I thought I was special, but it looks like I need injectors....

[bowtiguy]

A/C update. Hooked the system up to a proper R12 Vac pump. Seams the pintel <sp?> valves wouldn't hold Vac. Once you the caps were installed, it was good!

Looks like the A/C compressor seals are still good. Placed an amazon order for the parts (all $16 of them). plan to swap out the valves and jump the compressor at the low limit switch to make sure it isn't locked up. From there, will do a long term Vac test and fill her up with R12.

[bowtiguy]

FINALLY, got my 68' C10 resto mod out of the garage so I could use my lift and open up the LT5.

- got everything removed down to the block valley
- leveled & removed mickeys old house
- steam cleaned everything w/ my new toy.
- coils tested perfect (primaries & secondaries)
- plug wires tested w/in spec too.
- starter cleaned, bearings lubed, solenoid contacts cleaned

I pulled the seats (along with all 4 Bose Gold speaker assemblies to replace capacitors) so I could treat them before stranding the car on the bend pac lift.

PCV and secondary system tested good.

I'd like to keep everything as stock as possible. The coolant hoses are stock complete w/ GM part #'s/ They are not cracked but are definitely on the stiff side.

I found Dayton brand replacements online but they cost almost as much as a full samco kit. Does anyone reproduce these?

[Ccmano]

I believe Marc Haibeck sells a complete OEM style replacement hose kit.
http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20W...ucts/hoses.htm

Are you leaving the secondaries in or removing them. Now is a good time to make that decision.
H

[bowtiguy]

Originally Posted by Ccmano

I believe Marc Haibeck sells a complete OEM style replacement hose kit.
http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20W...ucts/hoses.htm

Are you leaving the secondaries in or removing them. Now is a good time to make that decision.
H

Thanks for pointing that out! I looked through Gerrys Site but didn't think to check Marc's.

Personally, I like the samco hoses. They will go on my late fathers 91' Quazar car before my brother gets it. The plan for my dark Red metallic car is to keep it as stock as possible including the secondaries. The only visible upgrade will be the set of original A-molds I put on it and maybe a catch can!

[bowtiguy]

well....THAT escalated quickly!

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by bowtiguy

well....THAT escalated quickly!

It always does,you might want to do yourself a favor and completely wrap those brake fluid reservoirs,while they’re loose,in anything to keep it from getting anywhere. Where ever I deal with break fluid I want to know exactly where it is at all times.

[bowtiguy]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

It always does,you might want to do yourself a favor and completely wrap those brake fluid reservoirs,while they’re loose,in anything to keep it from getting anywhere. Where ever I deal with break fluid I want to know exactly where it is at all times.

I drained both brake fluid rez's right after taking this pic!

After dropping the knee bolster, steering column and pulling the brake booster, I managed to get the cam covers pulled.....not a single stuck bolt on the entire car at 9,600 miles!

Then I spent 8 hrs blasting the top end parts down to metal.( very fine crushed glass media). Today is clean parts/wash & prep for primer /paint day on friday.

THEN, I can do what I set out to do, swap the injectors & O-rings and get this thing back together.

[bowtiguy]

Long time no update. The car is up and running and has made it to a couple of car shows locally. Its everything I remember, such a blast to drive.

Like most things, I just couldn't do things 1/2 ***. SO...I spent 8 hrs blasting everything down to bare metal using my buddies blast cabinet in an unheated metal garage during a Colorado cold snap in the teens.

It took 5 boxs of crushed glass media from Tractor town. I'm sure the process would have gone faster if I had the correct media, but I didnt want to use anything too aggressive. steps I took to protect everything.

1) tape off all mating surfaces with gorilla tape.
2) used cardboard on the bottom of the blast cabinet to prtect the 28 year old aluminum parts.


Sorry, I have very few pictures of the final product after blasting. It was cold, I was in a hurry and my mother was in town visiting.

[bowtiguy]

Next step was to clean everything thoroughly.

1) First step was to blow as much media out with compressed air.
2) Next, I filled a clean garbage can with warm water and simple green and proceeded to dip, soak, and use a variety of brushes to clean out all the passages.
3) then I repeated the process with warm water and Dawn.
4) I let air dry and only handled parts with disposable gloves to avoid any oils form my hands to come in contact with the parts.
5) the next step involved wiping every soon to be painted surface down with acetone
6) then the masking began. I found that 3M blue painters tape and a couple sharp flat razor blades worked well....I actually enjoyed this part.
7) one final wipe with acetone before primer application.

Once again, lacking in "in process" pics. It gets better

[bowtiguy]

My next major step was to convert my office break room into a Paint booth as I had a good indirect heat source and could position an exhaust fanat the back exit door to pull air through from the front of the office......in Febuary...in Colorado.

Ultimately, I used (2) coats of Upol brand acid etch epoxy primer on everything but the bottom side of the plenum with about 30 minutes flash time between coats.

Then, I proceeded to use Jerrys paint starting with a 20 minute flash time and growing to over 35 minutes as the coats added up to a total of 4.

I was pretty happy with how things were turning out but would later be VERY happy once a small misfortune turned into a couple of additional coats.

First attempt turned out so...