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Forum: LTX and LSX
08-19-2023, 04:31 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,157
Posted By mwfrels

Re: vorteciroc health update

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
01-22-2023, 07:06 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 11,156
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 4th gen gas tank into a 3rd gen???

When I swapped the plastic tank into my Camaro a decade or so ago I found that filler hose to be my biggest issue. It is a preformed hose with different size ID ends. Using the 4th-gen filler neck...
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-31-2022, 08:21 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 9,714
Posted By mwfrels

Re: How to wire a 4th gen F-body fuel tank into a 3rd gen F-body

I just pulled my binder with coffee stained notes from mid-2000s and you have just detailed almost the exact same process and configuration I did to my car. My saved notes have that ACDelco 25319676...
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-15-2022, 07:12 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,401
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Gas pushing back out neck when filling LS1 tank

May seem a little overkill but it helped noticeably for me is on that valve there is a foam filter element covering the port. My tank seemed to have come from a super dusty environment because that...
Forum: Body
06-11-2022, 07:18 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,013
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Alternative Detent Roller Replacement

I like this salvage method!. This would even be a good modification to do before installation of a new hinge half. Only simple replacement procedure needed for any future repair if they get sloppy...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-21-2021, 12:36 PM
Replies: 201
Views: 9,319
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Help needed to update LS swap sticky

That decision to purchase was a hasty one made a decade ago. There was no circuit diagram supplied with it or available. Now years of delays down the road and learning more I am considering using the...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-21-2021, 09:09 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 9,319
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Help needed to update LS swap sticky

The LS2/T56 pullout my project got started with came out of a 2006 GTO. The ECM that came with it was an E40. No pedal with the harness. This project got started about 9-10 years ago and at the time...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-20-2021, 07:20 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 9,319
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Help needed to update LS swap sticky

I am going DBW so I this would probably be of benefit to me.

M
Forum: Interior
10-03-2021, 08:14 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 80,694
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 5th Gen seats into a 3rd Gen Camaro

There's another variable in this equation to take into account or check. The type of headliner in your car. I am 6.0 and my seats always have been used in the backmost position. But I don't use much...
Forum: LTX and LSX
09-16-2021, 07:15 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,529
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 383 Ls1 T56 swap down to the last few things

The brace that is clamped in place under the clutch master cylinder bolts says to me those are 4th gen f-body pedals.

M
Forum: Car Audio
08-27-2021, 07:38 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Warning! Don't hold your breath. The DG box relocation project started back in the nice weather of mid-march and the car has not moved from the garage since December of last year. Projects move...
Forum: Car Audio
08-26-2021, 07:10 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Received yesterday. Good quality! Thanks! And thanks for the defective piece for testing painting.

My disassembled console now has more urgency but having these bezels in my hands gives me some...
Forum: Car Audio
08-21-2021, 11:43 AM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

A scrap piece to test on would be awesome helpful. Thanks for offering!

I pray you are missed by the hurricane. Houston, Texas Gulf Coast is a favorite target for Atlantic hurricanes. Since...
Forum: Car Audio
08-21-2021, 08:03 AM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Received availability notification last night. Placed order just now for two(2.)

What resin are you using for these? I plan on using prep and satin black interior paint like GM factory did on the...
Forum: LTX and LSX
08-21-2021, 07:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 874
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Wiring Hell...HELP

Yes for us non-sparkies sometimes the simplest of things such as obtaining good grounds can be very challenging. I have let the smoke out more times than I care to remember. Keep doing it, pay...
Forum: Car Audio
08-18-2021, 08:37 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

I noticed your site has been updated with the new top a/c bezel but shows out of stock. I left my e-mail on the notify when available function. Can pre-orders be placed?

Mike
Forum: Car Audio
08-10-2021, 01:33 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Cool! I will be ordering two(2) as soon as you are ready to take orders on your site. No hurry on my part as audio is low on priority list.

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
08-08-2021, 11:10 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 28,026
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Project Resurrection - 90RS

This is some excellent information. Saving to my project binders. If not already there compiling this into a best practice sticky would probably benefit a lot of non-sparkies other than me.

