RUH ROH SHAGGY #@* We might have gone too far this time.

Hurry up Mark, so you can make the car show next month.

Looking great.

Waldo617 wrote:

where did u get the powercoating done at???

Bob Noble From Chicago/My pictures don't do it justice.When you see the stuff in person in the daylight you'll see what i mean !!!!!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Awesome news, Mark! It's really gonna suck to sand off some of the spots you powdercoated and painted for ground and such, isn't it?

Looks great!

Yea I think i know most of the places to grind.
But the one place i'm iffy on is the accesory bracket
Suggestions on where to grind???? also the support arms ????

Christ as little as you work,friggin thing should be done by now.

The coil grounds on the front of the drivers side head. The battery grounds where the alt support bracket bolts to the front of the engine. I'm not sure if you need to do anything to the acc bracket since it isn't used to ground anything. You can also run the battery ground to the stud used to mount the a/c compressor on the side ofthe engine if it's more convenient.

Looking good man.

WOW! Very clean job, looking great Mark! There is light at the end of the tunnel! Don't rush it.
Larry

Damn, she is looking good!

Time to crack the whip & get er done

Nice pic, Steve! Yummah!

And Mark, you are right about the acc bracket. You need to clean the paint off the front and back of the bolt face and the spot on the head where it will touch for that battery ground to be good. I forgot that on the caddy. Lotsa smoke from that eeny-weenie 12 gauge ground from the battery to the fender.

Spray more paint at the top of the heads/timing cover, intake or that'll turn ugly quick, too.

Looks effin awesome, BTW.

Thanks Bill.I already did those spots.
The areas i ground weren't visible .
I figured better safe than sorry and
i'll be damned if i'll put another thing together just to take it apart again.

WOW Mark, looks better than new!

Mark, it's now time for another update on this major overhall! With all of Glen's advise you should be completed by now? More pictures please!

Larry

sdstick wrote:

Time to crack the whip & get er done

More pics of the car please, or more pics of her.

Deputy347K9 wrote:

Mark, it's now time for another update on this major overhall! With all of Glen's advise you should be completed by now? More pictures please!

Larry

Glen WHO That shmuck ain't done nothing for me lately. .He needs to work on his own cars. .
OOPS Better watch myself still need some more parts.
This first picture is in case anyone thinks i actually know what i'm doing.
I didn't install the front pipe deep enough into the muffler and tightened
the clamp .Thank god for adapter pipes.The really sad part of the story is i did the exact same thing on the tailpipe.
The passenger side of the exhaust has like 12 clamps on it,
Make note of my well organized work bench and all the spare parts i ended up with !!!!!!!!!

There is progress.
Was rough lining up the fenders and such.
I settled for the hood closes and no huge gaps.
I'll worry about all that in the spring.or whenever i can afford Paint.
Don't be fooled by that pretty bumper .
The rest of the car is in worse shape than when i started.
Something about everyone thinking it must be OK to lean on the fenders'
I actually have gotten to the point where i don't even say anything anymore.

Trust me, your days of getting more parts are ova.

I think you might be overtorquing thos muffler clamps...
Looks like it went from 2-1/2 to 2"
Dont worry about the rest of the car, that'll buff out
I am however surprised you dont have valve covers on that motor WTF
With all the shyt flying around??
These latest pics deliver
End of August??????????

Looking GOOD my friend! Pretty soon I bet you will be going down the road, and I don't mean on the back of a ramp truck!
Larry

Those are clear valve covers.

Ya, clear ova on the other side of the garage

It's amazing how many wires and hoses they pack into them cars aint it. You don't really notice that much until you start trying to figure out where they all came from and where they're supposed to go.

Stock valve covers are back on .
I double checked my vette covers and realized they need to be clearanced.
Didn't want to mount them until i was done with the engine bay.

bammax wrote:

It's amazing how many wires and hoses they pack into them cars aint it. You don't really notice that much until you start trying to figure out where they all came from and where they're supposed to go.

Yea and not much fits exactly the way it did.
Wiring harness was easy but hoses and such just didn't seem to fit
quite right.
IF i ever did this again More pictures/More pictures !!!!!!!!

I have a bone stock setup in my old 95
If you ever need specific pics just call or post

sdstick wrote:

Ya, clear ova on the other side of the garage

OK, that was TOO GOOD not to mention! I got a good belly laugh outta that one! Thanks Steve.

Ahahahahaha...

