Re: [Chevelle-List] Plugs for 454
Its a 454 out of a 1985 light duty truck. Its not a wild 454, rather mild. All the spec's of the motor are on my webpage if you want to check it out. Tim King 1966 Chevelle 454 Big Block
Re: [Chevelle-List] disabled needs advice
Jake - Welcome to the list. Don't give up on a web search. There are businesses which will inspect a car for you. Also there are list members thru out the country who may be able to look at a car for you. Finally there are kits ( www.vintageair.com ) to add air to chevelles which are reasonably priced. Good luck in your quest. BTW - 66 wouldn't be you graduation year, would it? rick On Sat, 18 May 2002 15:40:50 -0400 Jake Trexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am looking for a SS 396 but it has to be in a certain condition. Due to my disabilities I have to have an SS that has good AC and an automatic. From what cars I have seen on the Net, most cars do no have air nor do they have AC. What years would be my best chance of finding one ? Also, due to my problems the car has to be near where I live (Knoxville TN) because I cannot go to different states to check them out. I only drive to the Dr's once a month, and the rest of the time I am home bound.Also does anyone know of a way for me to find one based on my heath, in plain words a person that I can trust ?Needless to say I am not a kid looking for a hot rod, but a 52 year old man that would like to see a dream come true of owning an SS 396 especially an 1966 model. thanks jake
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michael Re post your symptoms. You need fuel, ignition & compression to fire. Are you certain that you are missing ignition spark? rick On Fri, 17 May 2002 18:05:30 -0500 "Michael Ishee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ok for those you of who have been helping me to get my car to start > once > again here is an update. I finally got an ohm meter and measured > the coil > resistance the best i could with the lack of knowledge i had about > the > machine and the process in conjunction with the horrible > instructions. All > in all i managed to gather this about my Accel super coil. The ohms > who > jump up (once again dont know how much because it would just quickly > flast > up and didnt know too well how to translate the read-out) in number > when you > would first turn the key to start the car then if you kept on trying > to > crank the meter who read the same amount as it would with the car > off. So > this is really all i gathered from the process and someone mentioned > i > should have .82 resistance with this coil however i never got > anywhere near > this number. With the meter set to measure under 1 ohm the screen > would > read anywhere from 3 to 5 flickering back and forth then jump to > about 20 > when first start to crank the back to 3 or 5. I never quite > understood this > as how the meter was supposed to read under 1 and i never got a > decimal. > Any ways so i still think that the coil is the weak link and > possibly a new > one will start the car. I did go to the parts store to buy another > one but > they gave me the same one i took back which i think i might have > shot. > Anyways sorry for the long post and any suggestions and advice is > welcome > and thanks for all the help so far. > Michael > > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > - > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Best seat covers for 70 Malibu.
Check with Year One. My catalog is several years old, but they listed cloth seats. Very expensive tho! rick On Fri, 17 May 2002 10:34:25 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > does anyone make cloth covers for chevelle,buicks etc?? > > - > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mike, One thing it could be is your secondaries are opening up too soon and flooding the engine. If you just floor the engine without the brake is there any hesitation while it spins up? I once loosened the spring tension on my quadrajet so the secondaries opened up very early. The car engine stalled when I floored it. Too much gas. My Chevelle used to act like yours is when I did brake stands to smoke the tires. It would start off spinning the rear wheels with part throttle and when I floored it it bogged down but eventually overcame it and the rpm's increased. I never considered it a problem and never tried to figure it out. Back then my car ran pretty strong when I floored it without the brake, probably yours is the same. It gets to a point where you are working against the brakes, where the drive shaft cannot turn. If the drive shaft is not turning the trans output is not turning, yet the engine is spinning. The convert is letting that happen. When you get to a point where the converter says "no-more slipping allowed", the engine cannot spin faster anymore as everything is pent up by the brake being held. As you continue to push the gas perhaps the engine gets into a flooding situation? If your goal is to light up the back tires into a cloud, put a line lock in. If you want this for racing, only push the engine to the stall speed and don't floor it until you let off the brake. If you need to rev the engine higher for launch, get a higher stall converter. This may or may not be the case. Any other ideas? Mark Weber 71 ss. -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of michael andrews Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] What the &*%^ Car trouble? the engine is a 350 bored 20 over with a 650 carb, proformer intake, MSD Ignition and 8.8 wires, and a mild cam the tranny is a 350 turbo with a shift kit here is the problem I am having, i have a 2000 high stall convertor. when I step on to the brake and push the gas it will stall to 2000 but when i push the gas more it will bog down? Then if I do this and let go of the brake it will start off slow then pick up speed? what could be the problem. It doesn't sound like the convertor is slipping it sounds like the engine is? thanks mike - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Chevelle-List] Gas Tank and Brakes ?
If bled on the car, the master cylinder instructions said to jack the back of the car up so the master cylinder is level. Or just do it on the bench where it is level. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Don Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Gas Tank and Brakes ? I've done several m/c over the years & I believe that they can be done either way, on the car or in a vise. I've done them successfully both ways. Don > > >The M/C needs to be mounted in a vise so it is level and then bled as Tom > >explained. In my limited experience, the couple of MC's that I have done > >included instructions for bench bleed. One even included the > >hoses/tubes. BTW - a parts stores will have the hoses for a couple of > >dollars if not included. > > This is the way I did it too, but I've only done it once. This was the > first master cylinder I ever replaced and boy it felt good to do it! It was > very easy and was over in a few minutes. > > > Kelly & Jana Hanna > www.hannawoodworks.com > > > > - > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Chevelle-List] Gas Tank and Brakes ?
