So! After working on the hoist with a 2012 Duramax, I pulled in another one to replace the front calipers. Lots of these guys I ask, what do you have in the back and since this guy had a cover, I could not see. All he says, just probably 30 L of fuel and so I said to myself, OK. Its pretty much empty in the slip tank. My hoist lifts 10,000 pounds, it went up about a foot and a half and quit and I said to myself, odd, tried again, same thing. I asked him once again, what do you have in the back? I couldnt believe my eyes!
W.O.W
Tools, fifth wheel hitch, oils, fuel and God knows what else. I was upset with him to say the least!
-- Edited by 67Poncho on Thursday 15th of June 2023 01:46:35 PM
Yikes Vince!
I started having problems with my lawn tractor not disengaging the blades. So, after 10 years of ownership (it was used when I got it) I finally removed the deck to have a look. The idler is pretty worn. Suprisingly everything else looks good - no bad bearings, no real rot on the deck. This mower has a ton of hours on it and is just now starting to use a bit of oil. I'm hoping the local parts store has one or I'll have to go the Amazon route.
Enjoyed an afternoon playing with a new (old) toy I just purchased. Its a Sun Tune up kit bought in 77 and never used. The dwell meter isn't much use for dwell as I have a magnetic pickup but the low RPM tach function is great under the hood coupled with the vacuum gauge for making idle air screw adjustments. Comes with a remote starter switch as well. Nice for setting valves .
-- Edited by horder on Friday 16th of June 2023 04:18:39 PM
I managed to find a new blade engagement idler for my mower at the local parts shop this afternoon so I installed it tonight. The old one was worn quite badly as shown in this photo. A roller runs along this edge and had eventually wore a notch in the idler. This would cause the mechanism to stick resulting in the blades not disengaging.
Surprisingly the roller was in good shape. I cleaned and lubed all moving parts and the blades engage and disengage like new.
Tried to replace the alternator on my 94 Buick only to determine the harness plug on the replacement is different than the one I removed. Both Rock Auto and Amazon showed the same PN for this alternator (Delco). I purchased it on Amazon so returning will be easy. Good thing alternators are easy to replace on the 3800!
Get on your thong Carl and work on them tan lines.
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ItFinally had some car time today so I put the rebuilt carb on the Chevy. She does not leak gas now and it will idle at 700 RPM. I also had the 66 Pontiac outYep, I am officially old. I enjoyed driving the Power Steering automatic car better the the standard steering stick car
1) I'm not sure we can continue to be friends when you talk like that about liking an automatic with PS better than a manual steering stick car?
2) I can't tell for sure but I'm thinking your PCV vacuum source is not below the throttle plate? Isn't it supposed to be?
Since hes officially old, you may have to drop by and help fix that PCV? . I do enjoy PS and still prefer 3 pedals over the automatic in the 1998 Silverado. And while were at it, AC too, its been 30 and humid here.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Monday 26th of June 2023 02:58:49 AM
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
1) I'm not sure we can continue to be friends when you talk like that about liking an automatic with PS better than a manual steering stick car?
2) I can't tell for sure but I'm thinking your PCV vacuum source is not below the throttle plate? Isn't it supposed to be?
Ah good, it's just the angle of the picture. Carry on with your 4 speed details and don't bore us any more with details about driving the automatic car...
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Nice weather and finally for the Grand Prix dusted off and out of storage.Dont think I drove it all last year and that would explain the trans fluid it left me to look at.
You should be excommunicated for not driving that- I could make an exception for a 428 non 4 speed. Beautiful paint.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Spent time today doing one of those missed winter projects.
Removed the warped stainless-steel trim on the dash, cleaned the area up and applied the near perfect replacement.
Jerel sent me this one a few years ago on a cluster surround with the radio area really messed up.
I used a very thin coat of highly flexible, clear, silicone to allow it to move around and not repeat the crazy glue mistake of this car's former owner.
This car's next owner may never realize the amount of time and love that has gone into this car
I'm trying to nail down an electrical gremlin in my 94 Buick Park Ave. Intermittently the charging light will come on even though the gauge itself is showing well into the charging range. This only seems to happen during a restart after the car has been warmed up. It will last about 30 seconds max and will often flicker for a few seconds before going out. I manged to snap a photo of it acting up today:
I have one of those volt guages that plug into your cigar lighter so I had it plugged in and it was reading 14.1 volts when the light came on. My shop manual states the LED grounds through the ignition switch when the car is started to show the LED works. I've wiggled the key to see if it will affect the light and it doesn't seem to. The manual also states this circuit (unlike the gauge itself) is fed by the PCM. Google searches show other GM car owners from this era have had this problem and it can be caused by a number of reasons- cluster problem, wiring from the cluster to PCM or the PCM itself. Unfortunately the problem is so intermittant I can't really do any proper diagnosis. Due to the age of the car I wouldn't mind having a spare PCM and an extra guage cluster kicking around. There's nothing out here at the junkyards. The PCM fits a number of vehicles from the mid 90's from trucks to cars. The PN on the PCM would be 16183247. I would merlely just need to swap my PROM.
I "think" the cluster from 92-96 Park Aves are the same (full guages). If you guys are at a Pick-A-Part junkyard please keep an eye out for these.
I'm trying to complete my new garage by the 20th of July. Currently installing vapour barrier, so I can proceed with interior sheeting and get the electrical passed. None of this work is particularly hard to do, unless you are doing it alone and/or with your wife, which is what we are doing. My wife is a great help, but the climbing and heavy lifting is mostly mine to do. It hurts more than it used to not so many years ago.
Not today but yesterday was my mother in law's 98th birthday. She still lives on her own, widowed about 6 years ago. Her mobility is not great, she uses a walker but still baked raisin buns the day before her birthday!
Her request for the birthday? Take her about 50 miles to Winkler, take her shoe shopping at Walmart and to a Mexican place there for lunch. My wife and I were happy to oblige a simple request for a great lady.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Spent time today doing one of those missed winter projects.
Removed the warped stainless-steel trim on the dash, cleaned the area up and applied the near perfect replacement.
Jerel sent me this one a few years ago on a cluster surround with the radio area really messed up.
I used a very thin coat of highly flexible, clear, silicone to allow it to move around and not repeat the crazy glue mistake of this car's former owner.
This car's next owner may never realize the amount of time and love that has gone into this car
Ive been watching all along
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. I do enjoy PS and still prefer 3 pedals over the automatic in the 1998 Silverado. And while were at it, AC too, its been 30 and humid here. 
