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Pontiac - Street
03-23-2024, 08:47 AM
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Home Porting Unexpected Feature
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Heh, surely y'all are kidding... :D I may not be...
Heh, surely y'all are kidding... :D I may not be as old as some of the gentlemen on here but I'm still old enough to be tickled pink to be called "kid". :)
GTO-relic, thanks so much! It was...
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Pontiac - Street
03-19-2024, 08:13 PM
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Home Porting Unexpected Feature
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OK. Final follow-up on this thread. I just popped...
OK. Final follow-up on this thread. I just popped out the plugs that I'd put in new after getting the heads back on and before going on my little drive (and a second short drive). For me, this is...
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Pontiac - Street
03-16-2024, 07:48 PM
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First car fire....what to do now?---still shaking
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glhs#116
Yeah. I had a fuse inline on one of those wires...
Yeah. I had a fuse inline on one of those wires from the alternator. I also dropped the power steering pump against it. Brief fireworks and the fuse went. Was a little later that I found that I'd...
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Pontiac - Street
03-16-2024, 01:32 PM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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glhs#116
OK. Final verdict. My original hardware with the...
OK. Final verdict. My original hardware with the disc from the Ames rag joint and put back together with the bolted rivets from the Dorman kit is a killer combo. Man, I never knew my steering was so...
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Pontiac - Street
03-16-2024, 01:29 PM
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So.. The day finally arrived and the planets...
So.. The day finally arrived and the planets aligned. It was reasonably dry, I was off work and available and the car was together. It was time for a little road trip
...
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Pontiac - Street
03-15-2024, 05:14 PM
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Source for early 70s QJet Primary Rods
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glhs#116
OK. I think then I know what is up with the idle...
OK. I think then I know what is up with the idle screws. My idle channels are opened more than that and it was probably intended to accompany the larger idle air bypass. As I said, I basically ended...
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Pontiac - Street
03-15-2024, 09:45 AM
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Source for early 70s QJet Primary Rods
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Steve, So, I've got the idle dialed in for...
Steve,
So, I've got the idle dialed in for best vacuum but it's at around 3/4 of a turn out which makes me feel that circuit is a bit fat. The old combo was the same 73 jets with 42B rods and it...
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Pontiac - Street
03-15-2024, 08:21 AM
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Source for early 70s QJet Primary Rods
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glhs#116
My carb is 7041262 which would be correct for 455...
My carb is 7041262 which would be correct for 455 and 1971 and automatic but not HO. My compression is a little higher and displacement a little larger thanks to a .030 over rebuild with the SpeedPro...
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Pontiac - Street
03-14-2024, 08:13 PM
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Source for early 70s QJet Primary Rods
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glhs#116
Source for early 70s QJet Primary Rods
So, I've learned that for best results I need to use the "B" rods that are appropriate for my 1971 QJet. I've got a "tuneup" set of the later rods (non-"B") from Holley (they sold the kits to go with...
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Pontiac - Street
03-14-2024, 07:24 AM
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Oil viscocity 5W50
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2,039
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glhs#116
AG, you've shamed me into doing some research on...
AG, you've shamed me into doing some research on top of what I've kind of vaguely gathered over the years as an "understanding". As Siri might say, "here's what I've found:"
Seems like the...
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Pontiac - Street
03-14-2024, 07:04 AM
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Heat soaking
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glhs#116
I had my car in the Middle East in Qatar for the...
I had my car in the Middle East in Qatar for the first 17 years. Boy did I get familiar with this routine. I used to stand outside my kids' school pouring water down the driver's side of the engine...
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Pontiac - Street
03-14-2024, 06:28 AM
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Oil viscocity 5W50
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glhs#116
As a vastly general rule of thumb I was always...
As a vastly general rule of thumb I was always advised to steer clear of oils with large ranges (e.g. the OP's 5W-50). The decode on that, of course is "acts like a 5 weight cold and acts like a 50...
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Pontiac - Street
03-10-2024, 04:56 PM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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glhs#116
So, I loaded up the parts canon and let fly. I...
So, I loaded up the parts canon and let fly. I ended up with a winner between my stock coupler, the Ames piece and the Dorman rebuild kit. I ended up with the wrong size disk Dorman but that was OK...
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Pontiac - Street
03-04-2024, 06:11 AM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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788
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glhs#116
Yeah. Nope. One of these things is not like the...
Yeah. Nope. One of these things is not like the other one...
https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=629773&stc=1&d=1709547008...
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Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 04:37 PM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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glhs#116
I took a few swings at this today. Each time I'd...
I took a few swings at this today. Each time I'd try to put it on straight it would rotate over. I was thinking the next thing I was going to have to do was pull it out to confirm where the flat...
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Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 04:52 AM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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glhs#116
Is the centre point of the steering gear marked...
Is the centre point of the steering gear marked somehow?
Sam
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Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 04:31 AM
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Replacing the steering rag joint
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glhs#116
Replacing the steering rag joint
So, I replaced my dodgy looking and somewhat oil soaked rag joint with a replacement from our sponsor. I followed the factory shop manual procedure which involves unbolting the steering gear and...
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Electrical Tech
03-03-2024, 04:22 AM
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All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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681
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glhs#116
I'm pretty sure I know what knocked out the link....
I'm pretty sure I know what knocked out the link. I accidentally shorted the positive for the alternator briefly when I was unbolting the power steering pump. I had an inline fuse on one of the other...
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Electrical Tech
03-02-2024, 08:28 PM
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All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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glhs#116
I must say a huge thank you to everyone who...
I must say a huge thank you to everyone who responded. I was really feeling like nothing I was seeing made any sense at all and I started to see that not only was there sense in what I was seeing,...
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Electrical Tech
03-01-2024, 05:03 AM
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14
All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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681
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glhs#116
So, this is how bad it is. I tried running a bulb...
So, this is how bad it is. I tried running a bulb straight off of the blue wire at the connector that feeds the footswitch in the driver’s footwell. Same result.
Sam
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Electrical Tech
03-01-2024, 04:44 AM
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14
All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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glhs#116
So, this is how bad it is. I tried running a bulb...
So, this is how bad it is. I tried running a bulb straight off of the blue wire at the connector that feeds the footswitch in the driver’s footwell. Same result.
Sam
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Electrical Tech
02-29-2024, 10:06 PM
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14
All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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681
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glhs#116
OK. This thing really wants to piss me off. I...
OK. This thing really wants to piss me off. I seem to have some sort of severe, I think they call it "voltage drop". Anyway, I'll explain.
I took off the dimmer switch. I have 12v to the centre...
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Electrical Tech
02-29-2024, 07:34 AM
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14
All Of A Sudden No Headlights
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681
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glhs#116
All Of A Sudden No Headlights
1971 Trans Am.
So, I was busy doing some other things. Working with the heads and so forth. Was night and I was going to test driver. That's when I noticed. No headlights!
What I have:
* All...
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Pontiac - Street
02-20-2024, 07:35 AM
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149
Home Porting Unexpected Feature
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11,911
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glhs#116
Steve, Yeah. It is odd. It's even odder when...
Steve,
Yeah. It is odd. It's even odder when you look at the chamber view. #7 is kinda the "clean" one.
...
Forum:
Pontiac - Street
02-19-2024, 10:11 PM
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149
Home Porting Unexpected Feature
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11,911
Posted By
glhs#116
Just a quick comparison of the two gaskets ...
Just a quick comparison of the two gaskets
FelPro 1016
https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=628984&stc=1&d=1708394918
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