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uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh..........what brackets? 1st generation rear discs prior to '94 don't make use of a bracket, the caliper is fastened directly to the rear knuckle casting...sooooooooo what have you got there?

After taking a closer look at the rear brakes it seemed someone only replaced the drivers side parts once upon a time and left the passenger side caliper and bracket original. So just to be sure I replaced both sides with all new calipers, brackets, ac delco pads, and hardware all greased up in the right spots. Then the P/S fluid started going foamy on me so I bought all new parts for that system and found...  One doesnt need to fish out and back in brand new P/S lines if the F`n pump to reservoir O-ring seal was the culprit all along... She's almost ready.            

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My grandkids '08 went into limp mode (reduced power) and I've been throwing parts at it to try to fix it. I installed a brake pedal position sensor and had it calibrated, but it's still showing reduced power, so I installed a new accelerator pedal. But after I did, the car's idle was crappy. It sounded weak and was revving up and down (not bad, but noticable),  so I figured I had gotten a defective new pedal and removed it and put the old one back on and the idling problem disappeared. While checking out videos on some other GP subjects, I came across one for resetting accelerator pedals by turning the key to accessory, slowly pushing the pedal to the floor and holding it for 10-15 seconds and letting it up slowly. But the guy said at the end of the video that each vehicle has it's own sequence for resetting, so I need to know if anyone can tell me the correct procedure for doing this on our 2008 Grand Prix 3.8. I want to try putting it in again and see if it will work correctly by resetting it, which I didn't do last time. Thanks for any ideas or comments. Lee 

Late update- I talked to my transmission guy and when I told him the linkage on the top of the transmission was moving with the shifter through the gears, he just said Something broke on the inside. So I'm having AAA haul it down to his shop. He was kind of surprised when i told him it wouldn't roll in neutral, but he said explained how that can happen, but I can't remember what it was. Anyway, the kids are going to have a long wait since he's a busy guy. He's good, so that's to be expected. He told me it could be less, but expect the cost to be 18-1900 dollars. My daughter asked if it was even worth paying that to have it fixed, and i told her if we didn't, she'd have a 3500# boat anchor. It would either be a parts car or scrap, so get it fixed and the kids will have a car with a rebuilt transmission or at least she could sell it that way. Anyway, tomorrow or the next day I'll have it hauled to by buddy Steve at Farmington Transmission.