[elky] Re: AAA card...or not
- From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:54:32 -0400 (EDT)
Is the raised hood a necessity, or for looks?
Smokey Mt Frank
In a message dated 7/22/2011 11:25:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I could have been that, but it wouldn't restart until it had cooled off.
The O/P at idle is around 10 psi and runs at 40 (when hot) at around 2500
rpm. It's about what I'd expect in a motor with that many miles on it.
Last nite I was gonna install the glass hood on the race car, but decided
I'd looked at the peeling paint on the nose for long enough. I scraped,
sanded and cleaned, then gave it a quick shot of black:
The lens kinda distorts it a bit, but it looks like what it is: a
rattle-can job that covers the cracked/peeled areas. "Better'n it wuz." ;)
I'll paint the underside of the hood silver and the top flat black for the
time being.
r
On 7/21/2011 9:58 PM, Robert Adams wrote:
If it happens again watch the oil pressure at idle. If it's dropping then
the oil pressure switch is probably opening and shutting the fuel pump off.
Pretty common on cars with miles and hot weather.
Not sure which engine you have but most of the 6s are easier to work on.
But F-bods had a few odd engines (including 151 4 cyls)
Robert Adams
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ray Buck <_rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
I sure understand about things goin to hell as soon as the warranty is up.
Sucks big time.
I installed the new ignition module and coil (took a good portion of the
day for something I could have done in an hour with a smallblock...makes me
start to wonder) and then put another bottle of cooling system cleaner in
and drove the beast for about an hour. Temp never got over 185. I think
I've got the overheating thing under control (fingers crossed.) Now to get
the horn to work, dose it up with alcohol in the gas tank and take it for
emission testing and safety inspection. (More finger crossing.)
No car show this weekend, so I'm gonna work on the race car. It's gettin
real close to BFT time. (Every appendage possible crossed.)
r
On 7/21/2011 8:10 PM, Jim Dos wrote:
Thanks for the report.
You always think of the small stuff that usually works on the problem.
Skills , man. You got skills.
I think your printer happiness (unhappiness) has spread to me. My Kodak
esp 9 AOI has been real good , but all of a sudden it’s printing real
faintly. Have always been using Kodak genuine carts, and similar problem with
the
quality. I guess I’ll go to Kodak and see if there are any solutions
other than sending it in.. It’s out of warranty.
Time for something new I suppose.. this is over a year old..never fails.
Jim
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I'm not keeping track. I don't wanna know. :) With the exception of
the radiator, most of the parts have been fairly cheap maintenance items.
Like the temp gauge: only $18. The coil and module will be $60, but I'll
keep the old ones as spares in the car, since they seem to work fine when
cool.
I don't have a huge amount invested in it and all the stuff I've replaced,
with a coupla exceptions are things I'd wanna replace on a car of that age
and mileage (although it has 100k more than the seller told me...I'm still
pissed about that) to make sure it was reliable.
Off to the parts store.
r
On 7/21/2011 10:54 AM, _STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxxx
(mailto:STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx) wrote:
How much have you invested in this Camaro so far?
Smokey Mt Frank
In a message dated 7/21/2011 12:41:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
Yesterday I did a buncha stuff on the Camaro, including running some
radiator flush chemical (sodium citrate) thru the cooling system, then
backflushing it and finding out that my manual fan switch has to be switched
on
AFTER starting the motor. I have no idea why, but it does.
So yesterday around dusk (9 pm or so) I took it out for a drive. Temp
never got over 160...no thermostat in it at the moment. But. (As usual,
there's a "but".) I probably drove it 3 times as long as I'd ever driven it
before and, again, it stayed nice and cool. I decided to turn back and head
home (I was almost to downtown Salt Lake City) and I made the mistake of
turning onto a street carrying traffic from the minor-league baseball game
that had just ended. Stop and go for at least 15 minutes...and then the
motor just shut off.
So I'm stuck in traffic with a dead motor and I turn the 4-way flashers
on. Then I twist the key and the motor starts. 90 seconds later, it dies
again and won't start. A coupla guys push me and the car into a parking lot
and I call AAA. Great. I can get it hauled back to my house.
After 30 minutes of waiting (traffic was still real heavy) and no tow
truck, I twist the key and the thing starts. So I let it run for 5 minutes,
shut it off for a few and try again. Starts right up. So I called AAA and
cancelled the towing request and drove the thing home. Again, engine
temperature never got over 160.
Diagnosis: Flaky ignition module and/or coil. So today I'll go get
another bottle of radiator flush, do it again and replace both the coil and
module. Then I'll drive it for a while with the flush chemical in it, then
bring it home (assuming that it doesn't die on me) backflush the cooling
system again and move on to the next problem, the lack of a horn (the fuse is
good.)
Anyway, I'm very glad I had the AAA card, even though I didn't need it in
the end. It sure helped with peace of mind, knowing that if I couldn't
get it running again, I'd have a way to get it home.
I can't remember if I sent this photo:
The new hood arrived yesterday and I brought it home from the trucking
depot (that's a story in itself) and it's ready to be bolted on as soon as I
remove the hood latch mechanism, which is what's keeping it from seating
correctly along the front edge.
Busy, busy, busy. :)
r
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