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Alex POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Westminster, CO USA Registered: Apr 2001 Admin Use	posted 02-25-2002 02:32 PM Very well, the thread lives. I guess if anyone feels like adding a "tip" that is not here...Go for it! We don't have an official tip "page" per say....but... we have an official tip "Thread", LOL. Way to go Ed!!! Alex ------------------ 2001 Orange Plymouth Kat
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA Registered: Jul 2000 Admin Use	posted 07-28-2002 04:41 AM Back to the top for the newer people, almost 100 new members in July.
catfish POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:scottsdale,az,usa Registered: Jun 2001 Admin Use	posted 07-28-2002 10:35 AM floor mats at viper club,norcal region,130.00 shipped beautiful,comes in 4 colors.
growl POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Ramon, CA Registered: Mar 2002 Admin Use	posted 07-29-2002 12:02 AM Here are four tips: 1) Another choice for carrying more stuff with your Prowler is a Mopar PT Cruiser luggage rack. This will fit the Prowlers hitch and is stronger that the one made for the Prowler. Any fold up rack must be tied down when loaded to stop the thing from bouncing when you drive on those resonant frequency wash boards. Picture attached; Better pictures on request... if you can take big ones. 2) The first thing that I noticed when I started to look close was that one of the chrome pins that align the trunk when closed was loose. These pins have a square chrome nut that has NO lock washer. I found some chrome plated 1/4-20 nylon stop nuts (Ny-Loc) at my local hardware store (OSH). I was also able to put chrome flat washers under the nuts. There are four of these on the car. Two on the trunk lid and two on the top that go into the sockets at the top of the windshield. I also noted that these chrome posts have quite sharp edges that chew on the plastic sockets. I was able to file the edges with a jewelers file and buff them on a wheel. A Dremel will do this job. Picture attached; 3) There was a buzzing rattle when driving with the top up. I discovered that there is a small plastic bushing where the top release cable goes to the top latch, on each side. I found in my spring collection two little springs that I "screwed" onto the cable to keep the plastic bushing from rattling. Picture attached; 4) If you change your own oil... K&N oil filters have a one inch nut welded to the end of the can so you don't need to bother with a damn oil filter wrench. My Craftsman 1" stubby works fine
growl POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Ramon, CA Registered: Mar 2002 Admin Use	posted 07-29-2002 12:06 AM And here's the picture of the spring.
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA Registered: Jul 2000 Admin Use	posted 07-29-2002 12:20 AM To be safe, carry a transmission input and output sensors with you in your trunk. If the cat locks up into 2nd gear out in the middle of nowhere, this will be a life saver. You will also need a 1" deep socket to remove and install. ------------------ Call 911 - there is a Prowler in my garage.... 3.5 power packed POA hours daily, always with rock solid analysis of all the hot topics! LARRY SALZMAN - MESA, ARIZONA
growl POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Ramon, CA Registered: Mar 2002 Admin Use	posted 07-29-2002 12:31 AM Here's another free tip from Bill. I see several ideas on removing the hub caps so here's mine. Find a wooden clothes pin, the kind with the spring in the middle. Throw the spring away. Now you have two official Prowler hub cap removal tools. You can steal these from your neighbors clothes line so they are free. ~bg
growl POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Ramon, CA Registered: Mar 2002 Admin Use	posted 07-29-2002 12:32 PM Just read another post about mud flaps falling off and have seen one that said to put lock-tite on the nuts. Here's my solution. The nuts that come with the flaps are 6 mm X 1 pitch and have a washer attached. Throw them away and use 6 mm X 1 pitch Ny-Loc nuts and 6 mm fender washers. (Fender washers have a large OD.) You can use 1/4 inch fender washers if you can't find the metrics. Use all stainless steel, if you can find it. You will not need to use Loc-Tite and you will not need to over tighten the Ny-Locs to make them stay on. You will not loose your flaps. ~bg
Paul POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Cedarburg, WI USA Registered: Jul 2000 Admin Use	posted 08-02-2002 10:57 PM Several owners use a leaf blower after washing their Kats. The blower's are great for helping dry off the wheels in particular after a bath. While you're at it, however, open each door and direct the blower's air stream on its edge aiming the airstream directly at the uppermost portion of the door. Now keep it there for 5-10 seconds. An unusual amount of water will drain from the door, exiting at the front lower edge if you keep the blower pointed at it. Not that corrosion will effect this area but better safe than sorry, I feel.
blackcat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:atlanta, ga Registered: Jul 2000 Admin Use	posted 12-15-2002 02:45 AM Let's bring this back to the top
Howard POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Valencia, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2005 Admin Use	posted 01-15-2007 10:42 PM Found these great tips from an old post about the Prowler.
