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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 09, 2012 9:46 am
by Rennwagen1
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 09, 2012 10:54 am
by Jd3
MikeWire wrote:I'm probably not going to find snowflakes locally, or RA's. But I'll keep looking.
YASHA7FOLD wrote:Original 13's with stretch.
Going to oregon in march.... know where a pile of them are. remind me around then if youre still interested.

Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 09, 2012 11:31 am
by Mikewire
Jd3 wrote:MikeWire wrote:I'm probably not going to find snowflakes locally, or RA's. But I'll keep looking.
YASHA7FOLD wrote:Original 13's with stretch.
Going to oregon in march.... know where a pile of them are. remind me around then if your still interested.

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ill remind you for sure.
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Sun 14, 2012 11:58 pm
by Mikewire
Changed the water pump out for a new one...wasn't too bad of a job, but I ended up pulling the pump and housing and just used new pump with the new housing, all new bolts. I ended up having to drill and tap one bolt, but I saved myself $50 for 15 minutes of work.
After getting it all back together, I reset the timing and got it running right. Now it heats up and works great, but needs a new temp sender so the dummy light goes out.
New OEM cabin dome light installed - need to get the door open/close sensors working properly.
Next up was tackling the turn and parking lights. I went through each socket and cleaned terminals and inserted new bulbs. Ended up finding a bad fuse for the drivers parking lights and took care of that gremlin.
Soldered new 194 bulbs into the Caddy license plate bulb assemblies and they work fine now.
Front plate holder installed and plate engaged.
Spotted Cole at the new O'Reilly's in Laurel, which will be my new parts depot, thanks Cole.
Brakes up next, Wade hopefully you got your brakes all squared away so I can get my bleeder back
As far as wheels go, I'm pretty happy with the GT wheels, I think I may hold out for snowflakes and just drive it. Here's a set of 13x5, 4x100 Western Wheels that came with it, dunno what I want to do with them

Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 15, 2012 9:12 am
by Ramrod
It looks happy.

Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 15, 2012 1:03 pm
by YASHA7FOLD

Get that sucker on the road so we can do a gtg.
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 15, 2012 9:32 pm
by paintballguy424
YASHA7FOLD wrote:
Get that sucker on the road so we can do a gtg.
This. Glad I could help a little Mike

Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 16, 2012 9:12 am
by Mikewire
Ha yeah it runs great, but it needs to stop better.
Maybe we can get a GTG setup for this Sunday in Laurel?
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 16, 2012 1:34 pm
by YASHA7FOLD
I will get your bleeder back to you. Let me know when it's cool to swing by.
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 16, 2012 4:10 pm
by paintballguy424
I'm cool with coffee sunday morning before I go to work.
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