1964 bonneville rebuild

[JUSTA6]

Justa saw a report on your weather prob's on the late night news.  Glad you still have your head above water!

[64 kiwi boni]

A foot of rain in 24 hours is crazy mate! on the news they showed pictures of auckland airport inside the building was flooded ! 

[Fitzy]

NOW let's see whose POS gets on the road again. I've got next weekend free, so here's hoping the Nostromo lands in Oz pretty soon and I can do some more fiddling & swearing.

Wow - lots of rain for you. We've had some good blasts but mainly just scattered showers.

[64 kiwi boni]

Awww geees no pressure !!! 
hahaha 

[Andy H]

10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Finished standing in the rain doing gardens for the boss and thought !!!

Right now I can go fit the new carb to the 64 !!!

rain still coming down , so I stuck the 64 in the shed 

popped off the linkage 

undid the an fitting into the old carb … best I check it will fit the new Avs2……

 

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Fail ! 
the old carter has a way bigger thread ( i think the old/bigger thread is the same as holly)

so I put it all back together and parked her back outside !! It’s Sunday here and there will be no one open that has the right a fitting to hook to my fuel line . 

One step forward …. One step back !

while under hood looking at the diffance of the linkages i noted i am going to have to make custom bracket for both the accelerator shaft and the trans shaft, the avs2 has nothing even close to the original carter ! /cdn-cgi/mirage/d0d7b897c25fd0e39d513e1f86efac0d067aaea4978f01975f03818c57b48a29/1280/https://theme.foreverpontiac.com/emoticons/default_dancingpontiac.gifgota love aftermarket !!!

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Sounds about right,i had to do something similar on the Edelbrock carb and i had the aftermarket intake manifold also so o had to Frankenstein the bracket for the cables also.

Does yours have rods for trans and throttle?

[64 kiwi boni]

3 hours ago, Andy H said:

Sounds about right,i had to do something similar on the Edelbrock carb and i had the aftermarket intake manifold also so o had to Frankenstein the bracket for the cables also.

Does yours have rods for trans and throttle?

Yes it does 

and they have to be bang on to work correctly 

[64 kiwi boni]

JustA big thank you to all the friends here in fp who thought my 64 was worthy of potm !!! 

[64 kiwi boni]

look what i found !!!

https://www.ezairride.com/1959-1964-Pontiac-Bonneville-Classic-EZ-Air-Ride-Suspension-Kit_p_506.html

[Frosty]

Some assembly required. Nice find Kiwi!

[Wrongway]

Hell yeah Kiwi!

[64 kiwi boni]

Soo ngk 5858 New Zealand are bp5s !!! 

And $8.30 each !

[Fitzy]

On 2/15/2023 at 2:38 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

look what i found !!!

https://www.ezairride.com/1959-1964-Pontiac-Bonneville-Classic-EZ-Air-Ride-Suspension-Kit_p_506.html

I just had a look at this - it looks perfect. Can you hurry up and buy it, fit it and report back so I can get one too? Oh, and the dual circuit master cylinder...come on, you've got nothing else to do.

[64 kiwi boni]

I have the master cylinder sitting in the shelf … I know full well not to fit it until I get my vin… or they will spot it and make me pay for a certification !!! 
you may very well get away with it mate … it’s a Chevrolet Chevelle unit for a drum / drum set up … they are in rock auto .. think mine was a 68 model 

The air ride .. is not going on the 64 …. 
I justA  have a little idea … that i am working on … watch this space 

I have shown wrongway what I am up to … I justA have to get the boss to follow through with what she said !!! As in ..  oh yes I want that … now it’s … oh oh I can’t think about that right now !!! I have a wedding to arrange …. 

really !! A wedding is justA big piss up !!! How hard can it be !!! 
gees talk about multitasking ! Come on !  

Edited February 19, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

9 hours ago, Fitzy said:

I just had a look at this - it looks perfect. Can you hurry up and buy it, fit it and report back so I can get one too? Oh, and the dual circuit master cylinder...come on, you've got nothing else to do.

I got home today to a list of c..p. That the boss wants done before the 4th of March 😜

after fixing my old mower again !!! I had the lawns mowed . And then went went to your favourite pub !!! Had  nice juicy steak 🥩 

and that was my Sunday done !!! 
I want to get my carb on the 64 !!! Still waiting for the 5/8 npt to 6an fitting !!! 
 

fitzy one thing that I am not happy with this “kit” is having to relocate the front shocks … I want to find a front air bag that has the shock in the middle .. that way it can stay in the center of the A arm 

which is where I feel is best for the shock .. mount it on the side of the A arm and you are putting pressure on the A arm itself … where as in the centre it’s evened out over the whole arm . 

