Recent content by partsbox

First off, thank you to everyone for what you’ve shared here. After reading the contributions made here and on another relevant forum, my gut feeling has led me to first explore changing the pinion angle, here’s why: Well before any of the work I previously mentioned, I installed Bilstein gas...

Hi everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve had time to work on my '87 El Camino (Elsie) or post in this forum (although I have lurked from time to time.) I have a situation that baffles me, so I am asking for your thoughts. Quite some time ago, Elsie developed a shake in the 60 -65 mph range...

If you are interested you can see the solution I settled on for hustling this big, heavy jack back and forth between my shed and carport at https://gbodyforum.com/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-shop-today.74626/post-850332

Well, I don’t have a shop – that’s why I did what I did. And it is a shop kind of thing. I do all my automotive work in a carport. All of my car-working tools, except for one, are stored in my basement, which is enough of a pain on its own. The one tool that is stored in my shed is my 3-Ton...

Road tested her today and got the positive results I was hoping for. How often does that happen?

I re-curved Elsie’s HEI this afternoon with an MSD #8428 Weight and Spring Kit. Set it up with the medium spring to start the Centrifugal advance at 1000 rpm with 8 degrees. Unfortunately, the skies opened up with a deluge so I haven’t had a chance to road test yet. I might need to back the...

I bought the DAYTONA Long Reach Low Profile jack from HF last year before changing the springs on Elsie. Did a lot of research before settling on it, I was actually impressed with it. Only problem is the weight (100 lbs, IIRC) as I don't have a garage and have to tote it across the yard between...

Hi, I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but with all the talk about painting your car blue or white, I thought why not both? So, please pardon the crude rendering, but I was thinking blue with white side insets and blacked-out window trim and door handles might be a viable option to work...

Or check the prefamulated amulite in the Turbo Encabultor. :giggle:

If my old, replaced parts are broken or proven to not function correctly, in the trash or to recycling they go. Otherwise, I store the good parts in my shed in preparation for the day that Maryland requires all that computer-controlled emissions garbage be put back in place. Or in the case of...

Even if you don't get into the music, you'll get a kick out of the video. Enjoy!

You got my interest - My El Camino is the same way: the left front and left rear are both lower than the right front and right rear, respectively, by about 3/16" to 3/8". New poly body mounts and new UMI springs with Bilstein shocks all the way around made no difference. I'm thinking it could...

To be honest, if I hadn't heard them first, I'd have probably gone with FlowMaster Super10's like I had on my old truck. Just something about the Spin Techs that sound a little deeper, a little more refined, and nice and loud.

I went with a CURT 120053 Class 2 Trailer Hitch for Elsie. The bars that triangulate to the bottoms of the frame rails even helped improve handling by controlling side-to-side chassis flex back there. It was a tight fit to the bottom of the rear bumper, I had to ditch a bolt from the bottom...

Thanks Bruce! MBS is still there. Have used them in the past for small things like making custom parts, infact that's where I first learned of the Spin Tech mufflers. I was there getting a pipe made for a temporary job and another customer had his El Camino in for a full system using a Spin...