I purchased the gasket kit from Dixie (I think). I also bought a 30' roll of that butyl tape to reseal the top and replace the old stuff around the evaporator. AND YES, it will be thoroughly cleaned inside before re-assembly. It'll be the next guy's problem (my son) after I kick the bucket.
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2022]
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Gave it a good wash. Son texted me yesterday to go shoot some clay targets so will drive El C to the range. Can't wait.
Checked her over a little, added some oil since she leaks like a sieve. Took her out with some buddies for a drive and to get some food. While out I noticed the back up camera isn't working so looked at that yesterday by taking the head unit out and seems like everything was connected still. Wasnt sure when I was playing with the screens if I had pulled something. So now will try to dig into that at some point to see, looked underneath and all the wires look alright as well......
There's a three step process around the backup camera problem:
Step one: extend right hand behind passenger headrest
Step two: turn head to look over right shoulder
Step three: engage reverse while looking out rear/opera windows.
I just saved you a ton of diagnostic time. You're welcome. 😆
Drove the Bonneville to work to fuel it up. When I made it home, I found fuel dripping off of the frame rail. ****. Nothing like dropping a full fuel tank.
Y'all sure it's the tank and not just one of lines to the sending unit? Not quite equal but about 6 lbs/gallon so a 20 gal tank would gross in around 140-150 lbs; contents plus tank itself. What works fairly slick is a bike lift. They have a skinny profile and use two cross rails to pick the frame tubes on a bike which are close enough to pick up the bottom of the tank without impeding access to the straps. The one I use myself is actually a home built that I copied from another home built. Might be able to score one from Harbor Freight or Amazon.
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The way my work schedule has been, this job may get farmed out to a mechanic. 12 hour days don't give me much time to wrench around in the garage.
Was supposed to be watching the Price is Right but it got interrupted by a talking head announcement that American gas imports from the Rooskies had just been suspended. Last Power Nation post put gas at $3.72/gallon and set to rise. Lucky you. Up here in the land of the frozen chosen it is approaching $2.00 per liter. Math time here; there are 4.5 liters in our gallon so us Canucks are paying, or about to pay, $9.00 per gallon!!!!! The whole liter thing is a petroleum curtain to disguise how much car owners are being fleeced for their fuel.
To put this in perspective, a 1/4 tank of gas for my S-10 costs me $50.00. At that it is cheap because that quarter tank represents a month of daily driving. If it had been my other toys, the Monte and the G-10, it'd be more like a week.
Maybe the next hi zoot biz will be figuring out how to rewind electric motors to make them spin faster and produce higher rpms for e-cars, thus making them go faster and farther on a charge. Bleah, that is about as attractive as tofu.
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To put this in perspective, a 1/4 tank of gas for my S-10 costs me $50.00. At that it is cheap because that quarter tank represents a month of daily driving. If it had been my other toys, the Monte and the G-10, it'd be more like a week.
Maybe the next hi zoot biz will be figuring out how to rewind electric motors to make them spin faster and produce higher rpms for e-cars, thus making them go faster and farther on a charge. Bleah, that is about as attractive as tofu.
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