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General Buick Tech / Re: Update on future build

« on: April 24 2024, 11:10:43 PM »

I used Jason's (RJC) thicker valve cover gaskets and they worked for me. Especially for the drivers side.
https://rjcracing.com/product/valve-cover-gaskets/

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Merry Christmas, Everyone!

« on: December 24 2023, 07:50:42 PM »

Merry Christmas everyone! 

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General Auto Tech / Re: The Green Mile went Home

« on: November 11 2023, 02:46:56 PM »

Hi Steve
I turned 82 today and am still having fun..........


Happy birthday.

Today's my son's birthday too.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Which Size Rear Tires?

« on: November 09 2023, 08:04:35 PM »

Correct me if I'm wrong but this is what I came up with...

275-60-15 are 28" tall and go better with 3.73 gears,. With stock 3.23 gears the speedo and ECM will be off.
255-50-15 are 25" tall no good period. Your speedometer and the ECM will be off.
255-55-15 are 26" tall and works best with stock 3.23 gears.
275-50-15 are 25.8" tall and require an 8.5" wide wheel.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Fuel Gauge Not Reading Correctly

« on: September 29 2023, 09:40:17 AM »

Did you get the right float. Theres 2 kinds. 1 for digital dash and 1 for analog dash?
Just askin

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: US gasoline?

« on: July 28 2023, 09:11:00 PM »

Just walk away and leave the gasoline...... and I will give you safe passage through the waste land.  Just walk away and end this horror !   

"The Great Humongous"

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General Buick Tech / Re: Update on future build

« on: July 18 2023, 10:13:53 AM »

couldn't help but notice you have one of those badly bent restrictive up-pipes. Time to change it.

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General Buick Tech / Re: DS Exhaust Header Gasket Replacement

« on: July 06 2023, 07:46:15 PM »

Its been so long. I think one of the bolts is for the alternator bracket and that bracket may have to come off. All of the bolts, I removed from the top. I popped off the crossover pipe first and it cam off real easy back in 1989 :-) Yeah real long time ago. A header leak from a cracked header sounds like a ticking sound meets a farting sound like this icon 

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General Buick Tech / Re: Dodge intrepid fans

« on: June 07 2023, 09:19:34 AM »

You will need to get this harness from caspers electronics for the dual fans.
http://www.casperselectronics.com/cart/index.php?route=product/product&search=intrepid&product_id=487&search=intrepid

I also bought this to put around the edges to seal the fan up against the radiator.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DG5DQ3D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Happy Birthday, David!

« on: January 17 2023, 07:03:32 PM »

Happy belated birthday

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Message Board Announcements / Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

« on: December 25 2022, 09:42:40 AM »

right back at ya

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Happy Birthday, Joe!

« on: November 28 2022, 07:18:24 AM »

Thanks Steve !

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Paint and Body / Re: air dam re-paint to textured black

« on: November 07 2022, 12:35:42 PM »

Yeah it is big.
Its been on there for 35 years why remove it? 
Now I need an idea on how to put in some screening for the 2 holes

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Paint and Body / Re: air dam re-paint to textured black

« on: November 07 2022, 08:46:47 AM »

I gave up on black. I thought it was too much on the sides. If the sides were shorter then black would have worked. I seem to think that's why I painted them back in 1988 from black to what I could find on the shelf that was close to my body color.  I went with the body color match. Dark red metallic.

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Paint and Body / Re: air dam re-paint to textured black

« on: November 02 2022, 10:28:05 PM »

I don't have the originals to compare I sold them but its plastic and theres definitely a very small texture to them.
What did you use the sem paint black on the air dams?

When I first got the air Dam it was gloss black and I didn't like it. Here's a shitty pic of it.