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welp, looks like we have a plan. first off, now the car isnt getting flipped- for now. i live in west metro detroit and he lives in northern mi-retired there this year and about 30 miles from where i moved from 3 years ago. cars headin up to his place this week. good thing is he has an F350 and...

surprise visit today, so i didnt have to be the bearer of bad news on the phone. now onto choices, which although id love to do the work, im not really feelin like shade treein droppin in a 350 or freshening up the lower end, which although ive rebuilt a few engines, they were on engine...

m most definatly would rather have a bad engine. its a friends ride. he picked it up last summerish. one of the 1st things i told him: you should get a crate engine for it. been thinkin of tellin him in leau of gettin my bill for work performed id gladly take the title signed off on.

or drain the oil and fill it with motor honey.:) decided not to be the bearer of bad news on mothers day.

welp, i got the exhaust buttoned up. it sounds a wee bit worse now heres a few pics of "myrtle."

boy, it would be nice it that is what it is, but since the heads were rebuilt and the knock is definately from down by the crank, that somewhat eliminates carbon knock. it could be why the car was parked 16 years ago. it could be the woman that owned it didnt notice a problem before parking it...

been a bit, but im back. had to put the car on the backburner for a bit. pulled distributor and primed the pump. that took a bit, but i got oil circulating. after putting distributor back in it fired right up and idled nicely. after letting it idle for about 5 minutes, i started workin the...

sure wish I woulda took some pics of this one while I had it on stands. theres no splices in the fuel lines and they even have the undercoating the rest of the car has on it.BUT..im thinkin I might have it back in the air soon. so, onto an update. this could be getting reeeeal deep. got the...

not seeing a filter on the frame rail. fuel lines run up the passenger side so id assume it would be on the passenger side, but I don't see a filter on the drivers side either. been a while since ive wrenched on a regular basis, but weren't those filters on the frame usually on fuel injected...

on the 85 cutlass. does it have a filter on the frame rail? im not sure, but flushing the lines out(put a fitting ona 2 liter soda bottle,pushed fresh gas into the line from the fuel pump and used air at 20psi to push it though) i ended up with clean fuel going into the bottle i had on the lines...

little update: dropped the tank and flushed lines. NASTY! friend was gonna pick up the tank and take it to get it lined:"i had it done a long time ago and it was $45." I just said,"oooookkkk!" already knew that gastank renew was about a $400 bill. good for a vehicle that there aren't repops...

strained quart of gas. not sure if this would even start a fire.

yup. thinkin new fuel system front to back.we shall see. owner already TRIED to get me to clean the fuel tank, but my fuel tank cleaning service is $300 with no guarantee compared to about $350 for new tank, pickup, fuel pump, and lines. just parts, of course.

wellp, I got the distributor in right. fires up and runs like crap, which leads me to remembering stuff, like: when a car owner- of a car that sat for 16 years- says the gas tanks clean, ask them,"how do you know?" apparently some people think that sitting for 16 years the gas just all...

thanks,pontiacgp. that's what I ended up doing, except when timing marks lined up I didn't check to see if I was at TDC. the distributor can only drop into 2 different spots, so I turned it 180,which took a wee bit of time as I had to putt crap off to get to the clamp.got it poppin through the...

im back with the same olds I asked questions about on brackets- the one that had top end work and new timing chain set installed. I have it all back together-ish. wanted to see it if fires before I go further. now, its been 20 years since ive dug into distributors and that information in my...

man, I thought figgerin out those brackets was time consuming, but tryin to upload pics with my internet service actin up has been real fun. anyways, in the pic in my 1st post, the bracket on top I think goes over on the left side of the engine- maybe on manifold bolts( gonna find out inna bit)...

ok, lets see how some pics upload for me. it might be hard to see or understand,but theyre the best pics i could get with what i have

hey, thanks texas!! ya know, about 10 or so minutes after askin It occurred to me that maybe one of the OEM parts sites might have a diagram or something to help out, which is something I had been able to do on other repairs. I found one. im pretty tuckered out tonight, but will be back tomorrow...

hey all. glad to have found this forum and reeeeally hopin I could get some assistance. ive got an 85 cutlass supreme with the 3.8 in it sittin in my drive that im tryin to help a friend out with reassembly. he did some top end work last summer on it, started reassembly, then headed to florida...