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Forum: Convertibles
04-29-2024, 06:28 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

Today the car went to the local body shop where they will clean up the small amounts of rust on the rear quarter fender lips and take care of a couple of dents. I told them to leave those areas in...
Forum: Convertibles
04-29-2024, 09:54 AM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

Thank you. It won't be show quality, that doesn't work in my world, but hopefully it will end up as a decent looking driver car I won't have to be embarrassed about if I pull into a cruise night...
Forum: Convertibles
04-26-2024, 09:47 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

Finally--an update on what I call JY 1, that is, the running and driving '92:
The convertible top has been replaced with an entire black cloth unit I bought off a wrecked '92 TA that Hawk's had and...
Forum: Miscellaneous Third Gen Items!
04-25-2024, 04:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 201
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 1992 Firebird owners manual, literature, cassette wanted

Still looking--needing an owners manual set for a '92 Firebird. Check your local junkyards! Thanks.
Forum: Mid-West Region
02-24-2024, 05:00 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

I'm still deep into the winter pinball season repairing those for everyone, so right now the car projects have to wait on me to get caught up. I did get a chance a couple weeks ago on a very nice day...
Forum: Mid-West Region
02-22-2024, 06:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 504
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Hot Rod Power Tour 2024

If any of you happen to spot a Jamaica Yellow '92 Firebird convertible running around on the Tour, it'll be me. I doubt there will be more than one of those so I should be easy to spot! Introduce...
Forum: Members Camaros
02-17-2024, 08:37 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 245
Posted By Pinballer

Re: First of many…

And so it begins! Many of us have been there. Still there. Will be there again. Can't help it.
Forum: History / Originality
02-10-2024, 08:46 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 559
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 1984 Camaro - Needs New Engine Belts

I just replaced the very decent looking upper and lower factory GM radiator hoses on my '92 V6 car I'm reviving, solely because of the age factor and for peace of mind. I'm going to start driving the...
Forum: Convertibles
02-05-2024, 09:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 328
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Picked up this vert. Is it rare?

Looks like something I'd haul home! My wife just loves my projects....NOT! But I had 'em when she married me 40 years ago.

Clean this car up really good all over--you'll be in a better frame of...
Forum: V6
02-05-2024, 09:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 584
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Thinking of buying 3rd gen V6 - have a few questions

If you're really worried about possible rod bearing failure or other engine damage, unscrew the oil filter, shake it gently, and dump it out in a pan and look for sparkly things.

The gasoline...
Forum: V6
02-05-2024, 08:58 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 164
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 2.8 Code 32 GM service manual pages

Nice job! Everybody with original cars will be needing this info some day. Even me.
Forum: Interior
01-14-2024, 03:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 352
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Bonneville steering wheel in 1992 Firebird?

(laugh) There wasn't a whole lot that looked good at all back then, so I hear what you're telling me. Even the Corvette steering wheels in the 90's all looked like crap and you'd think GM would...
Forum: Mid-West Region
01-12-2024, 08:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 504
Posted By Pinballer

Hot Rod Power Tour 2024

For those interested, it was recently announced that this year's tour will be Jun 10th - June 14th. Starts at Bowling Green KY, moves onto Nashville TN, Louisville KY, Columbus OH, and Indianapolis....
Forum: Interior
01-12-2024, 07:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 352
Posted By Pinballer

Bonneville steering wheel in 1992 Firebird?

In this forum, there are threads about installing the early 90's Cavalier steering wheels onto the Gen 3 cars, and I liked the looks of that wheel, but didn't care for it not having the air bag...
Forum: Members Camaros
12-31-2023, 06:57 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 857
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 2023 Wifes Christmas present

Don't let a repairable problem get you down. This can be re-done by somebody competent and save the hood. Yes, it will cost more than another hood, but if you want to keep it totally original, do...
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-21-2023, 05:59 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Better late than never! If you're 70 now, you can really turn on the crisis action anytime you need to to calm that back down. Keep on buyin'! (I do)

Next time you see your friend's husband...
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-21-2023, 07:41 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

You're to be publicly commended for being such a generous guy, paying that much money for a 60 mile ride! That works out to about $8 per shipping mile. And maybe a tip for the truck driver.

