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Here's the link to the timing belt change I did on 11 January, 2020.

This is great, I got to see the red Cutlass up close and watching this tonight! Ive read about how to change it out but I`m a visual sort of guy and this will help enormously for when I have to change mine out in a few years.

I've done this on a 95 GP actually. Its pretty easy to wire in but you have to rip into the donor car's wire harness pretty good to pluck out the required wires and chase them all the way back to their termination points and then do the same to your car to wire it in. TBH if you don't have the option, (do check as DigitalOutsider said) its WAY easier to just do an aftermarket solution.

I recall mine being a green color same as the factory stereo, I might have to pop the battery in the Vert to check again. Could be a yellowish green light IIRC

Look in the trunk next to where the antenna is. If it's prewired, there will be a purple wire hanging down. At least I'm pretty sure the late first gens retained the same RKE system. If not, yeah, you could get the parts from a junkyard car and wire it in.

I think there is a way if your car is pre-wired for it. Do a search of the forum

Fantastic! I hope they're still a lot of them out there hiding somewhere. My local GM dealer has been really great with helping me track down some of this rare stuff. Just to be clear, I'm assuming they are a yellow light not a green one? Or are you just wanting to change it to green? I really don't want mine to be green.

Mission complete!! I went to the junkyard today and found three cars with that mount. 1997 and 1999 Lumina, and a 1994 Grand Prix, All of them still had engines, I was hoping to find one that someone already pulled the engine from. Turned out to not be all that difficult to remove anyway, I just jacked up the engine with the scissor jack I found in the trunk (because they wouldn't let me bring in my own scissor jack!) and unbolted it. Comparison of the original mount on bottom and the new one: Notice the two holes for the subframe bolts are differently spaced. Fortunately my subframe had an additional hole there, so it fit with no trouble at all. Dogbones unhooked, engine mounted and off the hoist, everything just "at rest". Perfectly lined up!! Thank you, mfewtrail! Now on to the next mystery, exhaust. New thread coming soon...

Hi, my name is Tim and for about a year or so I've been a proud owner of a 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme that's been passed onto me. I live in Belgium and the car is in Poland for the moment but that's another matter. I had always wanted an American car, maybe the Olds isn't what the average teenager dreams of but these cars are very rare in Europe so I'm happy with it. The Oldsmobile make is almost unknown in these parts, so it adds to the curiosity factor. There are however problems with rarity - the first one being spare parts. The second issue is finding people with enough knowledge to be able to diagnose a problem or recommend any change - that is how I found this forum, I've already found a few useful posts. I hope that one day I'll be able to contribute to this forum to respond in kind.

This is right on the money. I was actually able to get my alternator out without lowering the subframe. Takes some extra twisting and turning of the alt to get free. Make sure he joins the forum though. He'll quickly change his mind on the LQ1 if he's on here and has support instead of just getting shit head comments from lazy mechanics.

Um...if your speedometer now reads less than your actual speed...so does your odometer...you may be driving farther than indicated by the odometer, which would be reflected in lower calculated fuel mileage. How far off would the indicated speed/distance be with tires that have a larger circumference? Find that, and you’ll probably discover the source of your lower fuel mileage