And Mark, make sure you clearance your stock valve covers for those rollers. They will hit the standoffs for the cover bolts if you don't. FYI, in case you didn't know that...

toomanytoyz wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Ya, clear ova on the other side of the garage

OK, that was TOO GOOD not to mention! I got a good belly laugh outta that one! Thanks Steve.

Ahahahahaha...

And Mark, make sure you clearance your stock valve covers for those rollers. They will hit the standoffs for the cover bolts if you don't. FYI, in case you didn't know that...

Ok Bill. How do you know this? Been there, done that?

Yeah, you could say that.

I went ahead and clearanced the Vette covers.
I didn't know the stockers needed work too.
Almost had her running today.
Ran into a couple of snags/
The pulley/clutch on the new ac compressor is smaller than the stock one.
Picked up a shorter belt but it was too tight. Will try again saturday.
And the battery i've been trickle charging for the last SIX months
didn't have enough juice.
Go figure,

It looks fantastic. We stopped on our way home last night for a sneak peak. Shes going to be a wild clean machine. Way to go LURCH!

You MUST have the "kid on Christmas eve" feeling right now....

Mark,
What are you doing for CIA?
Maybe I'll have to try to make a RAISS pan for up front just for you
Unless you have something already figured

No Moa wrote:

It looks fantastic. We stopped on our way home last night for a sneak peak. Shes going to be a wild clean machine. Way to go LURCH!

Thank you Uncle Fester.

Pooge wrote:

You MUST have the "kid on Christmas eve" feeling right now....

I wish.More like impending doom.
Am i going to end up with the worlds most expensive lawn ornament.

Hey as long as it's sitting on my lawn, it's all worth it!


Uncle fester! LOL took u a week to come up with that???

sdstick wrote:

Mark,
What are you doing for CIA?
Maybe I'll have to try to make a RAISS pan for up front just for you
Unless you have something already figured

Thanks for thinking of me but
I've been running the filter like that for a couple of years .
No major problems with it.

I still haven't figured out how to multi qoute yet.

No Moa wrote:

Hey as long as it's sitting on my lawn, it's all worth it!


Uncle fester! LOL took u a week to come up with that???

It was 2 days ago numbnuts.
Be careful unlike some people i've got and can use Photobucket and Photoshop.

M.ROSS wrote:

I still haven't figured out how to multi qoute yet.

Click on the "Multi-quote" button next to each person your quoting
I.E 2 quotes = 2 multi-quote buttons clicked on
THEN hit the post reply button

Bring it on lurch

Did you get the belt yet?

This guy has the same problem:
http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=247890

When is "Start Up"? Do you think you will be on the road pretty soon, like the next month or two? Glen needs to break down and give you a hand!!!

Larry

Deputy347K9 wrote:

When is "Start Up"? Do you think you will be on the road pretty soon, like the next month or two? Glen needs to break down and give you a hand!!!

Larry

If I had time I would. But I think your closer Larry.

sdstick wrote:

M.ROSS wrote:

I still haven't figured out how to multi qoute yet.

Click on the "Multi-quote" button next to each person your quoting
I.E 2 quotes = 2 multi-quote buttons clicked on
THEN hit the post reply button

Thanks

boojum wrote:

Did you get the belt yet?

This guy has the same problem:
http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=247890

Yea bought 2 that were close and returned the one i didn't use

Deputy347K9 wrote:

When is "Start Up"? Do you think you will be on the road pretty soon, like the next month or two? Glen needs to break down and give you a hand!!!

Larry

Start up was Saturday.Barring any major problems should be on the road next weekend.

Got it running Saturday,Started right up.NO CELs
Idling a little rough.Checked a few things but still needs work.
Bled the brakes.Got a brake light think it's the switch on top of the proportioning valve if i pull it it goes out ??
Just gotta put the seats in and mount wheels.
Front end aligned/AC charged on Wednesday.
A few other minor tweaks and wash,wax,detailing.

Sweeet! Can't wait to see it, I still am a big fan of the plum.

M.ROSS wrote:

Got it running Saturday,Started right up.NO CELs
Idling a little rough.Checked a few things but still needs work.
Bled the brakes.Got a brake light think it's the switch on top of the proportioning valve if i pull it it goes out ??
Just gotta put the seats in and mount wheels.
Front end aligned/AC charged on Wednesday.
A few other minor tweaks and wash,wax,detailing.

Wanna do mine next?

Ten days since your last post, where are you at today?

Larry

Mark, did you get it running better yet?