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1 hour ago, JUSTA6 said:
You know you'll never get caught up right? GTO is still down, worried I will have to go too big with the bolt so buy the time I have to tap the alternator, the pivot will be too thin. Have not heard a word about my motor for the Sunbird. Right now I'm struggling to get someone out here to get my well working. Have been out of water since Saturday evening. I was able to get the boat fired up for the 1st time this year. Hope to take that to the cabin for the 4th July weekend. Hell might be staying home if I can't get the water problem solved. Have contacted 4 company's and have seen nobody here yet.
Yup! I know! Part of that list belongs to the daughter & some is mine! Trying to get shit done before I’m to old & slow to do it.
I been MIA, so I’m not up on everything, what’s up with the GTO? & what’s the issue with the well?
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AND as the enthusiasm builds!
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& I’m still workin my ass of on the honeydew list! Just starting to see a little glint of light!
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12 hours ago, Frosty said:Tonight I was working on Lucy. I was reinstalling the intermediate steering shaft. I loosely snugged up the bolts to the rag joint. I decided to jack up the car so I could crawl under the car to tighten up the bolts because was easier to get to them from underneath than from on top.
Well, I screwed up. I put the jack under the crossmember to save time jacking either side individually. Well the thing is I missed the crossmember and I was jacking on the oil pan! Yup, I put a lovely dent in the sumbitch. No holes but clearly I need to replace it now! F*)#@*$)@( F)()(*@&$@&$ F*&#*&@)(*#!!!!!! The engine has to come out to replace the oil pan.
I think I've reached the point that I need to take Lucy to someone professional and fix all my messes. I am frustrated and she is not getting fixed any quicker at this point. Shit.
At this point I’m sure you don’t want to touch your face, but! You shouldn’t need to pull the engine. I would believe, like any of the GM V8s, if you drain the coolant & oil, remove the hose connections to the radiator & remove the motor mount bolts, plus clear anything that would restrict moving the engine upwards about 6”. Than make a wood cradle to go between the floor jack & the front portion of the tranny, you can raise the engine enough to remove the pan & install a new one. Of course you also need to get the whole car of the ground enough to get under it comfortably.
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Even awhile!🙄
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Those are still available through GM, that’s where I would go. But that’s just me!
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Those type of parts are vacuum deposition plated! Redoing them would not be easy or cheap, if you could even find it. Best bet is either what JustA said or find a good 3M dealer who knows their stuff. 3M sells all kinds of pinstripe (contact) tape & they sell it in all kinds of colors including chrome, silver & many variation of those. They come in all kinds of widths! Anywhere from a 1/32 wide to 2 feet, depending on the color. If you know how to use an exacto knife, you should be good to go.
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I have to agree with Kiwi! # 1 how many miles on the car! # 2 the cars been wrecked so most likely it’s been recorded on car fax so no matter what you do for restoration you can forget about $30-$35 k for resale. Being a GXP is both good & bad most of the parts are gone as far as new. The hood, front bumper cover, lights etc. & even if you could get them the hood is over a $1000, front cover over $500, headlights are over $400 each. It appears the core support is bent! If you can find new parts to put on & half ass fix the structural components what’s the point.
If you love the car & you want it just for you to hold on to long into the future; well that’s a different story than! Make the sacrifice & go for it!-
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2 hours ago, Frosty said:
And your point!
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4 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:
looking far too clean to drive Last Indian! 👍
I’ll tell ya Kiwi, what a job , not that I haven’t done it before! But man pulling all the crap out, cleaning everything up! Paint, panting & oh did I mention painting. Then carefully installing it all in. Laying on my back to torque bolts to 133 ft pounds that you can barely get to! Wow.
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22 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:
Only on Sunday......I've been called worse.😎 Least the thread is back on track, it went to the dogs for awhile🐶 there.
Hey! Martin was amazing! 54 years old 500 mile of a grueling race @ 200 mph. Yeah baby!
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Entering into the home stretch, another couple of weeks, I hope!
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23 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:
So the last time we played was 2019. For 2020 we were to play on Sunday and on Friday the Olympic's were canceled as there was 5....yes 5 confirmed cases of covid in our state, so our govenor shut the state down. On N off for the last couple years, we were to play in March of 2022. Cancelled and rescheduled 3 times we finally finished the 2022 Winter games this last Sunday. Grueling 8hrs of Volleyball with teams from all over the state. We fell a lil short of our Gold Medal expectations and ended up with Silver, but this qualifies us for a spot in the summer games in August. Summer games will determine who will represent the state of Mich in the National Senior Olympics. This will be in July of 2023 in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. LMAO Still using the Gold Eagle shirts that they sponsored for the US Open Nationals my team played in. (this is playing with teams from all over the world in our age bracket and also team USA Volleyball playing 2 courts over from us) Had extra's made for my family, Frosty N IndymanJoe too. Of course I'm Justa 6 on the court too.
