Rehab of the 1992 Blk on Blk

[We Gone]

Great job, I'ts going to look like new!

[FU]

Real nice job Demp's

[oricale]

Finished up the Rubber and Dyna-matting!..

So for the interior and underside, after the repair to the fiberglass, we:

*sanded and rubberized the underside and Dyna-matted floor joint.
*Removed the compromised joint glue, and re-glued with a black silicone bonding agent(that goop on the right floorboard is OEM...not me)
*Topside was sanded, rubberized the entire floorboard and trans tunnel
*Re-sealed the manual boot ring with the black silicone
*Dyna-matted the floor boards
*Installed a new center console frame


Next up is pulling the dash and installing the Chrome engine.

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SO after much interest, The cause of the fire seem to be the VSS, which ether shorted and caught fire or leaked and caught fire. (The 92' that had the same issue had the same type of VSS and was burned in the Exact same area), then once it caught fire it melted/burned the rubber boot around the lower shifter causing the fiberglass damage, as well as traveled up the harness to burn the fwd areas just under the front of the tunnel, until the fire was put out with must have been the entire amount of halon powder allowed in texas.

SOO..I realize it may be a very small portion of vehicles to have this issue ,..however to alleviate any issue that may arise,

To those who still have stock manifolds,..I would recommend:

*Checking the wires(VSS,Reverse lockout ect) to make sure they are not fraying, touching the exhaust,melted ect.
*Put a simple fire barrier in the trans tunnel(dyna-mat, fyre barrier ect)

[bdw18_123]

Originally Posted by oricale

SO after much interest, The cause of the fire seem to be the VSS, which ether shorted and caught fire or leaked and caught fire. The 92' that had the same issue had the same type of VSS and was burned in the Exact same area, then once it caught fire it melted/burned the rubber boot around the lower shifter causing the fiberglass damage, as well as traveled up the harness to burn the fwd areas just under the front of the tunnel, until the fire was put out with must have been the entire amount of halon powder allowed in texas.
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Actually, if I remember correctly, Evan had said the original owner of the '92 you are referring to that I worked on, put the fire out with one of those giant big gulp type sodas that he happened to have on him. Lol!

[oricale]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

Actually, if I remember correctly, Evan had said the original owner of the '92 you are referring to that I worked on, put the fire out with one of those giant big gulp type sodas that he happened to have on him. Lol!

Unfortunately, in MY case the whole fire extinguisher was used..

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Well,,, I didnt go out for Valentines day....Sooo...I needed make this car my B!tch!!!

Sooooo,..

I said F$@ck it!! and took a shot at installing this engine by myself...





As you can see, its like shoeing a 10" foot into a 8" shoe...without cutting your 3" toenails.


Its ONLY LOOKED WORSE as I leaned forward in my task........



Just have to get it...over....the...hump..!

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Then...after "rotate"...this way and "rotate"...that way...crank up..crank down....and BAM!....were doing "GOOD"......or....maybe..I'm in a situation I CANT get out of...

Well....Cant turn back NOW!.:-(



OMG....This Sh!t just might happen!.. let me get a "selfie" (LOL)






VICTORY!!!!




Epilogue:

I honestly REALLY didn't think I could get the engine in the car with what seemed like 3 foot long manifolds on, let alone without damaging SOMETHING in the process....

The only provisions I made was disconnecting the hood to get another 2" of space, then covering everything with towels and cardboard.

One of most difficult things was to get the motor mounts lined up with the frame mounts...Especially with the stock manifolds!AFTER an hour of "motivating" the engine....(THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ERROR)

..other than a mark on the AC canister.....success...

[bdw18_123]

When I put the LT5 back in the '90 Z I used to own, I tried it with the injector housings on, but it wouldn't clear the crossbar in the front. I didn't have the exhaust manifolds on either. I had to not only remove the IH's, but also the wiper motor from the firewall to get the necessary clearance.

That was with the harmonic balancer on too. If that was off, would have more clearance, but putting the HB on with the engine installed looks like a giant pain in the a$$.


EDIT: I see you got it in, wow, I'm surprised. I wonder why I had so much trouble with mine?

[oricale]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

When I put the LT5 back in the '90 Z I used to own, I tried it with the injector housings on, but it wouldn't clear the crossbar in the front. I didn't have the exhaust manifolds on either. I had to not only remove the IH's, but also the wiper motor from the firewall to get the necessary clearance.

That was with the harmonic balancer on too. If that was off, would have more clearance, but putting the HB on with the engine installed looks like a giant pain in the a$$.


EDIT: I see you got it in, wow, I'm surprised. I wonder why I had so much trouble with mine?

Finesse my man,...finesse....

I actually had to work it inch by inch and remove the driver side IH(to not damage the wiper-motor plastic...although the stock manifolds with their GIGANTIC CC's were touching EVERYTHING!

I think if I had another pair of hands, it may have been a bit quicker.