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ahahaha this is the best loving thing.  I saw this thread and thought it was about your first century wagon, because I didn't even know you had two yet. Took like half a dozen posts to realize this was in fact a newly procured beater wagon. Now I don't feel quite as bad about owning three comanches 
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That might be the best pun I have ever seen on here. 
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Aug 25, 2015 19:19
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Hahaha yeah that is an old 900MHz AMPS cellular phone. Funny story, we found one of those under the passenger seat of my GF's Roadmaster last week when we installed the junkyard seats I got for it. Apparently analog cellphones were somewhat of A Thing in older Buicks.
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Sep 17, 2015 16:50
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Could be bent from a junkyard forklift, yeah. Any significant marks in the paint?
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Nov 6, 2015 15:30
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Then you'll see... that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. (are you sure the car hasn't been in an accident prior to your ownership?)
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Nov 6, 2015 16:19
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Can't help you on the belt situation or bolt, but the AC shop is bending you the gently caress over. R12 is actually getting cheaper these days because most of the old shitboxes that need R12 are off the road so demand is back down, I don't believe it'd cost that much, period. I found a guy selling 48oz of R12 new-in-can on ebay for $115, in fact, which is a far cry from $400. Pretty sure that's more than your car needs... The other option is to DIY it, you can buy the compressor, gauge set, cap tap, all the new AC parts, R12 (or R152a, or air duster) and other stuff for far less than 1500 and then just follow the instructions in Motronic's AC thread and come out way ahead, then fix the AC on all your other cars... and friends cars... and family's cars... for super cheap. I've got all my AC tools now, and I've fixed 3 or 4 of the family vehicles and am far far ahead of even paying the $150 recharge cost per vehicle at the local quicklube.
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Nov 12, 2015 21:31
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Accidents in the back seat cause babies, babies in the back seat cause accidents.
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Dec 16, 2015 17:25
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Assume 25mm (it's actually 25.4 but who cares) for every inch of length the engine stand arms have to them where the bolts go through. Everyone, including me, forgets that those stupid arms are longer than the thickness of the BH flange that the engine normally bolts to. Then add like an inch for thread engagement in the block, and buy a 25-pack of lovely galvy 1/2" washers from home depot to make up the slack if the bolts bottom out before they are tight. I can't remember how long a bolt we used when we put the 3.0L Vulcan V6 on the engine stand for my dad's truck but ~100mm sounds about right. Maybe longer.
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Mar 10, 2016 19:25
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7/8 NPT?  Unless GM really outdid themselves, there's no such thing, but 1/2" NPT seems to have an OD of 0.84", which is pretty close, so I'm betting it's actually 1/2" NPT?Pipe thread sizes are loving wack, yo. There's a whole huge story about why the dimensions are the way they are (the ID, OD, tap drill diameter, and major diameter are all different, and none of them are equal or even close to the trade size.)
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Mar 14, 2016 18:46
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Left Ventricle posted:Yeah, someone over at a-body.net said pretty much the same thing, so I'm just gonna cut the pipe off about 1.5 inches long on the LX9 and join the two with some hose. Well, fortunately, if you actually wanted to tap it to 1/2-NPT, that's probably the most common NPT tap in existence. You can probably get a tap and the proper drill to use for single-digit prices at your local hardware store, in fact. Splicing a couple pipes with a hose is a lot more risk free though.
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Mar 16, 2016 19:49
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My GF (who loves all wagons, but especially woodside ones and especially buick woodside ones) highly approves of your insanity. She has a 1993 Buick Roadmaster wagon (L05 under the hood, not an LT1, sadly) that I am slowly catching up on maintenance. We've seen a number of Century wagons around the area, including a maroon woodside one that looked like a miniature version of hers. Didn't have any paper to write a "please call us if you ever want to sell" note, sadly, and it was gone when we got out of the store.
