did it come with the usual conditions? you know, no choptop, flames, or big gay spoiler?
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What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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Did a lot the last couple of weeks. Replaced the bad facia on my front porch with that fancy PVC trim board. Trenched a section of my roadbed deeper to get my outdoor railroad track more level. Got the pool up and running and fixing several leaks in the solar heating panels. Then replaced the an axle shaft on the CVPI's 8.8 and replaced the rear brake pads and rotors. Got the good police severe duty brake parts from Rockauto cheaper than normal grade stuff from Autozone, even with shipping.
rested all day yesterday from the physical labor on Sunday. all stiff muscles and joints. tore down a 40ft long brick retaining wall with help from a friend with his backhoe and frontloader bucket. using the long iron spike to wedge behind the bricks and break them free actually worked better than the backhoe.
Decided to repair the sheet-metal on the Yukon XL vs scrapping it. Picked-up some barn doors late Sat afternoon & had them installed & aligned Sunday by noon. Had someone already ask if I had something cheap for sale so it might be gone this week w/o any additional effort.
After that the focus was on the A's. The Coupe is getting the road maintenance once over & having a couple of issues addressed.
My Cabriolet got the new dropped axle & Posies spring swapped in place. Dropped the front more (</=2") & it now has some actual suspension travel clearance. We still have to finalize the juice brake install so no drive-time yet, but it should be night & day difference. We now know the 'death wobble' we would occasionally encounter was worn-out bushings @ the King-Pins & front leaf shackles. We also swapped on a new alum intake, 'Stromberg 97' down-draft carb, electric fuel-pump, & 4>1 'Reds' header. Throttle response is CRISP! I still need to get the previous exhaust re-piped as needed to work w/the header.
Pretty happy w/it now.
With driver/passenger in the car, the *ss end comes down for a nice stance. A loaded ice-chest in the trunk/rumble seat space will max things to where I want it.
Still working on the trip 'To-Do' list but getting there. In 10-days these two A's will be climbing up Pikes Peak.....
After that the focus was on the A's. The Coupe is getting the road maintenance once over & having a couple of issues addressed.
My Cabriolet got the new dropped axle & Posies spring swapped in place. Dropped the front more (</=2") & it now has some actual suspension travel clearance. We still have to finalize the juice brake install so no drive-time yet, but it should be night & day difference. We now know the 'death wobble' we would occasionally encounter was worn-out bushings @ the King-Pins & front leaf shackles. We also swapped on a new alum intake, 'Stromberg 97' down-draft carb, electric fuel-pump, & 4>1 'Reds' header. Throttle response is CRISP! I still need to get the previous exhaust re-piped as needed to work w/the header.
Pretty happy w/it now.
With driver/passenger in the car, the *ss end comes down for a nice stance. A loaded ice-chest in the trunk/rumble seat space will max things to where I want it.
Still working on the trip 'To-Do' list but getting there. In 10-days these two A's will be climbing up Pikes Peak.....
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Glad it's in good hands. You gonna put a tree fiddy in it?
When my dad died in 2012 he left a 2001 Malibu in near showroom condition. I took it to get inspected and they thought the odometer was broken! That beige interior is just like it. I gave it to my cousin who would check on them all the time since I live far away. She still has it and has put just tires and batteries on it. Whenever I go to visit she "lends" it me so I don't have to pay for a rental.
It's nothing fancy but I just went over it for inspection and it has 4 literally brand new tires on it and new intake gaskets and some recent body repair. I love the 3800 engines. For now I'm gonna use it around town and to drive to work and school and keep the miles down on my truck.
Spent the last two days learning that Eaton/Weatherhead has suspended production of two Elbow Union fittings that I need to complete a replumb of the T-box ATF cooler in my Non G-Body Gee-body and is offering no time line on when they mgiht go back into production. Fairview apparently can supply them at the rate of $100.00 each!!!!!. Amazon quotes them for 18.00 but is n/a on stock so you can see how lack of supply versus demand tends to drive up price.
The now plan is a variant on what was in there but now I have to source barb-sert fittings that will screw into the inverted flare connections on the cooler.....................
And dont get me started on the Mother****************** Plumber who was supposed to show up today and didn't. Now it is supposed to be tomorrow and they got told that if he doesn't show before noon, don't show at all. The re-sked will likely get kicked back all the way to September at the earliest. I already have warnings for call ins all summer long so the checks come first. BOTHER!!!
Nick
The now plan is a variant on what was in there but now I have to source barb-sert fittings that will screw into the inverted flare connections on the cooler.....................
And dont get me started on the Mother****************** Plumber who was supposed to show up today and didn't. Now it is supposed to be tomorrow and they got told that if he doesn't show before noon, don't show at all. The re-sked will likely get kicked back all the way to September at the earliest. I already have warnings for call ins all summer long so the checks come first. BOTHER!!!
Nick
I'm surprised one of the LS fanbois hasn't popped up to push their engine of choice
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