I'm...
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-20-2023, 07:50 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

I was not aware that ASC had a California location, I'd only heard about the Michigan one, so if that's the case it's a whole new wrinkle in the script for this one. If somebody drove the newly...
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-19-2023, 10:22 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Hasn't been much to report for a while, haven't had my own hands on either Firebird for about a month, but recently received the second packet of material from the GM Archives site for the car I like...
Forum: Carburetors
12-17-2023, 01:03 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 262
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Fuel filter

If you can see the carburetor number on the main body of it or along the baseplate, it will read something like 17089234, take that number with you to the parts store and have them cross-reference...
Forum: History / Originality
12-12-2023, 09:08 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 806
Posted By Pinballer

Re: GM Heritage Archive

That seems to make sense that those two codes go hand in hand---if you were buying a Firebird convertible to rent out in sunny south Florida, you sure wouldn't want the drunken spring break college...
Forum: History / Originality
12-11-2023, 05:09 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 806
Posted By Pinballer

Re: GM Heritage Archive

Follow up on an above post... I had the local GM dealer run off the RPO codes for the second JY convertible I have, and it has very similar characteristics to the first car I had done. Car #2 as I...
Forum: Miscellaneous Third Gen Items!
12-11-2023, 07:39 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 174
Posted By Pinballer

Looking for Sheehan Pontiac dealer items (southern FL)

South Florida guys, look around and help me out! Lighthouse Point FL, close to Ft. Lauderdale is where this dealership is that sold my '92 convertible new. Would like to get either the dealership...
Forum: Miscellaneous Third Gen Items!
12-11-2023, 07:32 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 201
Posted By Pinballer

1992 Firebird owners manual, literature, cassette wanted

Anybody got anything sitting around to sell? Thanks, PM me if you do.
Forum: V6
12-08-2023, 12:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 572
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Starting my First project (keep V6 or Swap)

I've been a gearhead buying cars in in the salty midwest for about 50 years now, so I'm speaking from experience here: if the floor pans are gone and that frame has rust holes and soft spots in it,...
Forum: History / Originality
12-07-2023, 06:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 806
Posted By Pinballer

Re: GM Heritage Archive

Yes, it was emailed to me about 4 days after I sent payment, there were four separate PDF's on one email, (one was just a cover letter), and they all saved to Document files where I printed them off.
Forum: History / Originality
12-06-2023, 08:49 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 806
Posted By Pinballer

Re: GM Heritage Archive

I just used this site to get a packet of info on my JY '92 Firebird convertible, and I'm good with it. They provided some interesting stuff, the main thing I wanted was the dealer invoice which...
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-05-2023, 09:33 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Point me to a town! I hear retirees have lots of time. :)
Forum: Mid-West Region
12-04-2023, 07:29 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Hi Dave, I thought the same thing when I was putting the car back together and looking for the brackets and A/C hoses hot and heavy and searching the internet night adfter night. I had the GM part...
Forum: Mid-West Region
11-28-2023, 01:20 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Thanks guys. I located a spoiler long ago for this brown car, the existing one the car had was either sold off or stolen while the car was camped in the trailer park. At least they didn't tear up...
Forum: Mid-West Region
11-27-2023, 09:34 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

No update yet on JY 2, haven't gotten back over to the storage garage with the boy again to continue work, but thought I'd share some pictures of a similar journey I did on the very first 3rd gen I...
Forum: History / Originality
11-23-2023, 08:34 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 559
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 1984 Camaro - Needs New Engine Belts

Being an old parts store counter guy, I asked our belt reps the same question way back when they started switching over to the ribbed styles because customers were asking the same thing of me. The...
Forum: Mid-West Region
11-03-2023, 08:36 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Starting to look like a car again, it always helps to have a motor back in it's proper place. Everything done underneath now except the exhaust, and that includes new trans seals and a new mount for...
Forum: Mid-West Region
11-01-2023, 05:10 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Definitelly will do it the proper way, as I'm not into hacking things up on cars. A fuel pump will be a lot easier job if it has to happen right now because I have the availability of a lift in a...
Forum: Mid-West Region
10-31-2023, 07:53 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Finally...after a few of life's curveballs I had to handle, the engine out of the white '91 parts car is now sitting on the mounts in JY Vert #2. About a thousand more things to tighten, replace, and...
Forum: Exterior Parts Wanted
10-29-2023, 08:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 497
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 91 firebird parts needed near topeka

