My old GSX had a "service door" for the blower motor. IIRC it was 80's Camaro/Firebird (could be wrong but some 80's GM car) had a chronic fuel sender issue & the flat rate method to change it was to remove the rear seat & install a "service door." I was flat rate mechanic for a short period - hated it.
My 68 riviera has a nice big hole cut in the wheel house to remove the blower motor without having to take the whole nose off the car. The hood on that car reminds me of a picnic table. Today the tank goes back in. I managed to clean the tank and pad last night, got all the bolts cleaned up, picked up some non petrified fuel line, so today's reinstall should go pretty smooth.
I was an auto tech at a Pontiac/GMC dealership back in the early 80s, and that’s exactly what we used to do to all the cars that needed heater cores. We took an air chisel and opened a window in the fender well by cutting three sides to a square, folding the fender well back to gain access to the corner bolt. After the heater core was installed, we folded it back and slapped some seam sealer on it and sent it down the road. You have to watch those techs that flag hours and love being paid book time!
Hey Jason quick question for ya, I have to replace the heater core on my 69 Riv. My engine is currently out so now is the time. Do I need to pull the fender or anything to gain access to any of the bolts on the heater box? Any advice/tips you can give me for this job? And yes I agree these Riv hoods are extremely large and heavy lol Cheers, Bob
Got the new sender in this afternoon and put the tank back up. Everything is all zipped up, and it looks like it was never taken down. I put a few gallons in it for now. The VP dealer for the area lives a few blocks from me so I ordered 10 gallons of VP110. Comes with free delivery to my driveway on Saturday.
Im draining the gear oil in the trans. I made out a P0B number on the case. Feb 1970. Tomorrow I'll fill it back up with some GL4. Im hoping Saturday in addition to the VP delivery, thst my new 70" speedometer cable shows up. If it does, the instrument cluster is getting pulled and gone through. I'm going to polish the lenses and replace all the bulbs. Then give the plastic cluster a bath in mild dishwashing soap. Stay tuned!!
So Jason finally showed up at Bellmore with his GSX. One little hiccup, something came loose and Jason lost 1st and 2nd gears. Soooo, we pushed him into a spot, and I loaned Jason a 9/16" combination wrench (because I always carry tools), and it was fixed in 2 minutes. Above is Jason using the front hood of his GSX as a picnic table. We had a nice turnout for 70 GS cars.
Yep, I pulled in and I lost 1st and 2nd gear. I had 3rd, 4th and reverse. So Larry and a few of the Buick contingent pushed the taxi cab into a spot. Sure enough the bolt holding the 1/2 rod came loose. I just tightened it up and we were good to go. Looks like the 4 speed linkage might have to move up to the top of the things to attend to list
And dash is apart. The easiest part, disconnecting the speedo cable from the speedo, fought me the most! Someone had the pad off and the radio out. But the cluster was never out as best I can tell. The 70" speedometer cable arrived and it's 77". Did I get the wrong one or does the guy not know how to use a ruler? Funny, I took the glove box liner out and a brand new key dropped out from the dash. Taped up there since new? GM key with the code stamped in it