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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Will that fancy crimper make it so your turn signal does not stay on for miles and miles on Power Tour ? </div></div>
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Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!' Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..' |
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LOL at Charley!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Will that fancy crimper make it so your turn signal does not stay on for miles and miles on Power Tour ? </div></div>
Smart A$$!!!.............Wait till you get as old as Cumby!!!! </div></div> Who uses turn signals? Where I am, it's every man for himself. "Pay attention Dumba$$; and don't tailgate me!" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!' Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..' </div></div> Priceless [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!' Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..' </div></div> Funny sheet!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] |
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Started the weekend off by starting to re-install the proportioning valve back into the brake system........LOL....My K-D Taiwan built flaring tool ended up being non-useable.......I should have bought one of those good ones for $200, but I thought that this $80 one would be able to make maybe at least 20 flares.........LOL........Wrong.........Advise to anyone doing this stuff......Don't buy any of this foreign "JUNK"...........
The next thing I had to deal with was after buying and installing the "Shiftworks" cable conversion kit for the console shifter.......Everything was fine until I installed the cable to the transmission........It seems the supplied cable was a little too short and didn't have enough length to allow for the cable's bend radius......the cable came right thru the floor and had to be bent straight down to the mounting bracket and bent again to fit the trans mount........So....I ended up having a Lokar cable laying around and after installing it.....everything was smooth......I just need to make some clevis adaptors to get everything to mate together........... The Rick's tank showed up and I picked it up with the Impala (the only car around with a trunk big enough to fit).......got it home and "Wow".......what a quality piece of work......Great Job Rick's........ http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps36dbfad5.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psb6bc8093.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psfd4349fe.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps64f4438e.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps8117abf9.jpg |
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Beautiful!!
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Rick`s - Get`s it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Worth every nickel a guy pays for a Rick's tank!
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So.....I think one of the mysteries of the world was solved today.......Remember.....this is a just restored car when I bought it.....and......when I got it home I wanted to drive the car as it was for a while before taking it apart.......But...I found out the tail light circuit had some issues and would pop a fuse every time.......(no tail lights or Brake lights).......I unplugged everything to the back of the car and the fuse still popped........Hummm!!!.......I removed the fuse panel as it seemed that was all that was left......I found some issues on the back of the panel and straightened them out and thought I had everything fixed.....Put it back together and popped another fuse........That's when I decided to take the car apart and rewire the entire car.........
So....After getting the console wiring completed today I decided to re-install the console and check everything out.....while doing that I decided to just add power to the repro console clock just to make sure it worked..........I have a little dry cell 12v battery and added a couple of jumper wires for power........hit the terminals and "Zap!!!"...........checked it out again and "Zap!!!" again...........Hummmm!!!!.......Dead Short!!!........looked closer at the terminals and noticed that the Insulator washer was on top of the screwed down terminal rather than between the terminal and the case creating a dead short........Humm!!!.......Somebody in China wasn't told how to assemble the unit correctly........swapped the parts around and everything works correctly.........so ....the power feed for the console must be wired into the tail light circuit and now it seems the Clock was the problem all along..........Long winded story but maybe it will help somebody else with a similar issue downstream..........Heres a picture of the terminal after correction......still kinda hard to see and a Mickey Mouse way of getting the power thru the case.... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps7d8a308d.jpg |
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I had a similar experience with my 69 Nova Ken. Couldn't get the brake lights to work. I checked out all the wiring from back to front..... Turned out to be the brand new Chinese turn signal switch....lesson learned!
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HEY nice catch volt guy
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Since I changed the shift cable assy on the trans.......I didn't like the way the mounting bracket presented the cable to the trans shift arm........so....I made a new bracket today and installed it when I got home.......Everything is now more in line and it shifts perfectly......I also got my kick panel speakers in from Custom Autosound......got them painted and noticed that the Parking Brake pedal nad the Speaker were fighting for the same space.......so......cut and rewelded the pedal over 1 1/4" and solved that issue.......another couple things crossed off the list.......
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Fine workmanship.
Socket Head Cap Screws, looks pretty Industrial. Ryan |
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Ha, The Polish Emergency Brake, Love iT! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
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If cutting the head of a bolt short is called "Chicago-ing the bolt" then adding a dog leg must be "Polish-ing the pedal":-)
Ryan |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If cutting the head of a bolt short is called "Chicago-ing the bolt" then adding a dog leg must be "Polish-ing the pedal":-)
Ryan </div></div> Guilty!!.......But it works................LOL |
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LIKE
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Nice clock. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]
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Got a couple of issues ironed out today......#1 was getting the oil pan/steering clearance issue resolved.......Now.....almost everyone with a Chevelle / A body LS swap has steering rod end/ oil pan clearance issues where some notching of the pan is required.........After getting the weight of the car on the front control arms today........I then started measuring everything with a load on the suspension.........what I had was a clearance issue turning to the left.....but turning to the right I had plenty of room between the rod end and the oil pan after hitting the steering stops.......so .....after checking every thing out I noticed that the center drag link was not centered to the engine.......after measuring everything six times......I went ahead and centered the drag link , then adjusted the steering rod ends to get everything balanced back out.....I now had clearance in both directions between the rod ends and the oil pan when at the travel limit in both directions..........Got Lucky......the engine must sit just high enough for things to work........