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Apr 7, 2016 16:21
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I believe those are Delphi Metri-Pack 150 Sealed series connectors, but not entirely certain. You could always just shotgun an order of "1 of each" for that entire series (after comparing to photos in the catalog) for that many pins with all keyings, find which one plugs into the EGR valve that will bolt to your engine, and then depin the old shell on the harness and push it all into the new shell. They're only like a buck or so each on mouser.com once you have the right part numbers.
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May 17, 2016 01:07
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Can you take a pic of the CTS wiring? There's a good chance I know exactly what connector it is, 2 and 3 wire ones I've seen most of the ones available. You can probably make your own extender pretty easily for under ten bucks in materials.
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May 17, 2016 19:11
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It looks to me like you could (if you had the required equipment and experience) make a hybrid mount from 1/4" steel plate pieces that would bolt to the new engine, old compressor, and old chassis mounts. The 3 bolt holes from the new mount for the new engine don't look like they have a stupid overlap with any of the bolt holes for the old compressor, basically.
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Jun 27, 2016 16:45
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Left: Packard/Delphi Metripack 150 series sealed Right: Packard/Delphi Weatherpack The left connector is far superior. Weatherpacks were great in the 70s/80s but we have better things now. So in a way you are upgrading by necessity. I love how you are dedicated enough to figure out GM legos on a car that no one else has done this on. That AC compressor is some real wizardry, has anyone else in the Century community figured that out yet?
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Jul 19, 2016 03:04
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You can probably rebuild those alternators for peanuts (if either will fit into your sorcery swap), most of the time they just need a replacement bearing, brush pack, slipring, rectifier pack, or regulator. The number of times I bought a new alternator for $130 at the parts store when all I needed was a $25 regulator or $7 terminal block off ASPWholesale saddens me.
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Jul 26, 2016 17:06
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P0171 and consuming too much fuel sounds to me like a bad O2 sensor and/or exhaust leak upstream of the sensor. Or you're supercharger ready, either way... Glad you got it mostly working!
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Nov 18, 2016 13:12
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Left Ventricle posted:
kastein posted:supercharger
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Dec 4, 2016 01:44
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Yeah, sorry about that  I didn't pick it up looking for it to fit your project, luck of the draw. Had no idea they were even different.Hell, if you sell it on ebay or swap it for one you can use or sell it and use the money to buy one you can use (or something else, up to you) it certainly won't hurt my feelings. I sent it to you because I felt like it and figured you would at least have a chance of using it, otherwise I was going to end up trying to sell it to broke ricer idiots at swapmeets for the next year or with it wasting space in my spare bedroom because I'm never going to get around to using it.
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Jan 10, 2017 22:08
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Parking pawl won't ratchet. Might have reduced the lifespan of it, the motor mounts, cv shafts, or suspension links and bushings a bit but that's it.
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Jan 16, 2017 04:04
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Don't feel bad about that one, I have to remind Jeep guys to check their harness for damage instead of just shotgunning sensors at it, too. People forget that the harness exists and can have problems too.
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Jul 12, 2018 13:37
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Most if not all connectors containing airbag squib wiring have a shorting bar on a spring that automatically shunts the terminals together when the mating harness is unplugged. You guys are overthinking this. I've heard that some VAG ACMs will fire a squib as soon as it's plugged in if there's power to the ACM at the time, however. I cannot swear this is true. Also, some semi standardized color codes: Yellow connectors and harness looms are almost always airbag related. Orange are high voltage for electric and hybrid vehicles. Green connectors are usually but not always some sort of diagnostic connector. Edit:   
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Sep 24, 2019 14:23
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God. gently caress the 2200s. I ruined several days doing a
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Mar 8, 2020 05:33
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Looks like a longblock is 3k on rockauto. Hopefully you can find a good one in the picknpull, but don't really count on it... those 3.7s are famous for exploding. Usually they drop a valve seat and turn the whole rotating assembly into confetti, from what I've seen. It's too bad you can't use anything earlier than 07 (according to RA anyways) as a donor because at least crappy beater Jeep Liberties are everywhere and no one would ever cry about sacrificing one for its engine.
