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    headlights on buzzer

    i have an 86 monte and an 84. the 86 has the lights on and the key buzzer and ive been used to it for close to 30 yrs now. the 84 is newer to me and i left the headlights on the other day because it was raining and i forgot to turn them off. is my car just missing a simple plug in buzzer? it...
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    84 mointe rear bumper cover removal

    I want to remove it from my non ss car and put a perfect replacement one I have from another car on.i see the push in clips on the bottom but what else needs to be removed to get it off?
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    84 monte ac plug question

    this is on my 84 project. it had the 4.3 6 cyl and I put everything for the ac onto the 350 I put in. I tried to charge the ac yesterday but could not get it to cycle.i thought I had all of the wires hooked up correctly. I started looking at some plugs that I wasn't sure where they went and...
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    aligning trunklid 84 monte

    the pass side is up a little more than the driver side .it doesn't look right to me.the car is very straight though and never to my knowledge been in an accident.i tried adjusting the rubber bumper down but that side still looks up a little.is there some way to adjust just that one side down a...
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    rear valance 84 monte

    i think that's what its called. both of the upper hold downs have ripped out. there is a stud with a nut that holds it secure and the plastic has broken at the bottom of the plastic. this is right above the licence plate. anyone ever fixed this? I plan on putting a plate holder on that stays...
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    made a small mistake on my valve covers

    I have a set of mt covers on the 350 in my monte project.i opened the front hole in the driver side to put a breather in.yesterday I hooked up the ac lines to the compressor and the breather was right in the way.is there any type of short breather or am I going to have to plug this hole somehow?
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    are walmart batteries any good?

    I need to get a new batt for my 84 monte.the one at walmart is around 75 bux and the autozone one is about 115.are the walmart ones any good?it still has a 3 yr replacement and 2 yr pro rate after that. also what would be the highest cold crank amp one I could fit in the stock location?i know im...
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    monte hood (getting it back home)

    I found a nice glass hood but its about 60 miles away. do you think I could tie it down on the rooofrack of a 200 jeep Cherokee to get it home?
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    brake problem

    this is not mine but it looks similar. when it rains and my 86 monte has been sitting ,the rear brakes lock up violently for the 1st couple of low speed stops.its been doing this for about a year now.ive replaced just about everything except the proportioning valve which is still stock.i did not...
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    strage under hood plug 84 monte

    i don't have a pic of it but its a black rubber plug about 3/4 inch diameter. it has 2 male spade connectors in it.one is vertical and the other is horizontal. its kinda greasy so I don't think it goes on the top of the engine. the car originally had a 3.8 v6 and this plug is on the pass side...
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    monte dash cluster ..gages and tach

    found out something very interesting while tryin to do this swap last nite.I have 2 complete clusters both different colors.the good one from the 84 car im trying to convert from idiot lites and no tach,is in perfect condition and the right color.the doner cluster is kinda ratty and the lense...
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    86 ss gage cluster

    I have a complete cluster from an 86 ss that I would like tro put in my 84 non ss with the clock and idiot lights.im pretty sure I saw a writeup on how to do this a while back but cant seem to locate it.could someone direct me?
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    monte ss spoiler

    I bought a spoiler locally that has no studs whatsoever in it.it was glued to the trunklid of the doner car.i cleaned all of the glue from it and there is definitely not even a hole in any location for a screw or stud.ever hear of this?how should I mount it on my 84 monte?
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    ac o rings

    I just put all new components in my 84 monte project. I want to replace all of the o rings.some of the components came with o rings and some didn't. I see autozone sells a o ring kit with several sizes in it. will this be ok? are the o rings behind the compressor special?
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    where is my coolant going?

    my 86 monte w 350 vortec has always run cool even at idle.it has the stock rad and I run a 160 t stat. the other day in the heat it started creeping up w the ac on and sitting still.once I started moving it crept back down again but soon as I sat again it started going up. it was about a gal...
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    strange brakelite problem

    i fired my new project up last nite and all went well .its an 84 non ss. my problem is that the driver side brakelite is on all the time.the pass side works fine as it should though. I don't know if was like this before because I didn't have it on the road befor the engine swap and I cant...
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    84 monte column shift indicator

    I swapped in a tilt column from an ss.im still going to use the column shifter and indicator in the cluster for now.everything is together but I cant get the shift indicator to work at all.it seems as if the wire that clips to the bowl is way too long or something.to line up properly the wire...
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    can this be repaired wo welding?

    this is the only spot of rust on my latest project.the paint was bubbled up in this area and I chipped it off to find this underneath a bondo repair.the hole actually was not completely thru but close.is there any way I could cut a square beyond the hole through and repar this properly without...
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    ps hose 84 monte

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    84 monte power steering pump bracket

    does anyone have a pic of how the curved bracket that bolts to the stud on the back of the power steering pump mounts? I have this just about figured out but this bracket is puzzling me a bit. it has a flange with a hole in it that is 90 deg to the face holes too. 350 in a 84 monte

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