TooHipCat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Londonderry,NH Registered: Mar 2004 Admin Use	posted 01-16-2007 12:03 AM Good find Howard!!!
MidlifeProwler Prowler Junkie From:Silver Spring, Maryland USA Registered: Aug 2000 Admin Use	posted 01-16-2007 07:09 AM Problem: unable to rotate the ignition key back to the off position to remove it. Fix : Remove chrome shifter bezel and reattach the disconnected lock cable (11 o'clock position) back into to the "forked" bracket. Apply a dab of silicone to it to prevent future recurrence. This message has been edited by MidlifeProwler on 01-16-2007 at 07:10 AM
Cal Kid Prowler Junkie From:Oxnard,CA,USA Registered: Jan 2001 Admin Use	posted 01-29-2007 05:15 PM 1. Throw away the expensive "Rain-X," just wax the glass. The rain will just fly off. 2. Use pure glycerin on all your rubber weatherstripping, (doors, etc) $1.00/bottle at your local drugstore. It will clean and preserve with no damage to the rubber. 3. Clean the battery by pouring boiling hot-water over the top, and if you remove the cables and insert into the water, they will look just like new. Place a small amount of petroleum jelly on the cables, terminals and reconnect. My battery is 7.5 years old with 77K miles, still going strong.
beachcat BANNED From:Ontario, Canada Registered: Jul 2011 Admin Use	posted 05-16-2013 07:21 PM Bumping up this great old thread I came across while searching battery relocation.
garysss POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Balto. Md. Registered: Jun 2005 Admin Use	posted 05-16-2013 09:22 PM I never knew how to do this, my 99 does this, but the 01 doesn't. I will have to give it a try. quote: Originally posted by Richard Jackson: Automatic door locks: This tip stolen from "Midlife Prowler" "The 2000 Kats have a special feature that is never mentioned in the owner's manual. The door locks will activate automatically once the car exceeds 18 mph. I only found this out while looking through the 2000 service manual. Here are the following instructions to enable this feature: 1)cycle the ignition switch 4 times between the off and on position (do not start car) 2)leave in the off position after the 4th time. hit the door lock switch once and a chime will sound to let you know its programmed. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to return to original setting. Go here for the complete story! http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000048.html Rich
DrillinU POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:NY, USA Registered: Sep 2012 Admin Use	posted 05-16-2013 09:54 PM Ya great info, will try this tomorrow Thanks quote: Originally posted by garysss: I never knew how to do this, my 99 does this, but the 01 doesn't. I will have to give it a try.
DrillinU POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:NY, USA Registered: Sep 2012 Admin Use	posted 05-26-2013 07:39 PM I must have tried this 5 times the sequence(4 times on and off) it did not work for me. Instead of when turning the ignition key off I went to this stage not all the way off. this is turning it to start but not cracking it, then when turning off I went up to this point. after it finally worked ( before I was going back completely to off mark) This message has been edited by DrillinU on 05-26-2013 at 07:40 PM
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA Registered: Jul 2000 Admin Use	posted 06-12-2015 12:41 AM Bump for the newer folks.
Stroker Prowler Junkie From:Sevierville, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2015 Admin Use	posted 06-12-2015 12:06 PM As a new owner I could not fill my gas tank. Found P.O.A. and read about holding gas nozzle at one o'clock,works great! Doesn't hurt to have a favorite place to pump with a little slope to help things along.
Dano POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Florida Registered: Jul 2017 Admin Use	posted 09-07-2017 10:38 PM There are so many great tips here I had to resurrect this for noobs like me that have not read this yet.
LSK POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Asheville, North Carolina, United States Registered: Oct 2014 Admin Use	posted 09-09-2017 10:24 AM I tried the automatic door locking feature on my 02 Prowler. It works as described.
LSK POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Asheville, North Carolina, United States Registered: Oct 2014 Admin Use	posted 09-09-2017 11:26 AM Here's another tip, actually two for one. First tip. Cut 4 pieces of 2x4 or 2x6 into 12" long pieces with matching 45 degree angle cuts on each end. When getting ready to black the tires, put a block behind each tire keeping them about 2" back from the outside edge. Back the car onto the blocks. This raises the tires off the ground and allows you to black all the tire including the edges without moving the car. Second tip. Use Meguiar's Hot Shine. It's the best. Instead of spraying it on, spray a little on a 2" chip paint brush and paint it on. This does just as good as spraying without all the mess of overspray. This message has been edited by LSK on 09-09-2017 at 12:02 PM

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