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  1. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    It has taken me 21 months to get a proper functioning A/C but I have finally got just that. My own ignorance of how the system is supposed to function prevented me from fixing it correctly and the work arounds with the fans by the previous Bubba and my own Bubba work around did not help...
  2. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I did a few more piddling things on the car, all cosmetic and of no real value other than keeping me busy. The car is currently trapped at home because the road going out is in too bad of shape to not scrape the bottom. We need about 30 loads of gravel to fix everything but currently there is a...
  3. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Agreed, I believe part of the desire to make more power is for the next step or the next large project. I don't really need the power. I bought this car as a project to keep me busy, and it has, though I worked through in the first year what I had intended on taking a couple of years. I found...
  4. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I hear you and agree, in many ways the L98 was the perfect street car engine, gobs of low end torque where you actually need it while cruising it is just missing top end fun. The car actually runs fine, with the 6 speed and 3:33 gears it will burn rubber through most of 1st with the 275 tires...
  5. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    It has been a crazy few weeks In Central Texas, as I am sure most people know. We have received between 15 and 18" of rain since 7-3 and that is more rain than we usually get in a year, about 10" of that came between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on 7-5, I do not have an exact figure, our 5" rain gauge...
  6. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I did manage to get something important fixed, the alternator. As mentioned above the 105 stock alternator was giving signs of impending failure. I ordered a PowerMaster 140 amp alternator (47803) as a replacement, it is still a CS130 case and a direct bolt on. I researched and searched how to...
  7. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I would love to say I have been busy and got a lot done with the car but I have not. I tossed my back out moving the endless grass on our property a few weeks back and have been too sore and drugged up to worry with the car, or much of anything. If thi update is more out of sync and full of...
  8. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Not much has happened with the car the past few weeks other than getting it dirty from back country roads. It is the time of year that other things have to be tended to before the heat of Summer is here to stay. I did take care of a few things that needed attention, or at least things I wanted...
  9. SirReal63

    Pwtr02ss home build

    I am going to tag along and enjoy this. My wife and I did the same in 2014, 8 acres with no utilities any where near us. I built 2 homes on it, a 40x70 main home and a 24x24 Casita, both Barndo style metal buildings with 14' side walls.
  10. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    We only go when we remember, just about everything is electronically delivered to us and our post office is in the opposite direction of where we shop. I will make sure the Boss stops by on her next feed run.
  11. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Maybe, we haven't been to the post office in a while. I will be sure and let you know when I do.
  12. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Not a lot has happened to the car in the past few weeks, life is keeping me busy elsewhere. I did manage a little more work on the stereo, I picked up a pair of Polk DB522 5.25 marine co-ax drivers for the rear. I built a box for them as a test and while they sound fantastic in the way too...
  13. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Thanks, I have poured a lot of blood and sweat into this car and not much money, which was the goal. I always liked them, well, almost always, I wasn't a fan when the 84 came out. In almost every way the C5 is a better car but it lacks the raw feel the C4 has and I prefer to sit in a C4, it...
  14. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I took a little country road drive, got rained on and no leaks on the top that I could find. A few weeks back after I waxed the car I applied some Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Spray Coating, 2 coats 24 hours apart. I had seen the Project farm video where he tested the major brands of...
  15. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I managed to do a few small piddling things on the car this past week. I deleted the A.I.R. pump last year and while I had the belt off I noticed the bearing on the pulley had some slop, it wasn't making any noise but I felt about 1/16" was too much. I only paid like $36 delivered from Hong Kong...
  16. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I haven't done much actual work on the car, the weather is nice and other things needed attention here. I do still have a drip in the power steering system, I bought some UV dye and it indicates the leak is where the steering shaft enters the rack. It looks like a reseal is in my future, though...
  17. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    This update is a little disjointed and all over the place, it was a weird week. I finally got all of the power steering soft lines in, have I mentioned I hate waiting on parts? I thought I had taken a pic of the state of the engine/steering rack/general area before I started cleaning but I did...
  18. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Project subwoofer Part One. I went ahead and started this project as I am waiting on formed power steering return hoses, I have the entire power steering system torn apart currently as there is a slow leak, I hate waiting on parts. I really have missed not having low bass, this car is...
  19. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Thanks, it has been a labor of madness. I believe all of the C4's had limited slip, both the Dana 36 (auto) and the Dana 44 (manual) as standard equipment, I don't know what flavor of LSD GM used in them but could probably find out. Both tires do spin the same direction when lifted, I just...
  20. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I should explain the need for UHMWP, the shifter on the ZF S6-40 transmission uses ultra high molecular weight plastic as bushings for the pins on the shifter. They are sort of a wear item but tend to last many decades. Unfortunately on mine they were completely missing. When I opened up the...
  21. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Thanks, she is tough, was ready to get back to it after coming home from the hospital, it was the daughter and I that kept her tied down and resting. For a gun, I am strongly considering an Astro EUROHV as they are very efficient which I need as my compressor is only 21 gallons. The HF gun is...
  22. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I had to take a little time off from my normally scheduled activities, the wife tried to have a stroke on me. Three large clots, two in her legs and one in her lung that was was pressing on her heart enough to restrict bloodflow, she lost feeling and control over her right arm and we made a mad...
  23. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    Time to tackle yet more deferred maintenance though I did not get as much done as I had planned. I decided long ago to replace the shocks and it was absolutely the right decision. The Bilstein's on it are most certainly original and completely blown. They came off easily enough and I managed to...
  24. SirReal63

    Avoid GM Parts Giant if at all Possible

    I had my fun with GMPG, I was going to order an ignition control module for a SBC, a part that weighs .4lb and is 2"x3" and they wanted to charge me $30 for shipping. The ICM cost $35 so I questioned them and the only answer I was given was they cannot amend whatever shipping cost comes up in...
  25. SirReal63

    1989 C4 Functional Restoration

    I trust everyone is staying warm. It has been cold/wet then warm/wet and now hot and will be cold again in a week or so. I am waiting on parts and it was too cold to work on buffing and honestly, I don't feel like buffing at the moment. Let's see what else we can do to advance the plan. The...

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