What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2020]

[fleming442]

Especially at front wheels they are very deep, the cast alloy at center is very thick

Needs shank lugs and washers

 

[Turbo Zach]

A welder I am not. In my defense, this is my first time actually welding anything to anything else.

But, body side patch is "tacked" in, if you can call it that. I hit it with a hammer and it didn't budge, so the tacks seem to be doing their job.
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I applaud you for trying something new. Good skill to learn.

 

[Cauterize]

I applaud you for trying something new. Good skill to learn.

Remember Mr.Sony..... "Grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't"
Great work so far. You should see some of the booger welding I attempted as a teenager. It was... well.. I may as well have used bubble gum. lets put it that way.

 

[pagrunt]

Ordered a '79 Cutlass assembly manual cause it's the only one out there for our cars. When I get it I might need some of you Olds guys to translate some stuff into english.

 

[melloelky]

i pulled the o-ring adapters and hoses from the steering box,brake cleaned it all down.one of the rings was a stretched and had a flat spot(??)i replaced them both and ran it for a while.no leaks so far.maybe that was it who knows.there's a h20 ban here so I'll go to work tomorrow and jack it up and clean the underside of it all.gonna try some foamy see how it works.

😎

 

[oldsmobile joe]

Ordered a '79 Cutlass assembly manual cause it's the only one out there for our cars. When I get it I might need some of you Olds guys to translate some stuff into english.

I love mine. It's about 95% accurate. Which is great. There is a ton of info in there.

 

[UC645]

I have to mask the red off and shoot the black again, then add some silver to it but this is gonna come out real nice.

 

[CopperNick]

What I did with mine was get an oil pressure sender from a 1990 Chevrolet 1500 truck and a matching pigtail from the parts store.

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That sender is a combo of a gauge type oil pressure sender and a oil pressure switch in one unit. The center pin goes to your oil pressure gauge, and the outside two pins provide the switching. I tapped the power wire to the HEI for one side, and hooked the other side to the + terminal on the choke cover. I have mine pointed straight towards the brake booster, and it is nice and out of the way.

Nice idea. All the ones I have are either single tab or dual tab. Phoned Napa and he says he has a dual tab that will screw directly into either the one stock ell or both of the ones that I custom created in a combination of S/S and Brass. The factory dual tab is an AC unit with a part number on it that they may be able to trace. Wonder if they have a dual tab plug in a box somewhere. With just the two tabs I could still wire up the gauge and use the other tab for the choke. Ground is through the body to the engine so that is okay. Only complication is that It is getting to the point where if I am in a store for more than 5-10 minutes, unless it's a grocery run, I start getting way antsy and looking for the nearest exit, purchase or not.

 

[pontiacgp]

I switched out the Moog 5413 for the 5409 in the rear and drank some beer....

 

[pagrunt]

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I have to mask the red off and shoot the black again, then add some silver to it but this is gonna come out real nice.

Now you should see if you can find any badges similar to the Mexican Monte SS that used the GP dash.