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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: October 21, 2014, 11:26:25 AM »
Danny, Very nice, I like the layout.
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: October 13, 2014, 02:05:04 AM »
Not a great picture but I think it will show you. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: October 13, 2014, 01:46:54 AM »
Danny glad you got some things figured out, and know how to proceed. The distributor drive gear has a small drill mark on it that points in the same direction as the rotor tip. If that is not in-line it will throw off your timing. Good luck. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: September 25, 2014, 04:45:31 PM »
Danny, mop up the coolant and drain the oil pan before you start it because coolant mixed with oil is VERY corrosive to the rod & main bearings. George
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General Discussion / Re: Well My Camaro online Compadres, Time for a fight of my Life!
« on: September 22, 2014, 12:08:13 AM »
Danny, That is great news, congratulations and keep doing what your doing, on your health and on your restoration.
A little prayer from a lot of people goes along way. George
A little prayer from a lot of people goes along way. George
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Originality / Re: 1968 z/28 373 rear end inspection marks
« on: September 21, 2014, 11:47:36 PM »I will add that the brake drums were in place when painted and had I believe a push on spring washer type of retainer, (much like the ones that hold the heater cables to their levers) the coverage on drums varied from good on some to non existent on others.
Because the drums were in place the brake side of the backing plates would have been natural steel, some restorers use high heat charcoal grey inside the backing plate etc so they look closer to correct when they pull a drum off.
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James both sides of my 69 backing plates were painted black, I assume they were dip painted prior to bolting to the diff housing, the 4 mounting bolts were not painted on the drum side. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: September 14, 2014, 12:26:34 PM »New problem occuring. Heated it up to operating tempurature. Set the dwell at exactly 32, it was at 30 from the distributor rebuild guy. Set the timing at 4 degress BTDC. Set the static idle at 900. Sitting at an idle with no load on it it purrs like a kitten. Try to give it a little gas about 2 or 3000 RPM's and it starts to shake violently and has a HUGE steady miss. I thought I had it licked. But no way I can even move it out of the garage. Keep in mind this is a NEW problem that was not there before. Going out to make sure I don't have any spark plug wires crossed. What the hell?? I wish 10 of you guys lived close so we could dial this baby in... Wind out of sales, I mean sails... DannyDanny, I don't think you have a tight valve if it idles smooth, sounds like an ignition or fuel delivery problem. Hook up your timing light to the coil wire and watch the light at 2500 rpm, if it looks erratic, you have an ignition problem. If that's OK watch the carb above the throttle plates and see if the fuel coming out of the venturies looks consistent at 2500 rpm. Look from the side not directly over the carb encase it backfires in your face. Good luck. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: September 04, 2014, 12:06:11 PM »
Danny, good story & great pictures. Usually there should be a a protective piece of steel stock to go between the crank and puller center bolt so as not to damage the threads. I don't see anything in the picture, you might want to check the threads in the nose of the crank. George
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Maintenance / Re: Timing out of wack
« on: August 25, 2014, 11:50:38 AM »
Sounds to me that the outer ring on your balancer has shifted. Pull #1 spark plug, get piston to TDC and see were your timing mark is. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: August 22, 2014, 12:14:19 PM »
Danny what others have mentioned is get your #1 piston at TDC, checked thru spark plug hole, then verify timing pointer and balancer mark is at TDC. The balancers have been known to slip. When reinstalling a original distributor on an original manifold the factory stamped a chisel mark on the back after they adjusted it. I have allways found the timing to be within 2-3 degrees of the recommended setting. George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: August 03, 2014, 01:32:25 PM »
Danny, you might pull the vacuum advance hose off the distributor to see if the advance plate is sticking. George
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Restoration / Re: Chassis J nut, 67 bumper mount
« on: August 03, 2014, 01:27:26 PM »
Is that a 3/8" bolt? I might have one of those J nuts.
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: July 19, 2014, 11:57:41 AM »
Danny, I saw the harness clip (retainer) on the alternator is white, are the other T shaped harness retainers on the engine harness also white? George
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General Discussion / Re: My New '68 Camaro Z/28 Butternut Yellow
« on: July 19, 2014, 12:53:53 AM »
Danny I got to say it is so great to see you are obviously feeling better, excited about this special find car, but mostly you have got someone who obviously loves you to make your meals, give up her house to you for a week, and then buy you this car. Its like a fairy tail story. I will be checking every day for new updates on how things progress. Best of health to you and keep the pictures coming. George
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Restoration / Re: Restoration help
« on: July 08, 2014, 07:38:57 PM »For my information did you replace the rear springs and shock absorbers on your SS 69. If yes what were your part numbers and codes.I replaced the five leaf springs with units from HBC, they were very nice copies of my originals. I had one leaf cracked in each rear. The shocks I replaced with Monroe gas shocks because I heard the repro spiral shocks were not so good. I plan to drive this car after a couple shows and the ride is important to me.
Very nice job George. My x66 car looks just like yours under the hood. It is a real pain to keep it looking that nice...JoeAs you know a BB with AC is more of a hassle to work on, but I wouldn't have it any other way. George