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What did you do to your G-Body today? [2011-2018]
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I've had better days in the shop.
It all started when I went to leave this morning in my Delta 88 and noticed one of the front tires half flat. WIth the wagon also out of commission at the moment, I didn't have time to diagnose, just add more air and take off.
After getting back from where I had to go I pulled a roofing nail out of the tread and plugged it. On to the next....
WIth the addition of all the new parts, I borrowed my Dad's power bleeder machine to push all the air out of the Wagon brake system while pulling new fluid into everything. Only the plate that straps to the master cylinder to pressurize the system, doesn't fit the plastic reservoir that this car has. So I cracked the bleeders to let them gravity bleed, eventually getting fluid, while I moved on to the next...
... which was yanking the valve covers to begin removal of the rocker arms and push rods in preparation for replacing valve guide seals...
... only I accidentally dropped one of the rocker nuts into the opening of the cylinder head which in turn caused it to fall into the lifter valley.
sh*t!!!!!!!!
I stood there for a while looking at it trying to think, but more so hoping it would somehow miraculously rise to the surface on it's own.
Of course it didn't.
I had visions of having to pull the intake and the cylinder head... all parts of the project I hadn't intended to do. I got the idea to use a telescoping magnet and trying to fish it back out. Only the magnet I had, had too wide of a surface to fit down in the hole.
A quick trip to my local Ace hardware added three new telescoping magnets to my tool arsenal because you can never have too many different ones right?
Back to fishing I go. Of course I need to fish blind. I feel the magnet grab a piece of something so I gently reel it in. It was the nut I lost but it fell off the magnet once I hit the hole. I cast again and this time grabbed one of the lifters and sucked it out of the bore.
Game over. Thanks for playing.
All this time the car has been up on jackstands with no wheels on it. I put the fronts back on and dropped it down and ended up removing the intake manifold. I put the lost lifter back in it's home and was also able to find the lost nut.
At least I didn't have to yank the cylinder head too.
I managed to pressurize each cylinder one at a time and got the seals replaced on one whole bank. Had to stop short there in order to help the Mrs. host dinner for her parents.
At least I'm back moving forward.
Here's the current status of the patient.
It all started when I went to leave this morning in my Delta 88 and noticed one of the front tires half flat. WIth the wagon also out of commission at the moment, I didn't have time to diagnose, just add more air and take off.
After getting back from where I had to go I pulled a roofing nail out of the tread and plugged it. On to the next....
WIth the addition of all the new parts, I borrowed my Dad's power bleeder machine to push all the air out of the Wagon brake system while pulling new fluid into everything. Only the plate that straps to the master cylinder to pressurize the system, doesn't fit the plastic reservoir that this car has. So I cracked the bleeders to let them gravity bleed, eventually getting fluid, while I moved on to the next...
... which was yanking the valve covers to begin removal of the rocker arms and push rods in preparation for replacing valve guide seals...
... only I accidentally dropped one of the rocker nuts into the opening of the cylinder head which in turn caused it to fall into the lifter valley.
sh*t!!!!!!!!
I stood there for a while looking at it trying to think, but more so hoping it would somehow miraculously rise to the surface on it's own.
Of course it didn't.
I had visions of having to pull the intake and the cylinder head... all parts of the project I hadn't intended to do. I got the idea to use a telescoping magnet and trying to fish it back out. Only the magnet I had, had too wide of a surface to fit down in the hole.
A quick trip to my local Ace hardware added three new telescoping magnets to my tool arsenal because you can never have too many different ones right?
Back to fishing I go. Of course I need to fish blind. I feel the magnet grab a piece of something so I gently reel it in. It was the nut I lost but it fell off the magnet once I hit the hole. I cast again and this time grabbed one of the lifters and sucked it out of the bore.
Game over. Thanks for playing.
All this time the car has been up on jackstands with no wheels on it. I put the fronts back on and dropped it down and ended up removing the intake manifold. I put the lost lifter back in it's home and was also able to find the lost nut.
At least I didn't have to yank the cylinder head too.
I managed to pressurize each cylinder one at a time and got the seals replaced on one whole bank. Had to stop short there in order to help the Mrs. host dinner for her parents.
At least I'm back moving forward.
Here's the current status of the patient.
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I don't have the prop valve number handy and don't want to give wrong information. But I searched threads on here and found it. I've had it for almost 6 months before installing it. I got it from Inline Tube.
The S-10 wheel cylinders came from AutoZone: 33892
The cylinder brackets came from Summit but they have a Raybestos part number: GMB25851
Biggest thing I did was removing my carpet to soap (Tide Laundry Detergent) and power wash. Padding underneath was still wet from fording flood waters over a month ago. I knew my floors were decent, but I'm very fortunate my car was undercoated very near purchase. Some light scale that came off with a wire brush. Next weekend I will POR-15 and dynamat the floor and re install my cleaned carpet. I also got creative while the carpet was out. The rear footwells have one indent in the inside corner on the trans tunnel side, drilled a hole per side, ran a bolt through, and used that as a hanging point for the derpy leather(?)/metal 360* swivel pipe hangars. I use 2 3/4" hose clamps to hold em to the pipe. Exhaust is tucked up for good this time. Probably.
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Momma said there'd be days like this.....
Looked at them and lamented not driving them this weekend due to chores and work.
installed monte carlo ss wheels on the cutlass with four 215 60 15s. now i can drive this thing. its had studded snow tires and 14s on it since october.
I'm glad to see that the prognosis is good, doctor. Carry on. 👍
Yeah, Thanks. I did. While awaiting some materials for a freelance project I'm working on, I went back to the shop and got the rest of the valve guide seals in, all the rocker arms and push rods back in, headers and exhaust all bolted back up, valve covers, carb and intake manifold all cleaned up and ready to go back on.
But I had to order the intake gasket set which should be here tomorrow. So that's what's holding me up.
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