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Those that followed the Holley carb thread know I am fighting a Chevy 350 swap full of headaches. A 1978 Malibu with a Targetmaster 350/ T-400 combination that ran for 10 years, then sat for 20 years. The new Holley 600cfm carb will idle like a champ, 20" vacuum, and wants to melt the tires at...

Here in Shitty City we actually had a 4.8 Richter earthquake today. I thought the oil burner was shuddering, then I remembered we changed to gas. The house shuddered like a tank was rolling past on the street. I am in Queens, which is on Wrong Island, so the sandy soil probably absorbed much...

So this 1978 Malibu I have been beating my head against the wall with, has no combination valve. Instead, there is some sort of an adjustable valve in JUST the rear line. The brakes totally suck. It takes two feet on the pedal to stop, and the pedal travel is almost to the floor. Brakes have...

A friend put a 600 cfm Holley Quick Fuel vacuum secondary carb on his mostly stock Chevy 350 engine. This is in a very stock 1978 Malibu, auto trans. It does have headers. We got the idle nice and smooth, at around 650 rpm, with 20" idle vacuum. The vacuum advance is hooked to ported vacuum...

I need some new battery cables. Store cables are cheap and thin. I usually buy bulk lengths of marine grade tinned copper to make cables for outboard motors. I figured I would do the same for the Bonnewagon. The issue is that I read on electrical sites that crimping is the best way to attach the...

This is a real thing. Scary. But I do know some people that would buy this. It brings new meaning to the term 'base model'. Keep in mind it is NEW! Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was looking for a small pancake compressor to replace an ancient tiny Sears unit that had no reservoir tank. I notice that they now come with an expiration date to remove from service. It looks like they are only good for about 11 years. Really? By that standard my old 1990's Sears 30 gallon...

1983 Bonneville. I went to release the hand brake and the plastic on the dash [?] that it sits in- broke away. I was able to grab the body and pull the handle so I got the brake released. I was too busy, and pissed, to look at it. What is that part? The dash? Or the bezel? I have another...

I need to replace my acetylene torch twin hoses so I figured I would replace the flashback arrestors/check valves at the same time. My old Sears torch was made by Harris and I have been happy with the Harris replacement parts. I only see the Harris 88-5FBR and 88-5FBT arrestors available. I...

If you are trying to calibrate your speedometer so it is as perfect as you can get it, what method do you use? Some say GPS is more accurate but even the US GOV says GPS is only 95% accurate, and other things can interfere. I say those courtesy radar set-ups near schools are more accurate. You...

A fairly new battery is getting weak slowly. After charging the battrey seems good, shows 12.5 volts, and you place a load on it with a carbon pile tester, it drops to 11.5 volts. Good battery, right? Now, I start the engine, test the battery, and it jumps to 13 volts right away. Alternator...

I just went through a horrible job swapping out a transmission shifter cable on my Sunfire. While looking for parts I saw that they offer a kit of new plastic retainers that repair the cable end without going through the hell I just went through. I also saw that many GM vehicles like Yukons use...

I knew a guy with a 1985 Grand prix. He put a Pontiac 455 in it and had a GTO hood tach on the hood too. But he ran the stock HEI ignition. I asked how he got the old style hood tach to work with a modern HEI but he did not know. A shop had rigged it up for him. Is this possible? I thought the...

No Father's Day posts this year? Here's to all the guys that stuck around to raise their kids. Hang in there. If you are good , you may get promoted to Grandpa.

If our cars came with manual steering standard, and power steering was an option, could you get a tilt column with the manual box? Or was power steering mandatory with a tilt column? When I had my tilt column apart I saw that the heart of the tilt mechanism is a plastic sphere that doesn't look...

I don't have to remind our Vets what this day means. Anyone who has lost someone knows what it is about. But I really wonder why am I always the only one on my street who flies the flag on this day? As you go shopping, to the beach or mountains, backyard barbecues, parties, fly the flag. Let...

I'm pretty sure I asked this before, but it is crunch time. We need to use some Pontiac log manifolds and we want to get a dummy EFE valve to use instead of the factory EFE that still works. I don't want to just destroy this one because they are going for a king's ransom if you can even find...

Buddy has a Pontiac 400 in his GP and he just bought a new HEI but not GM. He wanted to backfit a non-CCC HEI and could not find an original GM. I was explaining to him about timing an engine by removing the spark plugs and grounding the wires, then spinning the engine while setting the timing...

So you think you have seen some major screw-ups at work? Check this out- I can't believe no one got hurt.

I was struggling with those upper shock bolts that you need to get a wrench on. My 1980 Chevrolet FSM says the bolts go in from the bottom, and the nuts go on top. There is a funny picture in the FSM of a hand sticking up between the fender and tire holding the end of a wrench through the tiny...