Recent content by ravege

Let me get this out of the way, I am an idiot. Maybe my idiocy can help another. I was contacted by a new member, in fact this person joined one day after I posted a request in the marketplace. That should have been the first red flag. This person put me in contact with “another person” who...

I misunderstood about the upper plate, the shock brace is this: https://www.umiperformance.com/home/product/1978-1988-gm-g-body-rear-shock-tower-brace-bolt-in/

The plate is on the underside of the shock ear, the coil over does not use the stock shock mount. Here is a link to the instructions, you can see the installed plate on page 3. I’d also add the lower bracket is a bit wider than the factory shock mount, one needs a spacer turned or several...

The DSE solution appear to be a little shorter and doesn’t protrude beyond the wheel rim. I’d also add, though the original OP is probably aware, those ears weren’t meant to take that load and will flex. I installed the upper plate per DSE’s photos, which is to say, pointing up. There was a...

It looks like they wont be available again. I see they still have the 2 speaker panel, but I'm just wanting the single. So... anyone happen to have bought a grey set and willing to sell? If there are alternative vendors that make similar single speaker door panels, chime in with those too ;)

Looks like the site took a dump, is it going to be recovered?

Yes, the pump is almost certainly the culprit, but if, once all the big ticket items, tank, pump, etc, are taken care of and there's still no prime, don't forget the relay. The fuel pump relay is a sore spot for me as it was bust when I bought my car. I had looked at the car a few times...

+1 probably bad relay if not. If it doesn't prime (and you have a good battery) keep cranking and once oil psi builds to over 4ish the fuel pump will run. (Takes a surprising amount of cranking to get 4psi on a stock motor)

The Brake light is ground switched. 4 things can trigger the Brake light: the parking brake, the bulb test when starting, the brake distribution/prop block (triggers low brake line PSI) and the Powermaster switch. It sounds like you tossed the Powermaster, how did you clean up its wiring? Are...

There was a thread I can’t find where someone suggested a particular wheel that made short work of the glue. Anyone know what that wheel might be? Or have any other suggestions for removing the glue? Thanks!

Thank you for your reply! But to sense that ground connection, a voltage has to be applied to see that the circuit is closed? I'm attaching an admittedly bad picture of the Buick wiring schematic and it shows a 12v within the ECM going out B10.

The Park/Neutral switch: it takes a voltage, probably 12v, from the ECM (pin B10) to the P/N switch (orange/black wire). When the transmission is in Park or Neutral, it connects the B10 line to ground (black/white wire) and the ECM sees the circuit closed (and applies IAC, which isn't...

Some smog shops will want to see an EO number stamped on cat, if it’s not a stock unit.

OK, thanks!

Yes, do you have one that’s been extracted from the console/dash?