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What did you do to your G-Body today?

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Postby 307 Regal on Sat Sep 08, 2012 5:42 pm

Modified my bumper core supports with my dad. Can't wait to see how much weight we dropped after the metal cools down. :)
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Postby bill on Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:32 pm

Well...today I took the cutlass for a ride through the country to clean out the old gas and warm up the joints. After a 10 mile ride, brought it home to check a few things. While it was idling in the driveway, I was checking the timing, idle, mixture...etc. and I noticed that the fan wasnt coming on. Looked at the temp gauge and it was at 250 and climbing fast! I shut it down and it started sounding like a boiler getting ready to pop....scared me half to death! Needless to say, I yank that electric fan off and put the stock fan on. Turns out, the relay had melted and wasnt working. I guess the moral of the story is.....dont fix it if it aint broke!
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby wonderboy24 on Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:01 pm

ordered custom plates,be here in a couple weeks

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby 442_olds on Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:36 pm

Finished getting the brake line installed Friday night, and got the brakes bled today (Saturday). Glad that job is done...quite a knucklebuster :evil:

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Postby dlo253 on Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:13 pm

Cut up my power steering bracket so its not so horrendous looking since I dont have AC. Painted that, and my alternator bracket satin black. Replaced some bulbs in my cluster, and i found a stereo dash kit i had laying around that wasnt so bulky also..So I replaced that too.
Oh and I also did "The Big 3" upgrade.
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Postby MrHernandez on Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:27 am

forgot to mention i got a 78 elco a month ago, straight up trade for my 95 Volvo wagon ...anyways i ran the constant hot to the radio and 4 new shocks...she rides like a Cadillac now :)
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Blue Knight on Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:38 am

started to upgrade my fuel system for my 323 swap...

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Postby odaci0us on Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:08 am

I cleaned up my tail lights and tried out the Red VHT lens paint to cover the sun fade. I am really impressed with the results.
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Postby YGspider on Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:39 am

bill wrote:Well...today I took the cutlass for a ride through the country to clean out the old gas and warm up the joints. After a 10 mile ride, brought it home to check a few things. While it was idling in the driveway, I was checking the timing, idle, mixture...etc. and I noticed that the fan wasnt coming on. Looked at the temp gauge and it was at 250 and climbing fast! I shut it down and it started sounding like a boiler getting ready to pop....scared me half to death! Needless to say, I yank that electric fan off and put the stock fan on. Turns out, the relay had melted and wasnt working. I guess the moral of the story is.....dont fix it if it aint broke!


Yep dont fix what is not broken I've learnt that the hard way countless times and still have not got the hint. :lol:
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Postby maliburacinfreak on Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:22 pm

-83MONTESS- wrote:Swapped out my "freshly" rebuilt Qjet for another "freshly" rebuilt Qjet and im having the same problems. The car wont idle without the idle screw being all the way in and then it idles at 12-1300 rpm. I spent 4 hours today playing with the timing and got no where. I can drive it fine but cant get the idle lower than 1200 rpm and thats wayyy too high for this motor considering I have to put the brake pedal through the floor to keep it from moving at a light. The only thing I can think of is I have a large amount of water in my gas because the first carb was having problems the day after I filled it up. The guy that builds my carbs says he cant find anything wrong with the Qjet I thought had a bad accelerator pump :blam:
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby dlo253 on Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:10 pm

odaci0us wrote:I cleaned up my tail lights and tried out the Red VHT lens paint to cover the sun fade. I am really impressed with the results.


Pics? Sounds like a good idea..

Added domelight supervision to my alarm, and cleaned up some wiring in my trunk.
Tried making my speedo work, cable is good. Gears appeared fine. Still Wont work. Guess I gotta drop the driveline and all that to take a better look at the gear.
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Postby 80ELCAMINOFLAKE on Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:55 pm

New spectre air cleaner and alt adjustable bracket:

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Gbody on Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:02 pm

day two of sanding.. its look ok for it to be my first time sanding... thanks youtube 8)

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Postby lepewwagon on Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:35 pm

lowered the front suspension and blacked out center of rims
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Postby Longroof79 on Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:52 pm

lepewwagon wrote:lowered the front suspension and blacked out center of rims


Welcome aboard! Good looking wagon. Post some pics of it when you get a chance. Anything else done to it?
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