[elky] Re: Work on the Monte today

Good deal - the 1405 converted to electric choke is better than a
1406, since the the 1406 is calibrated for fuel economy vs.
performance.

I've got another warehouse I can order from, but my deal still isn't
that great on Edelbrock, but the new warehouse has you "apply" for
discounts on each line, so I'll probably try for a better deal...

I can now drop ship from:

Exeter, PA
Atlanta, GA
Kansas City, KS
Corona, CA

Chris

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was thinking of calling Stan to supervise today, but I thought about it
> too late in the day. Next time .....
>
> The picture is the current Monte Configuration. The wheels and tires (from
> the Elky) look good on it. I installed all new long lug nuts on it today,
> that extend out far enough to clear the deep wheels. Now I can use a 4 way
> on them that resides in the trunk. The stock tire iron is too small for
> these. The rubber on the old wheels was not good enough for winter duty so
> my brother's son Zach swapped themn for me last Tuesday when they were up
> for a visit. I now have the perfect excuse to get new wheels and tiers on
> the El Camino in the Spring!!! The better half has approved this purchase...
> now if I can get her to pay for them <G>
>
> I cleaned off the wheels on both G-rides, and dressed all the rubber to make
> them look nice and black. I have decided I like the chrome Torque thrusts on
> the Elky. I have also decided that they will be 17" (I have always had 14"
> wheels on it). The anthracite center ones would look great on the Monte with
> the black car, and I like those a lot. (They are like the ones on my 72
> Elky) I just think the chrome will look better with the brown and gold
> paint.
>
> I sealed up the sunroof by tightening the latch (that broke, and then I had
> to weld on it), and putting some conditioner on the seal. It was dripping
> only 2 or 3 drops of water on the carpet behind the console from a good
> rain. Wicking just a bit.
>
> I installed the Electric Choke kit (no pictures) on the Monte Carlo with a
> minimum of trouble today. FedEx Home from Summit Racing is one day to my
> house, and it was perfect timing today. I decided to convert it after I
> drove to Wheaton Sunday (25 minutes) and discovered that the manual choke
> was partially on all the way there. I can't rely on remembering this all the
> time, and don't want to waste gas, and foul the oil with gas. I have done
> this plenty of times on the short ride to work too. I finally got rid of the
> choke cable running through the firewall (hacked in there by the previous
> owner), keeping the grommet for the speedometer cable from sealing. Now
> there isn't an open hole in the firewall. I bundled the wires as clean as I
> could. It started right up, and kicked down as it should using the gas
> pedal. This is an Edelbrock 1405 manual choke model, now electric!
>
> It was a fun day off with the automobiles. 60* and cloudy today. Best day in
> a long time weather wise. Thank God my back is again good enough to play
> with the cars.
>
> JC
>
> ---
> John Christensen
> 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
> NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
> Saint Charles, IL
>
>


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