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Differences In The Rear Brake Flex Line On A Convertible Compaired To A Sedan ?
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(Online photo, not mine) My car has been on the hoist for 4 days now ! The problem is the rear flex line where it mounts and passes through the frame crossmember. There is a retaining clip for each side of the frame. Every part brought in has the clips too close together as if the cross member is too thick....
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Need brake rotors for your Disc brake 67-68 Parisienne? Here's a solution.
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Had a nice visit this afternoon from CP member Cliff (oshawacliff), who has a gorgeous Oshawa 67 Impala FB.He's been trying to find replacement rotors as his car has the 4 piston disk brakes. He brought along the supposed 67-68 direct fit rotor from Ecklers he purchaced. What we discovered is th...
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Converting to Disc using a Combination valve. Flare nut size illustration.
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CP'ers For reference, perhaps someone can use this someday. For anyone who has converted their 65-70 B Body from front Drum to Disc, or even to Disc Disc, you know that unless buying a complete system or kit, finding the correct tube nut sizes takes a little research. Even on the same line size, apparen...
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Corvette rotors for big disc cars.
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Corvette rotors on 69-70 Canadian full size Pontiacs. A few years back, upon starting my chassis restoration, I had decided that my 69' Parisienne would need disc brakes in place of drums on the front. A little more performace would demand that braking be increased as well. Remeberi...
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Ball Joint / Tie Rod end torque specs for 68 B Body
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Good morning CP forum, I am finishing up on my front end re- furb at glacial pace and I am hoping that someone could chime in on torque specs for: -upper ball joint - lower ball joint - outer and inner tie rod ends Thx. Jake -- Edited by 68 Grande on Saturday 14th of September 2019 10:35:22 AM
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Time for front end work
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I noticed today that my "new" front tires (3000 miles) that I put on when I bought my car have a slight bit of wear on the inside and I when I run my hand both directions on them I can feel the difference between the two directions. I know some of my original front bushings are showing their age, so I guess I kno...
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Need wheel offset specs for 66 Parisienne
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A fellow on Facebook asked me if I knew the wheel offset specs for a 66 Parisienne. I don't . Can anyone help?
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Wheel back spacing / offset
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I have been thinking about getting some fancy wheels for my 68 Grande and I like the American Racing toque thrust wheels. I currently have 7 inch x 15 Pontiac Ralleys on it with 235 70 15 in the front and 255 60s on the back. I like the size of these wheels, they look ok but I have a hankering for a Torque Thrus...
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Radiator issue
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Hi guys Last Saturday was super hot, hit 33°C. I drove the car on the highway, then stop & go traffic. When I got home the radiator was overflowing and temperature indicating 250°F which I never before saw such temperature. Last year I changed the thermostat on my 67 2+2 since I had a similar issue bu...
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68 Master Cylinder bleed - disc brake conversion
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I am wondering if anyone has advice on how to bleed the master on a new install. It is a disc / disc master and I am going to need to do a bench bleed so I am wondering if anyone has any tips or a process that they would care to share. This is almost the conclusion on my drum to disc conversion and suspension rebu...
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I can't get it up !
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Hi everyone, No doubt, I have not used my car much in the past two years, 8 weeks ago, I had the car out and put the top down and left it down. Today, I went for a quick trip and when I got home, I decided to pop the top back up. She moved a little but did just not have the lift. So far I found this, https://canadianp...
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68 power brake booster - push rod question
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Good morning Poncho nation, I have a question regarding my 68 power booster and namely the push rod. I am in the process of converting the front brake system over to a C3 disc brake system as well as installing new lower and upper control arm bushings and I am in the home stretch a being finished. But, I ha...
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E-Brake cable
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Hi, does anybody know where I can get the proper length front emergency brake cable?I own a 1965 strato chief waggon I ordered a inline tube E brake kit for a standard 65 impala. Everything fit except for the front cable. I just got another one from car ID. The overall length is correct. But the colla...
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vette disk brake conversion
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dumb question, does anyone have pics of how they routed the brake lines when doing this conversion, the rubber vette lines are a few inches too short
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67 Parisienne drum brakes
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Looking for a little clarification I was on Rock Auto looking up new drums under 67 Parisienne they offer 1 flavour finned front by Raybestos they offer 1 flavour finned rear by Rabestos they look like good quality stuff for your average car then if you look up 67 Impala MANY different choices from c...
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66 & 67 Poncho frame diagram
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Hi.... Can someone send me a picture with dimensions for these 2 year frames. They are available in GM chassis manuals, ( they are in the Chevy manual) or from a Mitchell book. Email me here, need it ASAP Thanks in advance
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68 front wheel hub bearing re-pack
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I am in the process of a brake conversion from drum to disc on the 68 Grande. I have C3 spindles and hubs I am re-packing new bearings and getting close to installing the hubs on the spindles but I have a few questions on the following: 1) After the bearings are packed, how much grease should you put inside...
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Finally Found my Brake Pull
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My 68 2+2 has always had a slight brake pull to the right. Not huge but still there. I fought with it years ago and finally just loosened the brake setting on that side to smoothen it out to a point of being hardly noticeable. Well this past weekend I converted the front over to 70 single piston disc brakes....
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Part Number needed for ‘70 B Body Brake Rotors.
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Does anyone have a good part number for 70 B Body brake rotors? The Centric number is 120.62066 but when crossed over Raybestos, Wagner, or Winhere all come up with rears for a Pontiac Montana. Cant find a number using application with these companies either. Any help with a good number would be apprec...
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Rear Brake Flex Line 67 Parisienne Convertible
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I was wondering if someone could take a picture of the rear flex line on your 67? After looking at pictures of new lines on RockAuto and the Hubbard Impala catalogue , I am convinced the previous owner installed a flex line for a 69 or 70. From what I can tell the 66 67 68 line screws into a T fitting the 69 70 li...
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