1987 El Camino 4.3 TBI / bad flexplate: fixed with a 5 speed!

Zelnak Zilla

Not-quite-so-new-guy
Oct 8, 2022
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So... Starting my 1987 El Camino was getting less and less reliable due to starter/flexplate grinding. It got to where I had to turn the engine over by hand to get to a good section of teeth before I could start it. The solution? A new flexplate? What fun is that?!?!

I had most of what I needed to put a WC T5 in the car squirreled away so, yeah, that happened.

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Now I need to do some hacking on the ECM front for drivability issues with the stock automatic ECM/PROM.

So far I'm lovin' it!
 
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