meanchicken
gallo vicioso
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Hey, Lou.
Thanks for looking over my 87 GN the other day. I'll probably bring it back to you to swap that timing gear set if it looks too compliacted. It was good to hear an expert tell me a got a great deal at $6K.
I picked up a mid/late 80's truck oil cap at the Chevy dealer, but it doesn't quite fit all the way. It looks like I can grind it in a couple spots to get it to go into the valve cover, but I also worry that once it's in there, it might sit too deep and rub on that rocker arm I think I see just inside the filler hole.
...and while I tried to fit the new oil cap, I did find the OEM filler neck right where you said it would be. It was sitting on the frame rail right next to the steering shaft. I tried reinstalling it but there is no clamping force holding it in place so it'll fall right back out.
After you scolded me...
You'll be glad to know that I went home and cleared a spot in my garage for the GN next to my Camaro, so it's no longer staying out on the driveway at night.
I'm also now so paranoid of theft that if I do take it out, I watch my rear view like a hawk for any sign I'm being tailed, and if I do park the car, I always keep one eye on it (man that hurts). I stopped by home depot after I left your shop...they thought I was nuts cuz I kept walking in the door, spinning around and running back out to make sure my GN. And eye were still there. I'll be getting a functioning alarm, lo jack, column collar, kill switches...10 of 'em...and I'll probably still sleep light with one of my higher caliber semi auto weapons loaded and ready to aerate anyone I find snooping outside my garage.
...Or maybe I'll just over insure the bugger with a collector/classic agreed value policy so if it does get jacked, I get paid.
I'll be getting a scan tool and turbo tweak chip to see if I can get rid of a couple things I think might be related to the no name old school chip currently in the car like the cold blooded stalling at cold idle (the MAF is fairly new); pinging at gear shifts; boosting beyond the OEM gages range; occasional WOT "poof" and missfire low in the RPM after gear shifts like it's back firing throught a carb. I'll also get a proper boost gage on the car like you suggested so I know how high that boost is actually going at WOT.
Oh....and I promise to loose the Monte Carlo looking axhaust pipes...thanks for not clubbing me like a baby seal and for letting the car into your shop with those pipes.
I'm sure I'll be bringing the more technical stuff to you when I need a good mechanic for this GN, so hope that roll up door is open.
Thanks again!
Tim
Thanks for looking over my 87 GN the other day. I'll probably bring it back to you to swap that timing gear set if it looks too compliacted. It was good to hear an expert tell me a got a great deal at $6K.
I picked up a mid/late 80's truck oil cap at the Chevy dealer, but it doesn't quite fit all the way. It looks like I can grind it in a couple spots to get it to go into the valve cover, but I also worry that once it's in there, it might sit too deep and rub on that rocker arm I think I see just inside the filler hole.
...and while I tried to fit the new oil cap, I did find the OEM filler neck right where you said it would be. It was sitting on the frame rail right next to the steering shaft. I tried reinstalling it but there is no clamping force holding it in place so it'll fall right back out.
After you scolded me...
You'll be glad to know that I went home and cleared a spot in my garage for the GN next to my Camaro, so it's no longer staying out on the driveway at night.
I'm also now so paranoid of theft that if I do take it out, I watch my rear view like a hawk for any sign I'm being tailed, and if I do park the car, I always keep one eye on it (man that hurts). I stopped by home depot after I left your shop...they thought I was nuts cuz I kept walking in the door, spinning around and running back out to make sure my GN. And eye were still there. I'll be getting a functioning alarm, lo jack, column collar, kill switches...10 of 'em...and I'll probably still sleep light with one of my higher caliber semi auto weapons loaded and ready to aerate anyone I find snooping outside my garage.
...Or maybe I'll just over insure the bugger with a collector/classic agreed value policy so if it does get jacked, I get paid.
I'll be getting a scan tool and turbo tweak chip to see if I can get rid of a couple things I think might be related to the no name old school chip currently in the car like the cold blooded stalling at cold idle (the MAF is fairly new); pinging at gear shifts; boosting beyond the OEM gages range; occasional WOT "poof" and missfire low in the RPM after gear shifts like it's back firing throught a carb. I'll also get a proper boost gage on the car like you suggested so I know how high that boost is actually going at WOT.
Oh....and I promise to loose the Monte Carlo looking axhaust pipes...thanks for not clubbing me like a baby seal and for letting the car into your shop with those pipes.
I'm sure I'll be bringing the more technical stuff to you when I need a good mechanic for this GN, so hope that roll up door is open.
Thanks again!
Tim
But I'm hoping he'll cut me a break on the timing gear swap.
