issue. To take care of rust what I do is I scrape away as much of it as I can with a wire brush and then seal it over. Pretty standard procedure, I've only used Rustoleum but I imagine there is something that's much more durable to use on the underside of the car. Check under the battery, that was the spot with the most rust on my car but since it was a southern car most of its life its pretty good otherwise.

As a owner of 3 W-bodies, I will at some point have to do this to all of them. Thanks for the video!

I've been replacing a bunch of worn down suspension components on my Grand Prix recently so I can help you out a bit. I've replaced the front and rear struts, front and rear sway bar bushings, and the rear sway bar. When you say you don't see where the strut unbolts from the knuckle, I assume you're talking about the front struts right? GM went with a strange design for the front struts where they don't bolt to the knuckle at all. Instead they are removed from inside the engine compartment through the strut towers. Why they decided to do this I don't know, but this is the method for replacing them: You WILL need the special strut tool to get them out. Part number is MS 6275 for the Matco version. To replace the front sway bar bushings you need to lower the rear of the subframe to get the sway bar out of the car. That's the only tricky part there. The rear suspension is pretty straight forward. When replacing the rear struts you have to keep a jack underneath the rear knuckle to keep the leaf spring from suddenly pushing the suspension downwards once you remove all the bolts, but that's really it. The sway bar bushings on the knuckle are easy to replace, though the ones in center of the car will require a bit of work because they are in a metal retainer that clamps around them. I'm not that great at directions, so if you need any help feel free to ask.