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    Headlight relays

    What's the benefit of the relay if you dont mind me asking? I see it takes the load of the switch and reduces resistance, but can someone go into dummy terms and explain why that would be helpful?
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    No turn signals

    Hello everyone, I'm just about at my whitts end with the turn signals on my 79 el camino. My flashers work perfectly. I have a brand new can fuse in the top left and bottom right of the fuse box. I heard something about a purple wire so I pulled the fuse block off and it's going in one side with...
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    Check engine light

    Thanks for the info!
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    Check engine light

    Hello, I just wanted to confirm that my 1979 el camino has no check engine light or any kind of diagnostics. From my chiltons manual there is no check engine light on the 79 then when I looked at the 1980 it had one. Obd1 started in like 82 right? I bought the car not running and am in the...
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    Updated shifter

    Hello everybody I'm finally getting back around to installing my interior in my 79 el camino. I got a brand new 2010 camaro center console that looks pretty slick to go in. It was originally bench seat and column shift, but in my fashion, let's change it up and add 6 more projects to the list...
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    Identifying wires

    Hello all I am pretty sure when I bought by 79 el camino these wires were not hooked up. Now that I've gotten my dash ready to go back on I'm trying to figure out where they go. It looks like they might go down on the column, neutral safety switch area but my old column only had one connector...
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    Another carb legal question

    I emailed the bar editor or something like that earlier this week and he basically said that if it is not the same engine going in that came out then it is not a replacement. But the notes on their website talked about a replacement being something offered from the factory for the same make and...
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    Another carb legal question

    Thanks for clearing it all up caliwagon you've been a big help
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    Another carb legal question

    Or could I buy an engine like this...
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    Another carb legal question

    If i was to take that tbi350 to the ref would i need to know the exact truck it came out of? Or just the general range
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    Another carb legal question

    As this is my first car I'm rebuilding and restoring I'd want it to be as simple as possible. If I went down the bar and ref road, I'd be looking at 5.7 engines from chevy trucks 1979 and newer right? With all there smog stuff. I' say I'd probably have about 5 to 7 grand to throw at it when the...
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    Another carb legal question

    Ahh yea I like the sound of that bill. So long story short, the engine replacement guidelines still doesn't seem real cut and dry it sounds like. So in theory, what if I bought a gm long block, one of the most basic, ditched the heads and cam and went with carb approved heads and cam and used...
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    Another carb legal question

    Hello everyone, So I've been doing my homework on engine swaps for my 1979 el camino that came with the 305. Living in California, there sure are a lot of regulations. My original plan was to pull a 454 out of my dad' single cab 94 chevy. I think I've hit a wall with that since I'm pretty sure...
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    Steering column assembly help

    I pulled out another column I had and disassembled it and it has the same issue. Anyone have any ideas?
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    Steering column assembly help

    Hello everyone I have a 1979 el camino that I am restoring. I currently have the steering column sitting on a table in the garage in about a 100 pieces. I have read several guides on how to reassemble it so there is no problem there. The issue I'm having is that the tab that the ignition...

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