Hi,
If you're still needing a front bumper I happened to see a 91-92 front bumper on a Craigslist ad up in Kalamazoo MI, it's white and it looks really nice in the picture. It's on one of those...
Forum: V6
10-19-2023, 04:14 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 345
Posted By Pinballer

3.1 V6 valves

Peeling the heads off my project '92 Firebird's engine, and astonished at how much dish there is in the faces of both the intake and exhaust valves. Has anyone out there built up a mild performance...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-08-2023, 03:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 352
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 1991 Firebird with no chip key column

Good call TTOP! I found this wrapped in electrical tape stuck up on top of the fuse box.
...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-08-2023, 10:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 352
Posted By Pinballer

Re: 1991 Firebird with no chip key column

I'm sure that must be the case.

Before I toss it's poor cascass into the crusher, I'm going to look the remains of the wiring over real good under dash on this car and see if there's been a fix...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-04-2023, 07:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 352
Posted By Pinballer

1991 Firebird with no chip key column

I removed the entire cruise/tilt steering column out of a 91 coupe I'm parting out and luckily an ignition key did come with the car. It does -not- have any chip in it though, I now know ithis year...
Forum: Mid-West Region
10-01-2023, 10:37 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 384
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Another new (old) guy

Saturn Sky--another weakness of mine. Anything two-seat and a sports car is in my target sights. I haven't gotten one yet but I probably will when I find one that's down and out so I can get it...
Forum: Mid-West Region
10-01-2023, 09:30 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

The 91's front fascia looks decent in the wrecking yard picture above, but it's not. It's been through one crash already, and whoever "fixed" that damage was about as backwoods of a body shop as they...
Forum: Convertibles
09-28-2023, 07:35 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

After the big time '91 part-out, I fired up the engine, literally--only caught it on fire once, and it runs good! So the engine and trans is coming out over the weekend for possible transplant into...
Forum: Mid-West Region
09-28-2023, 04:41 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Here's the latest on the JY '92 project car: This extremely rusty white 91 has given it's all to let another survive, and I do mean ALL, it was a local junkyard car that was headed for the crusher...
Forum: Convertibles
09-25-2023, 08:04 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

Today's efforts included going after this sensational "find", a '91 V6 AT coupe (despite the T-A hood). The body is beat to death all over, Fred Flintstone's feet would work as brakes because there...
Forum: Convertibles
09-25-2023, 07:31 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

The LS won't happen. Too old to take on setting up and learning a whole new system of engine and I'm pretty sure my Windows 7 laptop wouldn't respond to the tuning needs of today.. If I was 47 yrs...
Forum: Convertibles
09-23-2023, 07:48 PM
Replies: 1,071
Important/Useful : Your Convertibles
Views: 192,817
Posted By Pinballer

Re: Your Convertibles

Turns out after a teardown that the original 6 in the bad bird is headed to the trash pile, one cylinder is badly pitted. The cost of the machine work to fix this block just isn't worth it, so me and...
Forum: Mid-West Region
09-22-2023, 08:16 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Turns out after a teardown, #6 cylinder in the original engine is pitted so bad from sitting open to the elements that it is now junk, the rest of the motor looks very clean and good which is a...
Forum: Mid-West Region
09-16-2023, 10:14 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

OK, will do.
The latest update is the engine is out and the kid tore it down so he could beat his hands all up and start learning the names of all the little pieces. He's already cursed the...
Forum: Mid-West Region
09-11-2023, 08:51 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,300
Posted By Pinballer

Re: And yet another new (old) guy

Hello,
Yeah, I got it from a small town near St. Louis, my Facebook Marketplace car spies alerted me to it since I don't have a Facebook account. It sat for about 12 years and while the wasps were...
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