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Jun 17, 2020 05:09
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That was my guess too. The easy way to tell which reluctor wheel it has is to count the connectors on the ECU in the donor and recipient. 3? You need a 3 plug donor. 4? 4 plug donor. At least according to the best info available last time I looked into it.
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Jun 17, 2020 05:28
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I can't vouch for the seller or quality but this kind of setup works wonders on those stupid threaded on fan clutches, which is what you're up against I assume. https://www.amazon.com/Pneumatic-Clutch-LIS43430-Industrial-Products/dp/B08BKV7LLL/ Usually one rip on the air chisel pops it free and it comes off by hand after that. You could get crafty and build the same thing yourself of course if you don't mind welding some junk to your tools. I used the poor man's method on mine in the junkyard, you put a box wrench of the right size on it, make sure the belt is tight, then get angry and whack the far end of the wrench solidly with a hammer. May need to balance another wrench on it through the fan and hold the butt end up with one hand while hammering the middle of the second wrench if there's no clearance to hit the first one directly. I hate those fans, mostly because I haven't bought the pneumatic tool for them myself yet, just seen how easily friends get them off with it.
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Jul 31, 2020 04:52
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Triple check the crank and cam reluctor wheel patterns before you really button that thing up... They are different year over year and I've got a really bad feeling about this now that you said it's a newer block. Might just be mix n match parts from the builder but you don't want to do this twice I bet.
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Aug 9, 2020 13:13
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Left Ventricle posted:I gave them the truck's VIN when I ordered it. They asked for it to make sure I got the right crank and cam stuff just for that reason. Thanks. Sorry to keep harping on it, I just see way too many people get screwed on that and didn't want it to happen to you. I entirely forgot this already got discussed :|
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Aug 9, 2020 18:27
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I'm not 100% sure but that's probably just an access cover for the timing chain guide bolts? You could try popping the old one out with a piece of lumber as a lever maybe?
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Aug 23, 2020 14:20
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Nice! First starts always scare the crap out of me on stuff like that, especially since that time I put a motor in my daily and it knocked from first start.
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Sep 20, 2020 18:00
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That's often the same thing on Dodge full-size trucks. Holy poo poo, what a kick in the nuts.
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Sep 21, 2020 22:57
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Left Ventricle posted:Doesn't shift out of first until almost 50 mph. Because of the gearing and the misfire, it doesn't want to maintain highway speed in 4th. Reading this again looking for the statement you referenced and... gently caress, this wasn't a good sign and I missed it. Wonder if it will do that anymore after you rebuild the trans?
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Nov 3, 2020 18:52
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Christ they still did that on JTEC? That clever idea literally came from SBEC via RENIX. it's in the RENIX patents from the very early 80s. I thought they would have trusted the MAP to give real numbers by loving 1996.
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Dec 1, 2020 06:01
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I bet it will, a cavalier 2.2 I worked on years ago had the same issue. It was REALLY bad though, when I pulled the vacuum ref line off the FPR gas trickled out.
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Where do you think it's coming from, rings? Valve seals?
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Apr 25, 2021 19:22
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I did not expect to be triggered by this thread The PO of my Comanche thought 40 amp fuses were for everything that blew a fuse and for some weird reason, sections of the wiring harness are melted. I can't imagine why
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Sep 30, 2021 18:04
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Holy poo poo, man. That's a rough week.
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Feb 18, 2023 05:08
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Yeah, that was a lucky failure right there. It even did it in a nice wide smooth paved area to work on it, and during the coolest point of the year.
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Yeah I'm pretty cross about that, I have no idea which pics from which of my threads I'm going to have to reupload and fix hotlinks on. Why do all image hosts eventually gently caress their users like this?
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It's pretty wack that they used a specific MAF just for your cars basically. Why? Just to gently caress the mechanic?Suburban Dad posted:Real STR gm rant vibes The vibe is a Pontiac so that is true
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