Jim Bob a build thread

[75ChevyGuy]

Wow, those have been in there for a while! Either that or the carb isn't tuned right.

[motornut]

might be tops 6-7000 kms on those

outa tune i suspect,with it being so screwed when I got it
vac advance was wrong spot,right since i got it
timing chain was done,fixed last winter
took out 305 plugs, last fall
dizzy weights were rusted tight,but loosened up better now

suspect the crud in the gas line ,
which i think is the oringinal 305 line and pump
has caused me some running probs ,and may have the PO setting it up too

i'd wana see the lighter colour brown on the tips ,more like the outside cyclinders
if you floored it 3 or 5 would miss fire sometimes, and blow back threw the valve cover
figured timing .....

lol but it did start faster this time

[motornut]

found a cracked tip
brought it back
cleaned up the vac part of the advance better

[motornut]

blue cap seems to be better fitting tips
i noticed my booster vac comes off the manifold not the back of the carb

[motornut]

thought i would use just the speedo from the 79, in to the 88 cluster, and use the 88
but the rear mount for the cable is different,so i just put the whole 88 in

with the inners out i wanted to get a few things done,
like the rag joint... toast quite an improvement

[kikkegek]

good job! look nice!

[motornut]

thanks
I'm glad it all worked ok
got this for the oil sender,used only one

[kikkegek]

Hi john,

what are those bent pieces for? are those adapters?

I recently replaced mine and you know how that ended...

[motornut]

Yes the sender" can " is to big to fit in straight down
I tried without the extra lenght, hit the intake
Bought an extra incase it was needed for an extra funky bend, .90 cents for the extension,$5.88 for the 45 bend.
There was another square block ish , and shorter,hit intake right away
But options were up male male1.5 inches then bend
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[motornut]

this is the wire spots for the clusters
let me know if it changes

[motornut]

and now for lighting or white lightening lol
and a chance to go over it all

[kikkegek]

nice!

I bought "warm white SMD LED's" in stead of the "superwhite LED's"...they easier on the eyes and look more natural...the blue-ish from the superwhite LEDs normally hurts my eyes...and the warm whites look very natural...

thats what I did...

[motornut]

thanks,
i put the stock white ones back in but added some leds on the "side"
will be on a seperate power...see how it works

[motornut]

these are the LEDs used
on sale open box 9.99
they are wired to the ign then to a switch
painted the needles so they all match now

[motornut]

And now this is what i have
White is the norm lights,dimmable
red and white both
red is non dimming Leds
and it's a whole lot better with the cluster painted,amazed actually how much better it is

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by motornut

these are the LEDs used
on sale open box 9.99
they are wired to the ign then to a switch
painted the needles so they all match now

thinking outside the box! never thought about adding to the existing lights. very, very smart. great build so far, and i love the details

[motornut]

Originally Posted by made2drag

thinking outside the box! never thought about adding to the existing lights. very, very smart. great build so far, and i love the details

thanks
i had the regular bulbs changed to red but couldn't see
seen these instore for a while,
having just done the change to the tach figured nows the time
looked at small leds from "the source" or rad shack ....to small
buying two red leds was almost 10.00 and i needed more then two
didn't think they would dim,not that dimming was needed in red
tried from the sides pointing in but not nearly as good as this
and the paint was the best improvement idea by far

[kikkegek]

nice!

the red one makes me think of "red octobre" movie

[motornut]

funny i just bought that on blue ray
good movie

they actually "light up" in daytime

[motornut]

so drivin down the road and the tunes quit
spend a bit of time pokin at it and decide
time for new tunes
compared the almost 20 year old deck to a new one no contest.....
now for some mods....

[kikkegek]

nice score! are the small speaker for in the dash?

[motornut]

yup 4 ohms
the others were 2 ohms
gona put in the same spot,AC vents
gona take out the ashtrays and put speakers there too
get them off the floor
end up with
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...ers/DEH-5300UB
front
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...Size/TS-G1043R
back
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...Size/TS-G1643R

[kikkegek]

yep! no AC needed there with the top off...hahaha

[Telecasterjoey]

Glad to see the tach cluster went to a good home! nice build thread!

[motornut]

Originally Posted by Telecasterjoey

Glad to see the tach cluster went to a good home! nice build thread!

thanks ....and thanks again for it,works great
not sure but may wana look into the 80's grand prix's for yours
would this one match for yours,did this early 90's to my 81 lemans
not it's not your eyes it's a crappy pic