Did it. Pretty much painless. Will half to wait to bleed all the lines but fired her up and the brakes seem rock hard. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of rocky hill Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Gas Tank and Brakes ? You put the master in a vice, put fluid in the master keeping it level, put pressure on the piston using a dowl rod or screwdriver, and crack the bleeder while keeping pressure on, until you get nothing but fluid, no air bubbles, this makes sure air does not get trapped in the master, then install master on car, than bleed brakes starting at right rear, left rear, right front, left front, always work from the farthast distance from master to it, but my point is you still have to bleed the brake system after bench bleeding the master. Rocky Hill My66SS http://www.geocities.com/rocks66ss --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/16/2002 11:32:23 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Can someone explain bench bleeding to me? I'm > about to install new master > > and am confused. > > > > when i did this on my 69, i installed the master > cylinder on the car, made up > 2 lines about 6 inches long, bolted them onto the > master cylinder and bent > them around so that they resided inside the brake > fluid in the master > cylinder, and very slowly pumped the brakes until i > saw no more little > bubbles. you can bleed it through the lines, but > that takes 2 people and a > lot longer to do. > > Tom > __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Chevelle-List] Plugs for 454
>Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 15:36:27 -0600 >From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] New guy here > >454, what plugs do you use on that engine??? I have a 454 and cannt >find good ones to use?? Thanks Is it a stock 454 from a given year? If not, what type of mods have been done? The usual approach is to start with the factory recommendation and work colder Brad - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Chevelle-List] New guy here
Tim, Have you checked into Glasstek hoods? I've had mine on my 67 for over two years now and haven't had any problems at all with it. It didn't take my bodyman very much time at all to prep and paint it. Fit isn't as good as a stock hood but it's better than many I have seen. A lot of folks on the Team Chevelle web site use them and, in comparison, are the best they've seen. Glasstek doesn't have a web site but their phone number is 630-978-9897 and they're based out of the Chicago area. They are the only company that made the 4" rise hood I needed but they will custom make any size scoop you desire. Check any of the links in my signature line or go straight to http://www.dalesplace.com/htm/chevelle/the_body.htm for a before and after comparison. Dale McIntoshACES #1709/TC #92 Gold67 SS/67 Elkyhttp://www.dalesplace.comhttp://www.team67.comhttp://www.midwestchevelles.com -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:32 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] New guy hereJohn, Everybody has good points. I asked a few months ago about buying a fiberglass hood, which I am still going to do. But everybody has had lots and lots of problems with thier products. Nobody had anything good to say about thier products, so Im not going to buy anything from them. One guy had to put about 40 hours worth of work to get the hood to fit, but its still not right. They said that it would be ok for racing applications, where the body and paint dont need to be perfect, because its made to race, not showJust letting you know what all these guys told me Tim King 1966 Chevelle 454 Big Block
Re: [Chevelle-List] New guy here
Rick, In it right now are AC Delco i do believe. They have always worked perfect. Im putting the same ones back in, when i get it fixed. I think the timing chain skipped a tooth, so shes parked for repairs. My dad has always used Champion spark plugs Tim King 1966 Chevelle 454 Big Block
Re: [Chevelle-List] New guy here
454, what plugs do you use on that engine??? I have a 454 and cannt find good ones to use?? Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, Everybody has good points. I asked a few months ago about buying a fiberglass hood, which I am still going to do. But everybody has had lots and lots of problems with thier products. Nobody had anything good to say about thier products, so Im not going to buy anything from them. One guy had to put about 40 hours worth of work to get the hood to fit, but its still not right. They said that it would be ok for racing applications, where the body and paint dont need to be perfect, because its made to race, not showJust letting you know what all these guys told me Tim King 1966 Chevelle 454 Big Block
Re: [Chevelle-List] New guy here
John, Everybody has good points. I asked a few months ago about buying a fiberglass hood, which I am still going to do. But everybody has had lots and lots of problems with thier products. Nobody had anything good to say about thier products, so Im not going to buy anything from them. One guy had to put about 40 hours worth of work to get the hood to fit, but its still not right. They said that it would be ok for racing applications, where the body and paint dont need to be perfect, because its made to race, not showJust letting you know what all these guys told me Tim King 1966 Chevelle 454 Big Block
Re: [Chevelle-List] Bumper brackets
Please refresh my memory did you need both front & back? Thanks, Dan By the way where are you located? I'm in dallas/ftworth area.
Re: [Chevelle-List] Bumper brackets
How much and I can buy from you Thanks - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] engine decoding
a good place to decode chevrolet is www.mortec.com/ John
Re: [Chevelle-List] engine decoding
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 07:53:59 EDT >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] engine decoding > >The engine casting number is 3970010, it should be a 350. I will get >the engine id code later. Thanks Unless it's a '69 302, in which case your friend should take his luck and go buy a bunch of lottery tickets! ;^) Brad - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] engine decoding
Brad, The engine casting number is 3970010, it should be a 350. I will get the engine id code later. Thanks Dan McIntosh 65 Malibu In a message dated 5/18/2002 10:20:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 23:40:35 EDT >Subject: [Chevelle-List] engine decoding > >A friend of mine with a 70 1/2 Camaro asked if I had anyway to help >decode his engine and trans numbers. On the head is stamped 3927186 >K308 According to my MSA-1 guide 186s were used '68-72 and had either 1.94/1.5 or 2.02/1.6 valves with a 63.3cc chamber. Definitely on the factory hi-po sheet, but it doesn't help ID the engine as they were used on 302s, 327s, and 350s. Best I can do is say he has a large-journal engine with 4" bores. ;^) The block casting number (rear of block) and engine ID code from the small pad just forward of the passenger cylinder head are needed. Brad
