Forum: Electrical Tech
09-27-2023, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 851
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Forum: Electrical Tech
09-26-2023, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 851
One problem solved, one created....what a...
One problem solved, one created....what a frustrating evening...
It was the switch. Stupid reproduction parts!
I still had the original (but broken) switch. I also have a spare original GM...
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Forum: Electrical Tech
09-26-2023, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 851
I honestly didn't realize the flashers were...
I honestly didn't realize the flashers were different. So I read the service manual, I should have done that first. I;m no electrical engineer but I think I've got it.
Signal flasher is "fixed"...
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Forum: Electrical Tech
09-24-2023, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 851
1970 GTO Hazard flasher / turn signal weirdness
Trying to finish off the electrics in my 1970 GTO. The main harness/fuse block is the original (low miles car, excellent condition). Underhood harness were replaced with American Auto Wire repro's -...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
05-21-2023, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,582
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
05-21-2023, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,582
This P4B defiantly doesn't have enough material...
This P4B defiantly doesn't have enough material on the carb flange to allow enlarging the bores to work with a Q-jet....I haven't tried, but it looks like an HEI would clear. I don't love using carb...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
05-20-2023, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,582
Edelbrock P4B
I'm building a 455 for my GTO. Typical street engine - 9.4 cr, ram air exhaust manifolds, etc...it will run a Q-jet with tweaks I learned from Cliff's book.
The only intake manifold I have on...
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Forum: Electrical Tech
12-25-2022, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 810
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Forum: Electrical Tech
12-25-2022, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 810
1970 GTO radio wiring.
As noted 1970 GTO. According to the GM of Canada documentation (Oshawa build), it was born with a basic AM radio - no rea seat speaker, no 8-track, etc...The radio was long gone when I got the car....
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Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-25-2022, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,003
Here is what I wound up with. It's real engine...
Here is what I wound up with. It's real engine turned aluminum. It's 4 pieces set, with a separate small piece across the top of the radio, like the original. Unlike the original, the small piece is...
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Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-16-2022, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,003
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Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-13-2022, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,003
Engine turned dash trim
My dash (1970 GTO) got hacked up in the 80's to fit a different stereo. I found a clean bezel, but it's from a Lemans; there is no engine turned lower trim. I was going to buy reproductions, but all...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
06-30-2022, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 918
1970 GTO core support - repro vs. OEM
Like many, I have battled with the fitment of repro front sheet metal on my GTO. On these forums I learned the repro core support is not built with the right forward “lean”.
This week I was able...
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Forum: Electrical Tech
02-27-2022, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,861
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Forum: Electrical Tech
02-26-2022, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,861
Back under the hood....
The replacement...
Back under the hood....
The replacement harness has 2 ground locations, One is a smaller connector, takes a sheetmetal screw. From what I could see (looking on the inter-web) it attaches to the...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
01-22-2022, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 987
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Forum: Electrical Tech
11-04-2021, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,861
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Forum: Electrical Tech
11-04-2021, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,861
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Forum: Electrical Tech
11-03-2021, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,861
1970 GTO underhood harness routing
Still piecing together my 1970 GTO. As documented many times before, I got it as a stripped wreck with the front clip missing; the wire harnesses had been cut. I purchased new American Autowire...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-08-2021, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
Both sides of the front pulled apart & springs...
Both sides of the front pulled apart & springs checked. Drivers side was OK, just the passenger side was wrong. Installed UMI upper control arms at the same time. It's about the same as yesterday,...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-07-2021, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
Making progress!
Tonight I got the passenger...
Making progress!
Tonight I got the passenger side front spring installed, double & triple checked it's correctly seated both in the frame and the LCA. I also put the Bell Tech rear springs back in...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-07-2021, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
All the control arm bolts are snug but not...
All the control arm bolts are snug but not torqued. I never do that until the car is more complete & closer to it's final weight.
694.1 might be onto something. I had the front end assembled, but...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-05-2021, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-05-2021, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
All the original springs were long gone, they...
All the original springs were long gone, they must have disappeared when the drivetrain was stripped.
It's more of a resto-mod anyway. I started with a set of Hotchkiss 1" drop springs for a 66'...
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Forum: The Body Shop TECH
09-04-2021, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,613
1970 GTO has a wicked drivers side lean
1970 GTO. Ridiculously long term project....not sure whether to put this in the body section or suspension...
Quick backstory for context: I got the car eons ago. It had been in a minor fender...
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