BUILD THREAD 1982 Malibu Wa-GOON 6.2/4L80e/8.5

[Malibu795]

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[Misfitmike63]

Repainted the calipers and brackets today. Will be reassembling them on Thursday, along with welding on the tube brackets to the rear axle

 

[Misfitmike63]

Brakes are assembled, just need to bleed the system, and figure out what I’m going to do with the E-brake.

Look pretty good!

Looking at the bolt for the LCA on the housing, I might make a bracket to fit there in line with the lever.

 

[MetroRob]

Sorry to hear about your Dad 🙁

Your car is beautiful !

 

[T-TOP TONY]

Love this wagon 😍

 

[Misfitmike63]

New transmission pan installed last night

 

[Misfitmike63]

Did a LOT of bleeding, and still have a soft pedal. Has to be air in there somewhere🤬

 

[mclellan83]

Did a LOT of bleeding, and still have a soft pedal. Has to be air in there somewhere🤬

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[Misfitmike63]

Spent the weekend working, as well as getting my dad’s 2 cars up and running. The orange 79 hasn’t run since 16/17, so it needed a battery to start. New battery and a quick hit of ether and it fired right up! Had to swap out the alternator, but other than that it was good. Red 81 started right up, and have been driving it around. Also got my 79 Chevy K30 Cummins swap up and running. Going to try bleeding the brakes again later on when Pedro comes over.

 

[Misfitmike63]

Tried bleeding the brakes again, still having issues. Noticed bubbles in the reservoir of the master, so I decided to upgrade🤦