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« on: September 26 2024, 09:59:31 PM »
Well after a couple years of work it's time for the paint job! I'm very excited. Local shop working with me. I will try to post progress pics. The plan is to surprise my son on his 16th birthday in Feb with a finished car. He has worked with me a ton on this and can't wait to see his reaction. Told him I'm putting it in storage for winter like last year.
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« on: June 07 2024, 11:57:47 AM »
Back again guys! SM just quit working other day. Been trouble shooting and heres what I got. Start car and it displays start up info, then shows --- --- then goes to sleep so its not recieving a signal from ECU. I read where after it goes to sleep you can ground signal wire and it should "recycle" start up display....it dosent.
I also read where som ECU's fail in the area where it send signal to ADL port, and also the low speed fan relay and TCC solonoid. I have some new relays coming, the old ones seemd to work as they should.
Is there a way to test the signal wire to see if it is sending data, or do I need another SM to figure that out?
as always, thanks for any help!
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« on: August 14 2023, 01:59:12 PM »
Helping a guy that just picked up a car. Has stock set up now. I have a TT chip for 37 LB injectors, 15 lb boost 92 octane. If we use that chip, I think he has 60 lb injectors, will it work or will it be way to rich when just driving around with no boost.
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« on: June 07 2023, 07:35:13 AM »
Want to put dual fans in car, read that these fit. Anyone try them? If so did you need to rig up additional wiring and relays? You can get a "Buick" set up for $269 but you can get Intrepid fans from Rock auto for $99.
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« on: September 09 2022, 12:50:17 PM »
If your on this board you probably work on your stuff and can relate. Literally everything I have done with this car has been a real pain in the ass. And we have done ALOT. Latest thing, now that it is driving pretty well, we wanted the stereo installed. got some speakers and a factory concert sound unit. Power antena was shot so did a cable rebuild and discovered that the motor would only move it up but not back down, pulled it again to put in a new unit. Anyone that has replaced this knows how much fun it is to get to, so repeating that process was big grins. Get that working and discover the signal cable has a short in the connector, cut that out and spliced it back together. That problem solved, so now we find the factory wire to the drivers door speaker has a short so run new wire for that. Finally think were in business and now randomly, any radio frequency above about 100 and it will cut out and squeal, and then randomly come back. Its not the antena cable issue cause the lower channels work great. A simple job that in most cases would have been a few hour install has been a month long ordeal......an d its still not working correctly..... .rant over
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« on: September 09 2022, 12:23:35 PM »
When I set the cruise it is "surgey" I have a direct line from vacume block to a y that goes to the ball and cruise unit. Should there be a check valve in that line? wouldnt think that would cause a surge as its in vacume, not boost. The speedo needle is not smooth, waves around a bit, maybe a 5mph swing cause the cable probably needs to be lubed but its a bitch to get to.
any help?
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« on: August 22 2022, 11:30:06 PM »
The car has a miss and transmission guy thought maybe plug wires. I have felt this miss for quite a while. I checked coil and it's 13 ohms across each, as expected as its new. Also plug wires are new. I checked them and each one reads .008 to .010 depending on length. I also kept the autolight wires that came on the car as they looked good. I tested those and they read 5.25 to 5.75 on the meter. Why are they so much higher? Both 7mm.
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« on: August 20 2022, 07:26:06 PM »
Anyone make a replacement? I know you can rebuild the mast cable but the motor is shot also.
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« on: August 10 2022, 10:46:46 PM »
Hey guys, anyone install one of these? Thoughts??
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« on: August 10 2022, 05:49:43 PM »
This thing has always leaked a bit so got ambitious and decided to put a new gasket in it. Leaks worse now! Going to remove whole thing and see if its cracked....... oil shows up on top of gasket that sticks out a little so don't think its cracked. Maybe its warped a little??? Pain in the ass to get to!!
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« on: August 09 2022, 10:20:41 AM »
Hey guys,
Is there anyplace that sells the head units that came in our cars? Want to put the factory unit backin kids car. Thanks!!
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« on: July 21 2022, 01:28:54 PM »
Hey guys, heres whats on my brain now, want your guys opinion. Currently I run 10W30 and with hot car I have 35 lbs pressure at cruise and about 20 at idle. I think that is probably fine. Car has 71,000 miles. I have run 20W50 in the past and it really brings up the pressure at cruise and idle. Was overthinking this but due for a oil change and wondered if there is any downside to going with the 20W50 and the higher pressure? Was thinking with the higher miles and probably some larger tolerences from my beating on the car it might be a good idea. Also the 20 lbs at idle just bugs me even though I think thats fine?? What are your opinions? Thanks as always!
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« on: July 17 2022, 07:20:51 PM »
Messing with kids car again. Seems like at the 2-3 shift the car is sensing knock. 1-2 & 3-4 are smooth but 2-3 is harsh. I dropped tranny pan to confirm tv cable is adjusted correctly. Any ideas what else this might be??
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« on: July 01 2022, 09:57:36 AM »
Hey guys, I have a guy with a hot air car for sale, claims 19000 miles. is the motor the same as an intercooled car? was thinking about picking it up as he is selling it super cheap. Its wisconsin so the body is crap but I could get a ton of parts off of it and have a spare motor for when I wreck mine.
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« on: December 12 2021, 04:40:37 PM »
Do you guys that store car for winter drain alky pump and put windshield wiper fluid in it or just leave it alone? Read alky is hard on seals in the pump? 
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