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps15b0188b.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psb7300644.jpg The next problem that needed to be resolved required the engine to be removed for the fix...... when I removed the original Camaro oil pan that had the factory engine coolant heat exchanger for cooling the engine oil........there was a fitting that fed the coolant out of the block to the cooler........when I removed that fitting , the sealant that the factory used ended up galling the thread while unscrewing the aluminum fitting........so ......the threads were screwed up in the block and needed to be repaired so I could screw in and seal the opening with a new fitting that I will make at the shop..........So......In checking the threads it ended up that GM uses a non standard thread.........M28x1.25 pitch...........you can get a 1.0 or a 1.5 mm pitch but not a 1.25.........so.....I had no choice other than to have a tap made by a specialty Tap manufacturer..........Now....Because the threads were galled in the block and didn't want to take a chance of the tap going in on a angle and making things worse.....I made a sleeve that was a slip fit for the tap so I could hold the sleeve on the sealing face of the hole ......this allowed me to keep the tap square ...............Held it in place and started tapping and I got Lucky as it picked up the existing threads and cleaned them out perfectly.......Cool.......I'll make a new fitting tomorrow and get the engine in for the last time ( I hope)........ http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps2669a883.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psd09a336c.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps86941f29.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps4d5f5ac8.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps0166fdff.jpg Ken |
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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] just seen the Charlie thing had to click on it lol nice friggin work
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Nice job,
The bushing sleeve works very well over a tap. Why do you have to make a fitting now? Can't buy one? You didn't change the port size of thread pitch. Ryan |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice job,
The bushing sleeve works very well over a tap. Why do you have to make a fitting now? Can't buy one? You didn't change the port size of thread pitch. Ryan </div></div> Ryan .......The old fitting has threads that are bad also and there is a hole thru the center for the old connection hose for the cooler.......so rather than try and seal it up I'll just make a new plug that is solid with no hole in it...... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psca4eda2e.jpg Ken |
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Great stuff Ken. You are a fabrication WHIZZard!
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I get it now.
Very professional. Ryan |
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GM is notorious for non standard. Most of there bolt lengths are non-standard also.
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Dang Ken, that's nice work. Ever hear of J B weld?
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Ever hear of J B weld?
_______________________ Sure he has....he keeps it right next to his Master Cylinder Bleeder Kit [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] Dan |
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Got the engine put back in today hopefully for the last time.........had to go and get a new yoke for the driveshaft......measured everything and having the driveshaft made........Everything else bolted up beautifully
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Looking good Ken! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
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Rock and Roll!
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Time for some Heavy maintainance on the Nu Yawk Survivor car.......Gonna change the oil and Filter.........
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Well, usually on Nu Yawk cahz, an oil change consists of removing the oil filter and installing a new, non-rusted car on top of it. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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ken, why is the side cowl open?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">ken, why is the side cowl open? </div></div>
There's a plate that will get installed from the vintage Air kit that covers that area up and has holes thru it for the heater and A/C lines......But...I need to get the lines fitted and get the ends crimped before fishing them thru before the final install of the plate..... Ken |
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A lot of little stuff happening......Got the Console, Shifter, and all the Electrical hooked up, checked out and installed for the last time......We also got the Dakota Digital oil pressure sending unit installed ...the next issue was with the Vintage Air system........I have to feed the A/C hoses thru the kick panel and out thru the firewall mounted seal off plate.......the fire wall plate needs to be off to feed everything thru........and I needed to get the hose's figured out and get the fittings crimped on .......then I can remove the unit inside the car and hook them up and install the unit for good (Hopefully).........I installed the inner fender wells to get the hose routing all figured out and measured...........I'll go to see Donnie at Frame-up tomorrow and get the hoses finished up and installed..........Then I painted the Core support and the inner wells...........and.......I found out that the stock ZL1 exhaust manifolds aren't going to fit.........So......I ordered some Flowmaster Headers that are supposed to fit............(we'll see)........Also while at SEMA I talked to the Maradyne Fan people about my concerns about having the Radiator, A/C Condensor, and Intercooler all stacked together......he showed me a dual fan set-up with shroud that moves over 3000 CFM......That should be coming in this week also.....Whoosh!!........
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Busy guy!
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"ZL-1 guy" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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Ken
Are you taking some time away from your build to attend MCACN? Paul |
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