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Anything under that driver's side dash..... Especially the brake booster!
Nothing comes close to working on Saabs though.
Changing the ignition coil on a 9000 Turbo... it's mounted to a bracket that is shared with the brake fluid reservoir, coolant tank, and washer fluid reservoir. To the BOTTOM of that bracket. The tanks/reservoirs are underneath the AC hard lines.
Lets weld in the transmission cross member in four speed cars and setup a whole other area in the plant to build bolt in transmission cross members for the automatics, all using the same frame. Ya, lets also run the exhaust through it.
Yes, just spent the last week and a half on the couch after tracing down a ground short. Those fuses are a bitch to get to. After I heal up, I have to go back in to finish replacing the turn signal switch. The short was in the 4 way flasher switch that's in the turn signal switch. Just wondering how easily the T.S. wiring and connector are going to go down the inside of the steering column. Can't wait.
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THESE...
I hear they work great on Day 1...not so much after Day 1,700
It’s not just C3s. Remember this is the same bunch that stuffed a v8 into a Monza… which sounds like a hoot until you realize you have to unbolt the motor mounts and raise the engine to replace the plugs. Which needed to be done every 10k miles or so.
It’s not just C3s. Remember this is the same bunch that stuffed a v8 into a Monza… which sounds like a hoot until you realize you have to unbolt the motor mounts and raise the engine to replace the plugs. Which needed to be done every 10k miles or so.
Are you kidding?
The V8 Monza was the perfect car.
I put a set of Hookers on mine with an Edelbrock intake, Holley, and a mild street cam.
There wasn’t a corvette, Porsche or anything else that could come close on the highway and most muscle cars on the street couldn’t even get close.
The back seat folded down and with the rear hatch open, my girlfriend and I could lay back at the drive-in in total comfort.
It’s not just C3s. Remember this is the same bunch that stuffed a v8 into a Monza… which sounds like a hoot until you realize you have to unbolt the motor mounts and raise the engine to replace the plugs. Which needed to be done every 10k miles or so.
I owned a '77 Monza spider with a 305 V8, all I needed to use was a spark plug socket with a nut on one end for a 1/16 box end offset wrench,
could reach all 8 plugs without taking anything else apart. BTW they had electronic ignition and would go a couple of years between changing, the car was a POS (frame wise) but was a blast to beat mustangs with it. Wish I still had it.
Now on the other hand, I also stuffed a V8 into a vega GT with headers, that was a PITA to change plugs and keep the headers from leaking (hitting the ground) due to low clearence
Last edited by walleyfisher; 01-11-2023 at 02:06 PM.
Are you kidding?
The V8 Monza was the perfect car.
I put a set of Hookers on mine with an Edelbrock intake, Holley, and a mild street cam.
There wasn’t a corvette, Porsche or anything else that could come close on the highway and most muscle cars on the street couldn’t even get close.
The back seat folded down and with the rear hatch open, my girlfriend and I could lay back at the drive-in in total comfort.
I was only pointing out the serviceability challenges from back in the day, not the driveability. I remember it being a blast. It was my friends car, but he let me drive it once in a while in return for helping him out fixing it.
@walleyfisher , I am positive 18 year old me did not own such an exotic tool lol.
I was only pointing out the serviceability challenges from back in the day, not the driveability. I remember it being a blast. It was my friends car, but he let me drive it once in a while in return for helping him out fixing it.
@walleyfisher , I am positive 18 year old me did not own such an exotic tool lol.
Don’t be offended, I wasn’t giving you a hard time.
I guess I should have added an LOL in there.
There were a lot of good memories in that car.
My girlfriend was also the one who talked me into buying a new Dodge surfer van conversion.
We were towing a flat bottom drag boat and doing a lot of camping at the Colorado River at the time.
Now that van was fun to work on.
You could sit in the front seats in comfort and change the plugs and do a tune up.
No offense taken. My memories are definitely colored by a bit of jealousy- my buddy had the v8 monza while I had a hatchback Vega. That car was a total pos rust bucket. It’s life ended one day when the rusted hatch folded in two from the pressure of the gas struts, showering me with glass.
Sorry for pulling this off topic. Resume bashing the most evil engineers!
How about on a C3 the bolt between the seats that threads into the brake console from the back center compartment, you cannot find the hole to save your life
Or try to re-install the T-top storage hoops after installing new carpet
Who was the genius who came up with the idea to run a V belt between the water pump and the crank with no adjustment.
The only way to replace that belt was to remove the fan, clutch, all other accessory belts, remove the water pump pulley and replace the belt.
How about on a C3 the bolt between the seats that threads into the brake console from the back center compartment, you cannot find the hole to save your life
For a new owner just finding that bolt was a challenge.
Putting the bolt into the console first with the threads facing the rear lets you find the whole very easily.
Keep in mind that when cars are engineered, they are not meant to be worked on by the customer. They are meant to be taken to the dealer for all repairs. The dealer garage will gladly do whatever it takes to repair the problem......and charge you by the hour. That's the plan.
Who was the genius who came up with the idea to run a V belt between the water pump and the crank with no adjustment.
The only way to replace that belt was to remove the fan, clutch, all other accessory belts, remove the water pump pulley and replace the belt.
you lucky dog, only removing the water pump pulley…I had to loosen the crank pulley too.
01-10-2023, 02:31 PM
My #1 C2/C3 WTF were they thinking.