Edited February 19, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[Wrongway]

She really needs to hurry brother Kiwi! I'm excited damn it 

[64 kiwi boni]

1 minute ago, Wrongway said:

She really needs to hurry brother Kiwi! I'm excited damn it 

meeee toooo mate !! its a real ffs moment !!... but life all about the daughters wedding 

[Wrongway]

Yup, wedding mode bro. There's no cure for it. So, when is the wedding over? I mean, we can't wait forever  

[64 kiwi boni]

2 hours ago, Wrongway said:

Yup, wedding mode bro. There's no cure for it. So, when is the wedding over? I mean, we can't wait forever /cdn-cgi/mirage/01af4a6a6e5f56bc950c4b24cb7bc8e58c748ef54b4a5e1c2afbd74fb63403ff/1280/https://theme.foreverpontiac.com/emoticons/default_rofl.gif /cdn-cgi/mirage/01af4a6a6e5f56bc950c4b24cb7bc8e58c748ef54b4a5e1c2afbd74fb63403ff/1280/https://theme.foreverpontiac.com/emoticons/default_cheers.gif

I know mate … March 4 !! Good news is my an6 fitting arrived today !! So I can get the avs2 fitted !!! 
but that will be weeks away !!🥲

 

Edited February 20, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[Wrongway]

Well, it's only a couple of more weeks. Not that long bro and as long as the boss is happy life is good. Glad your fitting came in.

[Fitzy]

On 2/19/2023 at 6:04 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

fitzy one thing that I am not happy with this “kit” is having to relocate the front shocks … I want to find a front air bag that has the shock in the middle .. that way it can stay in the center of the A arm 

which is where I feel is best for the shock .. mount it on the side of the A arm and you are putting pressure on the A arm itself … where as in the centre it’s evened out over the whole arm . 

That IS a good point, but I'm sure the manufacturer has designed it to work properly, and perhaps they felt the need to re-engineer it so that the handling keeps the car driveable - I can imagine that air suspension creates all sorts of unwanted suspension harmonics.

[Fitzy]

Yo Kiwi, I know you're busy with, well everything really BUT if you get a chance can you send a pic of that kickdown switch on the Caddy? No hurry, just whenever you can.

The factory wires are there but have never been connected to anything. I'm hoping to chuck the switch in, hook up the wires and it's all good, but I think we all know better than that.

[64 kiwi boni]

1 hour ago, Fitzy said:

Yo Kiwi, I know you're busy with, well everything really BUT if you get a chance can you send a pic of that kickdown switch on the Caddy? No hurry, just whenever you can.

The factory wires are there but have never been connected to anything. I'm hoping to chuck the switch in, hook up the wires and it's all good, but I think we all know better than that.

Will do tomorrow mate !

just have to do a trip to the dump , get some mats sorted at the front entrance way … then I have that passenger side window to stick in the caddy. So that’s a perfect time to send you sone pics 👍

will be after lunch tomorrow mate 👍

[64 kiwi boni]

As you know I never built the 59 ..

so what is in there is all unknown… but the switch for the tick down is basically just a think hooked to a spring off the acererator lever .. it has power to it and a single feed wire to the trans … from memory .. but I takes sone pics for ya 👍

[Bonneville convertable64]

On 3/3/2023 at 3:26 AM, 64 kiwi boni said:

Love it  !!! Hahaha 

there is justA something special about breaking the law every now and then !!!

I get so bloody bored with conforming all the time !!! Hahaha 

 

On 5/5/2022 at 12:22 AM, 64 kiwi boni said:

Just arrived is the 69 Belair master cylinder,👍

Fitzy the part number on rock auto is ce 130.62016

and I tried it on the spare booster I have and it’s a perfect fit .... remember , my 64 is drum/ drum , so this is the correct one for my factory set up but wayyyyyy safer with its dual circuits 

Its about now that i love gm using generic parts!!!

So anyone reading this, and if you have a 61-68 with the single outlet master cylinder for your brakes, here is your best buy !! a factory configuration, dual circuit brake master cylinder. ( i am guessing that Pontiac used the single outlet master cylinder all the way up to 68 on the wide body cars)

This one part could be the difference between life and death if your single outlet master cylinder had a fail in any one of the four brake corners of your Pontiac . 

i will, when i get time post the swap over from the old master cylinder too this dual port unit...

It will be easy as its justA plumbing 

I was wondering if you did this install yet? I’m going to attempt it myself. If so, any process pictures?

[64 kiwi boni]

No Del I haven’t yet 

I was going to hold off until the car was inspected then swap them over . It will be super easy as bolt holes are correct … plunger is identical .. that justA leaves splitting front from rear pipe work and remove the tee section on the chassis