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17 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

thats very interesting , did you see them ? 

 you know how we love pictures mate :dancingpontiac:

please tell me your not using nuts and bolts on a flex plate that should have welded threads in its self ?

No I didn’t see it myself, that’s what he told me over the phone. I did ask for photos since I do know how co-dependent this bunch is for pictures.

This engine and tranny were installed in Lucy by my local Pontiac dealer in 2005, after I grenaded the first 455. I had no reason to believe they’d do something this stupid. But what do I know????

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I got another call from the mechanic yesterday. He's missing a couple of pieces to put the interior back together. One is the central dash A/C duct. It is the chrome bezel that lets you set the direction of the hot or cold air coming from the AC/heater. Second piece is something that was on the original steering column - something that connected the key tumbler to the column. Not sure if I still have it or it was destroyed trying to get the key tumbler out of the column.

I am also taking my rear tires (which rub under load) to see if I need a different back sparing or a different size wheel.

The engine is back together now. The oil pan did knock the oil pickup loose. It was tach welded to a bracket, The tach broke, so he re-welded the pickup to the brabket before installing the new oil pan.

I plan to stop over there at lunch today.

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Hope you have that dash vent.  $$$$$ ouch!  Your new steering column should be complete.  Just drop in your tumbler. 

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Now this can go into the new tilt column and I don't have to re-key the car. It's beer me time! 

As this point, I am not sure what I am going to do with the remains of the old column. Do I pitch it? Save it for parts? Send it off to be rebuilt?

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I found the vent last night. I am also taking all the spare parts from the old column with me.

According to the mechanic, there is something that attached between the tumbler and the column that is missing.

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So I went to the shop at lunch as promised. Here is what I say.

The engine and tranny are back in the car.

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Here are the defective torque converter bolts and the bad U-bolt.

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Now for the Wall of Shame is the dented oil pan.

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Thats a hell of a dent Snowman. To me looks like the nut may have backed off a hair and the pushing and pulling on the u bolt due to torque flattened and trashed the threads. But that may justa be on my screen :lol:. Super glad she'll be home soon bro.

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The thing that makes me mad is the engine, trans, and drive shaft were installed by my local Pontiac dealership in 2005. So there is no real excuse for using substandard hardware. 
 

I did notice some engines lying around the shop while I was there. Some definite eye candy.

 

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‘57 Ford wagon.

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Pair of Oldsmobile motors

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Your basic superchargerd LT-4 crate motor with a $3k pulley system and custom headers. This baby is going into a ‘68 Camaro with a Detroit Speed and Engineering front subframe. This is $20k worth of motor right here. He has a second identical motor for the same customer to put into an El Camino. Must be nice to have money.

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