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Baba O'Riley
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-26-2024, 04:51 PM
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Thanks for your help with the choke-coil thermostat, guys
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Baba O'Riley
One weird thing I didn't mention -- that vacuum...
One weird thing I didn't mention -- that vacuum leak and wrongly-installed choke rod was making the car start to overheat while idling in traffic, since the fix it's not doing that much at all.
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-23-2024, 12:00 AM
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Thanks for your help with the choke-coil thermostat, guys
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Baba O'Riley
Thanks for your help with the choke-coil thermostat, guys
Hello all... just wanted to say thanks to 3tas4me, dataway, Formulabruce, jhein,
unruhjonny, and gto4ben for your help with the problem I was having with the divorced choke-coil thermostat on my...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-15-2024, 06:19 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
Update -- this morning, car was nursed to a shop...
Update -- this morning, car was nursed to a shop whose work on these old cars I respect. The first thing the guy there asked me was, "when they re-did your motor in the fall, what kind of cam did...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2024, 11:37 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
Thanks for doing that... yes, that's the way mine...
Thanks for doing that... yes, that's the way mine is set up.
jhein -- thanks to you also, that is a very good video on this. Many of the others on YT have to do with setting up an electric choke,...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2024, 10:04 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
Sorry -- I am hitting the Insert Image button...
Sorry -- I am hitting the Insert Image button then pasting the links to reduced-size pics I've uploaded to Google Photos, but it's not working. I've looked all over the site and can't find...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2024, 09:58 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2024, 08:50 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
GTO4Ben -- that's very close to what mine looks...
GTO4Ben -- that's very close to what mine looks like. Let me do a refresher on posting pics on here and I'll show y'all.
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2024, 05:08 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
Okay, the choke that's been on it as long as I've...
Okay, the choke that's been on it as long as I've had it (30 years) has sat lateral / parallel lengthwise to the carb, with the spring's end loop for the choke rod connect facing front. But -- then...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-11-2024, 06:28 PM
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Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
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Baba O'Riley
Divorced Choke Thermostat (AKA Crossover Choke) -- which way does it go?
Car is '71 Formula 400, with a just-rebuilt Rochester 7041263 and one of those “divorced choke thermostat” setups with the flat coiled spring.
I'm having problems with cold starts, it runs weak...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-12-2023, 03:32 PM
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Has anybody installed an MSD 8528 Ready-to-Run Distributor? Results? Problems?
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Baba O'Riley
I'll be putting that MSD 8528 later this week,...
I'll be putting that MSD 8528 later this week, I'll post back on here as to how well it installs / works and how the clearance is. Thanks for the advice, as always.
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-09-2023, 05:25 PM
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Has anybody installed an MSD 8528 Ready-to-Run Distributor? Results? Problems?
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Baba O'Riley
Thanks SRM -- for the coil did you go with...
Thanks SRM -- for the coil did you go with Blaster 2, or Blaster 3?
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-08-2023, 11:06 PM
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Has anybody installed an MSD 8528 Ready-to-Run Distributor? Results? Problems?
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Baba O'Riley
Has anybody installed an MSD 8528 Ready-to-Run Distributor? Results? Problems?
My '71 Formula has a distributor from October 1969 that was on there when I got it 30 years ago. This old unit has eaten it. Since I don't have the correct original my electrical guy wants to put...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-08-2023, 10:20 PM
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Painting or Powder Coating Exhaust Manifolds
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Baba O'Riley
FWIW I ended up going with the the POR-15...
FWIW I ended up going with the the POR-15 manifold gray, after a good sandblasting. The Master Blaster told me it's really important not to handle them post-blast without gloves, the oil on your...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-08-2023, 10:14 PM
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71 Grill PONTIAC letters
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Baba O'Riley
The one on my '71 is broken at the too-thin strut...
The one on my '71 is broken at the too-thin strut between the N and the T... tried to fix with JB Weld but no-go. Any repair ideas?
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
09-26-2023, 09:41 PM
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Windage Tray / Lower dipstick tube -- how to attach?
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Baba O'Riley
Thank you. Not sure if you've ever heard of...
Thank you. Not sure if you've ever heard of Frank's Pontiac Parts in Twentynine Palms CA, but I'm driving out there tomorrow to snag a replacement crankshaft and I'm also picking up that tube, they...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
09-26-2023, 08:09 PM
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Windage Tray / Lower dipstick tube -- how to attach?
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Baba O'Riley
Windage Tray / Lower dipstick tube -- how to attach?
The motor on my '71 Formula 400 is now being rebuilt, and of course there's always surprises. When they pulled the oil pan and windage tray off the block last week, they found this, um, unique bit...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
09-10-2023, 02:58 PM
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Painting or Powder Coating Exhaust Manifolds
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Painting or Powder Coating Exhaust Manifolds
While the heads on my '71 Formula are being redone I'd like to do something to improve the torched appearance of the exhaust manifolds. What I don't want is something that just bakes off after a few...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
08-21-2023, 04:14 PM
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Valve Guide Seals -- What Do You Recommend for a '71 Formula 400 w/Original Heads?
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Baba O'Riley
Appreciate it. BTW this guy has a pretty slick...
Appreciate it. BTW this guy has a pretty slick method for keeping the loosened valve from slipping down into the cylinder and ruining your day: he uses a compression-test fitting and an air...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
08-19-2023, 03:07 PM
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Valve Guide Seals -- What Do You Recommend for a '71 Formula 400 w/Original Heads?
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Baba O'Riley
Thanks Paul -- the second / "black rubber like...
Thanks Paul -- the second / "black rubber like seals and O-rings" option can be done without pulling the heads, am I right? (I won't be doing this repair myself.)
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
08-18-2023, 10:34 PM
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Lucerne Blue PPG DBC code 26 paint formula wanted
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Baba O'Riley
Not to hijack this, but oil-based car paint is...
Not to hijack this, but oil-based car paint is now outlawed where I live... is there a brand of water-base paint for Type 26 that's any better than the others?
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
08-18-2023, 08:55 PM
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4
Valve Guide Seals -- What Do You Recommend for a '71 Formula 400 w/Original Heads?
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354
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Baba O'Riley
Valve Guide Seals -- What Do You Recommend for a '71 Formula 400 w/Original Heads?
What would you guys use as replacement valve guide seals on a '71 400 with Type 96 heads? Thanks as always for your expertise.
Signed,
On Top of Old Smokey
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
06-26-2023, 05:51 PM
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5
Alternatives to Unobtanium - 71 Deluxe interior white plastic parts
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407
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Baba O'Riley
Feel your pain. For me, it's those pull cups on...
Feel your pain. For me, it's those pull cups on the lower door panels. The plastic is petrified, basically. Look at it cross-eyed and it cracks. There was a guy on eBay selling a pair of them for...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
06-01-2023, 05:27 PM
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Rear main seal strategies
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1,358
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Baba O'Riley
If I go all-out, with the engine pull... if I opt...
If I go all-out, with the engine pull... if I opt for a one-piece seal, should I replace the original crank? What's everyone's take on the necessity of this?
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
05-30-2023, 02:24 PM
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Rear main seal strategies
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1,358
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Baba O'Riley
Still deciding, because I'm not the mechanic most...
Still deciding, because I'm not the mechanic most of you are (nowhere near) so I'd have to find a shop I trust to do the pull and put it back without a bunch of new things flaring up like electrical...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
05-26-2023, 09:28 PM
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Rear main seal strategies
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1,358
Posted By
Baba O'Riley
Okay good. Definitely one of those "manage your...
Okay good. Definitely one of those "manage your expectations" things if I do it that way. Appreciate each of you taking the time.
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