M
Forum: Car Audio
07-14-2021, 09:29 AM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Cool! Thanks for going the distance for us on the radio plates.

M
Forum: Suspension and Chassis
07-10-2021, 07:25 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 52,103
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Steering Box Rebuild, Rag Joint and Pit Arm

Is that 0.5-0.75 gap what you are measuring after torqueing down the nut? I have never seen a gap measurement specified in any of the procedures I have read or in my steering gear project binder. The...
Forum: Car Audio
05-22-2021, 12:36 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Received the reverse plates a day or so ago. I am impressed for somebody that is not working with a GM corporate budget. Very good quality.

Mike
Forum: Car Audio
05-05-2021, 05:14 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

Just placed order for two of the reverse plates as well. I want to have all options open when I attempt DD install. While I am waiting for your manufacturing stream to resume I will do some shopping...
Forum: Car Audio
05-04-2021, 07:05 PM
Replies: 421
Views: 93,979
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Double Din Radio Bezel

I'm a little late to this party but I would like to get two(2) of the standard double din plates when you are back in production. I saw only the reverse listed on your Unleaded site. Is there an...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-04-2020, 06:12 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 15,705
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Gen V “LTX” Swap for my 86 Trans Am

This is the one I am subscribed to: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-lsx/724548-finally-holley-produce-lt.html

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-02-2020, 12:22 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 11,832
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Running “hot” at idle, even hotter with a/c on. I just about tried everything.

All cooling systems in all the cars I have ever owned or worked on have the simple paradigm of the hose to the lower bung on the radiator is the suction side of the pump.

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-02-2020, 07:04 AM
Replies: 354
Views: 29,552
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 1986 Camaro LS Swap build

X2 on the teflon tape and JB Weld. Both are non-choices for this application. The original non-hardening Permatex Form-a-Gasket Sealant No.2 has been my preferred and dependable cooling system sealer...
Forum: LTX and LSX
05-27-2020, 06:16 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,240
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Hawks Electronic Gas Pedal Mounting Bracket

Hmmm! See sheet 2 of this doc:...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-29-2020, 11:58 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 8,131
Posted By mwfrels

Re: *Remedy inside* 4th gen m/c peg on 3rd gen pedals without hacking up 4th gen peda

In the two clutch MC replacements I have had to do since I did the swap I looked at the firewall and did not see any cracks. No dye-pen. Just visual. I have prolly been spared because I am using...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-29-2020, 07:10 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 8,131
Posted By mwfrels

Re: *Remedy inside* 4th gen m/c peg on 3rd gen pedals without hacking up 4th gen peda

I did not know this part of the structure for M5 cars when I did my auto-manual conversion back in '99. I have head about it since but had not been able to find any details. Looks simple enough to...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-27-2019, 06:46 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 75,357
Posted By mwfrels

Re: My 1989 IROC LS1/4L60E swap

Looks real nice! Much better metallic, color, and shine than GM ever put on any year of thirdgen.

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
11-27-2019, 06:16 AM
Replies: 251
Views: 24,317
Posted By mwfrels

Re: The LSX Swap Build Thread

X2
Forum: South Central Region
11-21-2019, 06:50 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,526
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Houston F Body

Don't give up on us completely. I believe I am more than just the one that has had to become an envious lurker. Over the past half dozen or so years family medical issues, parental late life and end...
Forum: Interior
08-22-2019, 07:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,013
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Broken Tilt Steering?

I found this reassembly PDF about two weeks ago while searching for something else column related:
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/d/d6/Jazzman_Steering_Rack_Rebuild.pdf
I only had...
Forum: LTX and LSX
08-10-2019, 08:20 AM
Replies: 251
Views: 24,317
Posted By mwfrels

Re: The LSX Swap Build Thread

No apologies necessary. I am sure there are more out there than just me who can completely empathize with your story...

M
Forum: Members Camaros
11-10-2018, 09:09 AM
Replies: 300
Views: 28,750
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 6-Nov-18

Thanks for posting this up. I had wanted to do DRLs years ago but being electrically illiterate and I could not find anything easily adaptable at the time forgot about it. I can add another bullet to...
Forum: LTX and LSX
02-06-2018, 11:50 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 10,734
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 4th gen plastic fuel tank

4th gen purge is mounted on the driver side of the engine I believe. The solenoid operated valve on the tank is the vent valve.

