So close yet so far

"lone_liberal" (token-liberal) 09/01/2014 at 20:27 • Filed to: None

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Took another run at getting the Camaro started today. I got the replacement starter all installed and wired and it turned right over. We put a little gas in the carb and sure enough it started to fire, but it wouldn't really catch. A little checking showed that there wasn't any gas getting to the carb. Gas was getting to the fuel pump but there wasn't any coming out.

Unfortunately a fuel pump is one of the few parts that I don't have extra of so a replacement will have to be bought. I'm glad that the wiring seems to be all set since I replaced every piece of wire in that car, but I'll be really glad when the fucking thing just runs.

Bandit > lone_liberal 09/01/2014 at 20:36

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Type of camaro?

lone_liberal > Bandit 09/01/2014 at 20:41

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That would be a 1971 standard coupe. Somebody in it's past painted it red and put black SS stripes on it, but it was originally gold. It also has the large trunk spoiler but I don't know if that was added or original. I suspect that it was added.

Bandit > lone_liberal 09/01/2014 at 21:55

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Ah, well at least the wiring is easy eh? I had tons of issues getting my Pontiac started so I know your feels.

lone_liberal > Bandit 09/01/2014 at 22:54

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Very true. I mean it was a major pain in the ass doing that wiring but nothing compared to what a new car would be like. Besides it's kind of nice replacing things that are just old and worn out instead of fixing what various owners have done to the poor thing.

Bandit > lone_liberal 09/01/2014 at 22:59

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Your car couldn't be nearly as bad as my Trans Am right? I'm the 6th owner It's an '81 so it had a computer to control crap like emissions and turbo stuff. All that is long gone but the wiring is still there. I hacked so much of the harness out when I pulled the dash to make it more like something your camaro would have (same basic harness).

lone_liberal > Bandit 09/01/2014 at 23:23

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No emissions, thank god, but ten years older with a corresponding increase in ignorant asshole owners. Ripping out the dash and instrument panel to run the wires was a pain, and the wiring harness I used didn't have connectors so you could customize it so I had to crimp on all of the connector and that was a pain too. While I was at it I went ahead and replaced the dashpad and some of the lower dash pieces that were cracked and broken as well as the instrument cluster which was hanging by a thread as somebody had broken out the screw holes. The main headaches have been things like the engine only being bolted down to the frame with one bolt per side because they used the wrong motor mounts and the shock mounts being all messed up because they used air shocks to lift the car instead of replacing the springs and big holes cut in the tunnel to half-ass install a shifter (including a hole cut in to the floor brace).

Bandit > lone_liberal 09/01/2014 at 23:29

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Holy crap, you must live my life "the engine only being bolted down to the frame with one bolt per side because they used the wrong motor mounts and the shock mounts being all messed up because they used air shocks to lift the car instead of replacing the springs" This is my car. The motor mount situation was so screwed up on my car I had to weld my mounts in when I installed my engine. My car also had air shocks at one point. I wired my car without a pre made harness though. I took what was usable and ran my own wires for the rest.

lone_liberal > Bandit 09/01/2014 at 23:58

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Yeah, it was a little scary once I dug in to it because I actually drove that thing when it was like that. Not far, but still. I wanted to get rid of the points distributor and the externally regulated alternator and the old glass fuses so it made sense to buy a harness that included a modern fuse box and wires for things like electric fans. It wasn't cheap, but having quality wires that are labeled is very nice. I know exactly what they did with the motor mounts. '72 and later mounts were pretty standard but before that there were different ones. They tried to put in a post-72 style and the holes in the frame didn't match up. They lined up one, put a bolt in it and called it good. Idiots.