[transam1972]

I am confused..did 80 amp get a rear holding bracket or not...sorry about this

[njsteve]

The 80 Amp alternator, which is the one that is mounted in a non-adjustable position (the idler pulley sets the adjustment) has a large bracket in the rear with a spacer. If you ordered A/C and the rear defogger - the glass with the electric grid, you got the 80 Amp alternator. Here is a shot of the bracket and spacer and bolt from my 73 SD. Both of my 72's had the same set up as well.

BTW, the bracket is actually grey phosphate and not painted.

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by njsteve

The 80 Amp alternator, which is the one that is mounted in a non-adjustable position (the idler pulley sets the adjustment) has a large bracket in the rear with a spacer. If you ordered A/C and the rear defogger - the glass with the electric grid, you got the 80 Amp alternator. Here is a shot of the bracket and spacer and bolt from my 73 SD. Both of my 72's had the same set up as well.

BTW, the bracket is actually grey phosphate and not painted.

From what I have seen in Parts cars..., a Combo of AC and Power windows could get this 80 amp set up as well. Just an observation, not saying its Gold...

[Bentwheelbob]

Well, I am set for another year of fun with the cars in the Hot Rod Garage. The family and I are in NYC for our annual December pilgimage. We've been coming here at Christmas time since at least 2006 and it's become a great tradition. Yesterday we did some serious shopping and my wife got a small tokeen of my love and affection for her. This should see me through a repaint on the Black Car and maybe a new addition to the fleet. I'm thinking maybe a lucy blue Trans Am.... Thank goodness there does not have to be a 1 to 1 relationship.

BTW - I have two NOS thermac sensors at home waiting for me to return and test. Has anyone else broken out the vacuum pump and heat gun???

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by transam1972

I am confused..did 80 amp get a rear holding bracket or not...sorry about this

80 & 55 amp both had them, they were just slightly different.

[transam1972]

I have a/c and edf...80 amp. setup but now realize I am missing the rear bracket...most everything seems to be complete and correct except that...I will have to find those parts.. at 58k it was missing some stupid stuff...like the clip for the purge hose..the passenger side heat stove and now this...thankyou for your help everyone

[70RAlll]

Sorry..not Rustoleum, Krylon Semi Flat Black. Here is an Amazon link. $7.74 can with Amazon's free shipping. They show cheaper at $5.99 but you pay shipping..


http://www.amazon.com/Krylon-RTA9203...emi+flat+black

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by 70RAlll

Sorry..not Rustoleum, Krylon Semi Flat Black. Here is an Amazon link. $7.74 can with Amazon's free shipping. They show cheaper at $5.99 but you pay shipping..


http://www.amazon.com/Krylon-RTA9203...emi+flat+black

looks like a very good choice

[70RAlll]

Bob.. Chuck just called me unrelated to your parts. I mentioned your post here and he is interested. He is a great guy, known by many in the Pontiac world. Gave him this link and he will be contacting you. Great resource for NOS parts you may need.He currently has 2 crates full of 68-76 Firebird parts that they are just now getting sorted out to sell. I am sure there are parts you will end up needing that he will have, I smell possible trades before he list the parts?? I know he will pay cash as well, so my comment about trading was just a thought.... Good luck..

[Bentwheelbob]

OK, time to come clean. Sort of like confession. I bought myself a second four post lift for Christmas. Kind of a Merry Christmas to me offset to the blue Tiffany box. I got it put together the Saturday before Christmas and after getting it adjusted and in position I couldn't wait to get a car on it and up in the air. At about the 10:30 that night the Red Car was loaded up and raised. I took it up, brought it down. Took it up again and brought it down again. Everything looked good, so I started taking it up to full elevation and that's when all h_ll broke loose.

The seal in the hydraulic cylinder failed and the whole car started coming down. The lift has safety guards for such a situation, and it sort of worked. The problem is that the drivers side rear was just high enough to catch to upper safety lock. The passenger side rear was enough lower that it came to rest 5" lower. The driver's front also settled on the lock 5" lower. By this time the whole lift was twisting and had become unstable. I was holding onto the front driver's side leg trying to keep a total collapse from occurring. Ultimately the passenger front locked in about 1.5' lower than the driver's rear. It was ugly. There was hydraulic fluid everywhere, I was holding onto the lift, my neighbor Ken was in shock, and the Red Car was about to go through the garage wall.

When all was said and done the whole mess stabilized, but barely. Each post was leaning about 20 degrees off of plumb and resting on only one corner of the base plate. I could have pushed it over with about 10lbs of force. Talk about a mess....I called My Pal Dave and MPD, my neighbor Ken and I quickly went to work. We secured the top of the posts using binder straps hooked to the ceiling bar joists. We also anchored a chain to the wall with Hilti anchors and secured straps between it and the bottom of the posts to keep them from kicking out. About 2:30am that morning I went to bed hoping that when I woke up the car would not be sticking through the garage wall.

Well I got up about 7:00am and the car was still standing. I called two fantastic neighbors over and we devised a plan of action. One of them had a good friend that runs the local All Crane branch. All Crane dispatched two of their best guys on a Sunday and they showed up with a 9000lb Fork Lift, a cube of crib timbers, chain hoists and a bunch of steel to bridge the bar joists. The other neighbor dispatched his best guy from the manufacturing facility he owns with more steel, chain falls and a service truck. Ultimately we secured the whole structure with chain falls, cribbed the rear of the lift solid, and used the fork lift to elevate and level the front of the car and lift. Once this was accomplished, we started lowering the whole thing 6" at a time. By 5:30 the car was on the ground and the only things damaged were my pride and pocket book.

The lift manufacturer stood tall and agreed to replace the lift. I spent the next weekend tearing down the old lift, and last weekend installing the replacement lift. All is now well. Here are some pictures of the mess.












Be careful and have great friends.

[njsteve]

Holy crap! Glad it all got fixed and the car is on the ground now.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

OK, time to come clean. Sort of like confession.

That scared the he]] out of me just reading about this fiasco.
DaaaammMMNNN what a muhfukcer that was !

Glad all is well Bob

[Bentwheelbob]

Originally Posted by 70RAlll

Sorry..not Rustoleum, Krylon Semi Flat Black. Here is an Amazon link. $7.74 can with Amazon's free shipping. They show cheaper at $5.99 but you pay shipping..


http://www.amazon.com/Krylon-RTA9203...emi+flat+black

Bill,

Thanks for the recommendation. I received the master cylinder back from White Post last week. They fixed the seal and sprayed some type of finish coat on it, but it wasn't much of a finish. The whole unit was covered with some type of oil and simply wiping it off also wiped off the finish. I media blasted the master cylinder and sprayed it with the recommended Krylon Semi Flat Black. We got it installed this weekend and it looks great.
Here's a couple of pictures.

[njsteve]

Looks good! Glad they were able to re-fix it.