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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

That's sort of a problem, I don't really have any idea just how many miles it's got on there. Nothing seemed too old, and like I said before it miraculously doesn't leak from anywhere. Everything...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

09-19-2014, 10:26 AM

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

Well, damn. In that case, do you think I should change out the oil and try the rotella again? Or perhaps to change everything up completely and try the castrol? I've never used it before but I've...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

09-18-2014, 02:59 PM

Replies: 11

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

Actually, if anything it's been much cooler this past week. Temps have generally ranged from the low 80's to mid 90's instead of the 110+ it's been all summer. Even on the hottest days with the...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

09-17-2014, 09:23 PM

Replies: 11

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

Absolutely, and that's originally one of the reasons I started using the Rotella a few years ago, with great results. Though it shouldn't matter so much with my current engine, because it has all...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

09-17-2014, 01:49 PM

Replies: 11

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

Thank you for your reply,

And just to clarify, were you posting the proper oil pressure for the stock engine configuration for '86? Mine is definitely swapped, if that makes a difference. I've...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

09-17-2014, 12:22 PM

Replies: 11

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Low oil pressure at warm idle mystery

Hey guys,

Yesterday I did the oil change on my '86, and on the way home from work I noticed that my warm idle oil pressure was only about 7psi!! Naturally, I freaked.

A little background info...

Forum: Aftermarket Product Review

06-16-2014, 10:26 PM

Replies: 4

Roll bar for racing harnesses.

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Roll bar for racing harnesses.

Awesome, thank you guys so much. For some reason I didn't even think of checking Jegs! They have exactly what I need at a price much cheaper than I thought.

Thanks again!

Forum: Aftermarket Product Review

06-16-2014, 12:15 AM

Replies: 4

Roll bar for racing harnesses.

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Roll bar for racing harnesses.

Hey guys, just a quick question here. I've got an 86 camaro that I'm slowly making more strip-oriented and I've been looking at getting some racing harnesses. Now, I could just bolt them to the floor...

Forum: Cooling

06-15-2014, 08:34 PM

Replies: 6

A major goof - Damage from overheating.

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: A major goof - Damage from overheating.

Well, I doubt anyone is following the thread still but I thought I'd go ahead anyway and say that everything is fine, and I was just being an overly-paranoid ***.

Thank you guys for all the great...

Forum: Cooling

05-21-2014, 09:11 AM

Replies: 6

A major goof - Damage from overheating.

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: A major goof - Damage from overheating.

True, It's just going to be a few days before I can really mess with it (because of work and such) and I wanted to see what everybody thought. I mean, yes it overheated, but it was for such a short...

Forum: Cooling

05-20-2014, 10:11 PM

Replies: 6

A major goof - Damage from overheating.

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Posted By Duke Napalm

A major goof - Damage from overheating.

Well guys, my 86 camaro decided to throw both the alternator belt and water pump belt on the way home today. I usually keep an eye on the temp gauge and the motor runs and idles in traffic at a cool...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-30-2014, 07:58 AM

Replies: 16

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Firing order/distributor cap question!

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Aaaaaand that was exactly what happened. Whoever originally put in this distributor made a complete mess of things and it was frigging backwards! Started by connecting the #1 wire to the #6...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-29-2014, 08:09 PM

Replies: 16

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Firing order/distributor cap question!

On the balancer itself, there are numbers ranging from 10 to 60 with 10 little tic marks between numbers, which I always thought indicated however many degrees off TDC you were from initial timing....

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-29-2014, 07:33 PM

Replies: 16

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Firing order/distributor cap question!

Thanks for the info/helpful suggestions guys, I really do appreciate it a ton!

And no, I did not pull the distributor. The only things I did were cap, rotor (the new one pointing in the same...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-29-2014, 07:15 PM

Replies: 16

Views: 5,134

Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Firing order/distributor cap question!

Also, just as an addendum, I lined up the little white mark on the balancer with the zero on the timing tab, and then had my buddy turn the engine over from there with my finger in the #1 plug hole. ...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-29-2014, 06:41 PM

Replies: 16

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Firing order/distributor cap question!

What do you think the best way to go about doing that would be? I thought about cranking it over by hand, but don't much enjoy the prospect of yanking all the plugs out right after I put them all in....

Forum: Tech / General Engine

04-29-2014, 12:59 PM

Replies: 16

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Firing order/distributor cap question!

Hey guys,

I come to you with what I hope will be an easily solvable problem. I've got an '86 camaro with a punched out 350 (block was out of a '72 c-10) and an HEI ignition system. A couple days...

Forum: Electronics

04-29-2014, 12:12 PM

Replies: 9

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Take Charge !

Thank you, this actually ended up being half the problem. Redid a horrible splice I didn't initially see on this wire (which is red for me) and found an inline fuse buried under some other wiring...

Forum: Electronics

04-25-2014, 10:05 PM

Replies: 9

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Alternator charging nightmare!

Anybody? :(

Forum: Electronics

04-25-2014, 12:19 AM

Replies: 9

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Alternator charging nightmare!

Well, ah, there actually isn't a brown wire. Pretty much every inch of wiring done in this car looks like whoever just threw all the little extra bits and pieces they had lying around together to...

Forum: Electronics

04-24-2014, 09:32 AM

Replies: 9

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Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Alternator charging nightmare!

So I was doing a little reading and I see that, according to the internet, aluminum makes a pretty decent ground if you watch out for electrolysis based corrosion which I had completely forgotten....

Forum: Electronics

04-24-2014, 09:11 AM

Replies: 9

Views: 677

Posted By Duke Napalm

Re: Alternator charging nightmare!

You know what? I... I think that might be it then. The main battery ground is actually secured to the bottom bolt that holds the alternator, which in turn is secured to the head, which is indeed...

Forum: Electronics

04-23-2014, 08:00 PM

Replies: 9