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
06-20-2017, 07:04 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 18,198
Posted By mwfrels

Re: '84 anniversary Trans Am 5.3L LC9 swap

Third-gens got Cycling Clutch Orifice Tube (C.C.O.T.) A/C systems.

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-25-2017, 07:59 AM
Replies: 567
Views: 73,731
Posted By mwfrels

Re: BADNBLK's 91 Z28 LS1 swap... Engine + much more :)

June 2017 issue of Chevy High Performance arrive in mailbox yesterday afternoon. There on page 62: "Brandon Pursley mobs his Third-gen just like downtown." Congrats! You're becoming somewhat famous....
Forum: LTX and LSX
02-01-2017, 06:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,537
Posted By mwfrels

Re: A/C with LS1 question about 4th gen pressure switch

There should be a schrader valve in the fitting welded to the line. It opens with the switch fully screwed in place. Removing the switch quickly you should only lose a tiny amount of gas. Same with...
Forum: LTX and LSX
01-01-2017, 03:53 PM
Replies: 1,905
Views: 334,614
Posted By mwfrels

Re: What ever happened to QwkTrip's car anyway?

Congrats!...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-23-2016, 04:41 PM
Replies: 1,905
Views: 334,614
Posted By mwfrels

Re: What ever happened to QwkTrip's car anyway?

My vote added. You appear to currently be comfortably in the lead...

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
10-23-2016, 07:57 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,489
Posted By mwfrels

Re: using factory starter on ls swap

FYI the GTO starter is manufactured by Mitsubishi and has the pull-in solenoid clocked differently than the F-body or truck starters. This different clocking puts the solenoid protruding more...
Forum: LTX and LSX
09-23-2016, 06:19 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,052
Posted By mwfrels

Re: Spohn mounts

Nope! Spohn mounts use the backmost hole pattern. The advantage being clearance is tight but with a 4th-gen f-body oilpan you can possibly get by without having to modify the crossmember. And yes...
Forum: LTX and LSX
09-08-2016, 05:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,569
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 89 Formula Cruise Control w/E40 ECM

This thread has some good stuff in it you might be able to crossreference: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-lsx/552764-digital-cruise-ltx-lsx.html

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
09-08-2016, 05:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,569
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 89 Formula Cruise Control w/E40 ECM

Found on Google Images:
Green - 12V Switched Power
Yellow - Res/Acc
Blue - Cruise On/Off
Red - Set/Coast

You seem to have two different from that scheme though...

Cheers,
M
Forum: LTX and LSX
06-12-2016, 08:11 AM
Replies: 284
Views: 53,959
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 1984 Camaro RHS/LSx 427 Twin 76mm build up

I have been fiddling with the hatch alignment for the 30 years I have owned mine. Many different methods and two repaints of the car later it still is not 100%. Get the alignment where you can live...
Forum: LTX and LSX
05-20-2016, 07:16 PM
Replies: 1,905
Views: 334,614
Posted By mwfrels

Re: What ever happened to QwkTrip's car anyway?

So when do we get to enjoy a vid w/sound of this new to the streets again f-body beast?

I'm jealous!

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-10-2016, 05:13 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 165,343
Posted By mwfrels

Re: How to prep a 3rd gen harness

After years as a member of e-mail list server type sharing it took me a while to get the hang of forums. Old habits can take some time to die off...

M
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-06-2016, 05:33 PM
Replies: 1,905
Views: 334,614
Posted By mwfrels

Re: What ever happened to QwkTrip's car anyway?

This will possibly continue based on my experience with them. Because the CTE(Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) is significantly different between SST and AL fittings they come loose again after an...
Forum: LTX and LSX
01-30-2016, 06:33 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 15,780
Posted By mwfrels

Re: 91 Z28 LS1/4l60E swap.....Finally

That makes perfect sense. The fuel pressure was actually forcing the regulator shut. They only work in one direction.

M
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