What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]

[Supercharged111]

Well, I have a new non-G project to deal with. With the nicer weather, I moved the '10 Camaro to do a little garage sweepdown and there on the floor, in the oil pan area, driver side, was a few drips of Dexcool.....fuuggg! Put the car on the ramps and look under the car where the leak appears to be coming from... the friggin' oil cooler (actually heater) is leaking. And it appears it's seeping a bit of oil too.

It's not an unheard of issue. Even though they've been around for quite some time, they're a hit and miss issue. Problem is, the list price for a new complete unit is over $400. The exchanger (#9) by itself is over $300. Yeah, right. I can get some new donut gaskets for it (#22), but it requires disassembly and even then won't guarantee it'll seal back up.

Here's a better idea. Do the oil "heater" delete. A ton of LS engined cars came without oil coolers. If I were auto crossing it or doing something with heavy, constant loading, I could see replacing it with a bigger air oil cooler rerouted to the front, but since the car's only got 13K miles on it, there's no need for it. I'm just going to remove it, put it in a box and if the car ever gets sold, the new owner can deal with it.

They sell an oil cooler delete "package" which consists of a new upper rad hose, a brass plug for the side of the block and the oil passage block off cover/bolts/gasket, but I can get all that junk through GM for less.

I've already put in orders for new rad hoses and heater hoses, as I might as well change all that crap out while the coolant's out of it. Got a couple of gallons of real deal GM Dexcool concentrate coming from GMpartsdirect.com (cheaper than buying it off the shelf around here). Just have to mix it 50/50 myself. They have the 50/50 mix already but you only save $4 per gallon for half as much coolant. Math says use the big measuring cup and mix it myself with deionized water (GM says clean, drinkable water- fugg that) and get the second gallon of 50/50 for $4.

I know the thought has crossed your mind.

 

[ck80]

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I know the thought has crossed your mind.

Or.....

Sterrrike 1 - it's a 2010 and used car prices are at an all time high.

Sterrrrrrrrike two - it's breaking.

Sterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrike three- it's got an LS engine.

Whelp, looks like it's out!

 

[1320John$$$]

The camaro headers fit like they were made for this Sbc F150 swap used a power steering pumps from the 87 MC parts car along with pulleys and alternator bracket
31X19 universal griffin rad coming Monday
Still have to Fabricate exhaust Y Pipe and make a drive shaft hoping I can get the Ford column shift linkage to work with the GM transmission The mechanical fuel pump hit the frame crossmember I was going to notch the frame to make it work but decided just to buy an electric fuel pump

 

[airboatgreg]

Bought a kennel for new addition to the family

I picked Hwyl up today. 500 miles. What a sport and what looks to be an awesome dog. Short story is we call him Howie. Wife, Rufus dog and I spent time bonding with him in yard today. Rufus adjusting as he does not like little dogs

 

[Wraith]

Spent part of the day with the Boxster trying to figure out the "no crank" situation with a multimeter. worked for hours and after tracing wires that should be hot figured out I'm a dummy and when I had done a key replacement case I had overlooked the chip which was sealed in epoxy and threw the old case away. Without that chip the immobilizer I will never start it so I had to call in a high end locksmith to do a new one. Waiting until Tuesday for results that "hopefully" costs a third of what it would cost at Porsche.

The P tax is real.

 

[Cauterize]

Pulled the bikes down for some spring loving. Fresh sealant for the tires and a brake bleed. I made the mistake of accidentally pulling the rear break lever when the bikes used to be stored upside down. Rear brake was so spongy it would go right to the bar.
Tested ot my handywork by jibbing around in the back yard for 10 minutes. Still need to play with the rear shock's rebound. It also needs some more air, and I need to shed some tonnage.

 

[Supercharged111]

Not today, but within the last couple days. I ordered replacement LEDs for my HVAC panel in my 98 GMC K1500 and during install while tweaking on the wire harnesses trying to gain bulb access with it plugged in I managed to kill the blower motor. I'd been horsing on the blower motor harness so figured I'd killed another switch. F it, I want a new panel, off to Rockauto I go and holy crap even the knockoffs are $80! The real deal is $170, but the one I want with a defrost button is discontinued and marked up to $600+ on Ebay. Nope. Off to the pull and pay roulette. After scouring the entire yard, I nailed a 2007 AC Delco replacement unit and an original 96 unit. The 07 had a ghetto looking solder repair job and the virgin 96 unit, not surprisingly, broke up a little upon removal. The plastic gets insanely brittle on these things. The 99 panel I'd swapped in broke up more. Well neither of the replacement panels did anything and I ohmed one to be sure it wasn't junk, it wasn't. Next I jumpered the plug and the fan kicked on. A closer look revealed this:

That one nuked pin also had zero tension. My fan speeds had been wonky the last year or so, now I see why. That's the fan input power. It powers the resistor in the first 3 speeds and triggers the high speed relay. Back to the junkyard I went for 2 not melted plugs.

That's better. I was able to repin the 5 good wires and had to solder in a replacement section of the bad wire. I couldn't fish it out plus the pin itself was junk. Instant success! And now I have 2 SUV HVAC panels stockpiled to future proof myself. I figure I can swap the PCB from my current panel to that weird repaired one down the road as the fan switches themselves seem to be what takes the dump in these things.

Next up is the Camaro. I turned my focus to the engine as the first race is in 2 weeks. I'm wanting to convert this OBDI LT1 to OBDII and had to yank the heads for other reasons so pulled motor trans and all a while ago. Old heads STILL aren't pressure checked so shifted focus to adding the reluctor. I wasn't finding a good online source for the longer crank keyway and eventually did a more common sense thing and called up the dealer. Rolled the dice with no VIN and struck out. Procured VIN today and retried. Tuesday we see if I struck gold. In the meantime I've found that my LT4/4.3 timing chain that's stretched to hell and back can only be had directly from Clothes, so ordered a complete LT1 timing set and found that my crank pulley hub is the late version, not early which explains why the belt has jumped a rib a couple times over the years. More PO ****ery, gotta love it. Timing set should be in tomorrow, gaskets are in town, I just pray that I put it all together and I don't lose a quart of water plus every damn race.

 

[SS_Malibu]

Spent part of the day with the Boxster trying to figure out the "no crank" situation with a multimeter. worked for hours and after tracing wires that should be hot figured out I'm a dummy and when I had done a key replacement case I had overlooked the chip which was sealed in epoxy and threw the old case away. Without that chip the immobilizer I will never start it so I had to call in a high end locksmith to do a new one. Waiting until Tuesday for results that "hopefully" costs a third of what it would cost at Porsche.

The P tax is real.

Dave Ramsey refers to that as "Stupid Tax". I sure have paid my share over the years for some of the things I've done. But, I learned and moved on. I don't ever throw away any old part until I am 100% certain the new piece works for a while first because I've the same thing you did. Threw away something I should've kept. Hope you get it sorted out for reasonable cost.

 

[airboatgreg]

Pulled the bikes down for some spring loving. Fresh sealant for the tires and a brake bleed. I made the mistake of accidentally pulling the rear break lever when the bikes used to be stored upside down. Rear brake was so spongy it would go right to the bar.
Tested ot my handywork by jibbing around in the back yard for 10 minutes. Still need to play with the rear shock's rebound. It also needs some more air, and I need to shed some tonnage.

Brakes!!!!!!!!! we don't need no friggen brakes

 

[81cutlass]

On today's episode of the bathroom remodel of pain pt 76.86, mold removal stage

Mud and sand followed by mudding and sanding