# 6! So can we call you Mark Martin?
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Yeah I didn’t get the first one, won’t get the second one either, everybody’s got to choose for themselves. If you delve into what that chemistry really is & how it works ya no thanks. I like my heath to much & my nuts!
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On 4/29/2022 at 8:19 AM, Frosty said:The new helmet showed up from Summit Racing yesterday. It's a G-Force open face type - size is 2XL. It fits real well. I may even flame it before I leave for Power Tour.
Black Beauty goes into the shop for the new tires and tune up work on Wednesday.
I get my second COVID booster tomorrow morning too.
Ahh, you better be carful with that! You know those fit pretty snug & snow compresses and doesn’t come back out! You could go from Frosty to pencil head real quick!
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Yeah, sorry Frosty, once again later to the party. There is a easier way & you don’t need to use the threads, but I guess it doesn’t matter now. At least you’re good to go now!
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Two Lane, my heart breaks for you, so sad! You are in my prayers, as is all your family! Take solace in knowing you will see her again my friend.
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14 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:
I know there are more of these we can all smile at now. Maybe NOT when it happened, but funny now!
Show us whatcha got!
I could tell more, but fortunately for me I try not to photographically record my stupidity! 😁
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7 hours ago, Fitzy said:I read through JustA's saga and I know we can all relate to the inferred pain & misery of what fixing an old car can do to someone. When you're underneath that piece of shit late at night with dirt falling in your eyes and covered in grease up to your elbows whilst the family is inside watching telly, you really do question whether the shreds of your sanity are gonna hang around much longer. But, some years pass and the car is taking shape and one day you'll be tooling around and it'll all be worth it. The scars, the empty bank account and the marriage you once thought was solid as a rock is now teetering on the brink, BUT when you jump in, fire it up and the family join you and you go for a blast - it's worth it. Nobody ever got anywhere meaningful without going to Hell first, and being sorely tested by 2 tons of Detroit will test anyone. I consider myself a survivor of just such an ordeal but have come through the other side relatively sane and with a car that actually goes. Well done to JustA for the incredible perseverance he has displayed in the face of almost insurmountable odds.
Mind you, extra beer consumption helps to dull the pain if you are midway through your own journey through the Valley Of Mechanical Nightmares.
Fitzy, you hit into the head! There are times I look back & say to myself, what was I thinking?! I did two complete builds of my Z on a stone driveway & one of my wife’s “74”! The original Z I rebuilt there once, then it was totaled in very late “77” bought a beat up one in early “78”, they were had to find even in “78”. Took both cars & made one, while building a full frame, putting in a stainless floor & designing brakes at the same time. Then rebuilt my wife’s northeast Ohio winter ravaged Z at the house we live in now. With a garage & concrete floor & drive.
Then 2000 Grand Prix! And Now at 70 two not one, but two Lacrosses! I am officially insane
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14 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:Mine is MUCH better..... Has GTO on the centercap!!!! 😎 Pontiac cool....
No doubt, after all your goat was built before my Z! I was JustA holden on to that wheel till I found ya! Couldn’t have found a better home for it. JustA to clarify, the right one is the wheel you now have, different horn button.
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Hey JustA! I JustA found my original picture of something I think you recognize!
recognize the one on the right? This was the original picture I had taken to send to a notable wheel mfg. in 1979 to see if they had an interest. They said it would cost to much to build.-
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Not really an epic parts failure, more like a momentary lapse of brain function! This is what happens when you forget to completely tighten down the distributor.
You wipe out 4 pistons, I.E. break every piston ring in at least 3 places!-
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Buddy you couldn’t be more correct, problem is this those people are so evil, so sick & so delusional they’ll never pull out of the spiritual!
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5 hours ago, TWO LANE BLACK TOP said:
Does anyone know what is the difference between Semi Metallic Brake pads...and Carbon Metallic pads..??
Carbon metallic pads use carbon fiber mixed obviously some type of metal shavings, ceramic metallic uses ceramic mixed with metal shavings and organic obviously we all know. You recommendation would be the carbon metallic! They have very good heat tolerance good fade properties excellent stopping power, better than ceramics, yet they are much easier on rotors. With the type of rotors you are getting, I think you would be ahead of the game with carbon metallics. IMO.
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I think you’ll be pleased. Nothing like made in the USA! Than you can actually get it! Amazing! Maybe somebody should tell Joe! Oh wait he’s too busy getting the bird poop off his coat!
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LOVE the FLAG! I know what a pain a well can be & I only have one to water my lawn.
Ok, it’s the bottom pivot bolt that treads into the cylinder head, right? If so look at keensert. They will work better than a helicoil for your issue. Do you now have the broken bolt out of the head now. Let me know if this is right. If it is I’ll explain further.