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Forum: Interior
05-18-2023, 09:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 560
Posted By deadbird

Re: T-top Tint/film

None. Factory glass t-tops are tempered glass and the tinting is in the glass itself.
Forum: Cooling
09-10-2022, 07:27 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 769
Posted By deadbird

Re: AC high pressure switch for secondary fan.

Well not only does that suck.. research has failed me and you and now, I'll eat my shoe.

It does appear the locking clip tab is correct, the alignment tab is off.
Technically, you could shave the...
Forum: Cooling
09-07-2022, 08:52 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 769
Posted By deadbird

Re: AC high pressure switch for secondary fan.

Apologies to all... I was not meaning to be a d--k to chaz.

I would also like to clarify RA is wrong on this part year range

This a/c switch is for 88-92... not 85-92

85-87..this switch...
Forum: Cooling
09-05-2022, 06:51 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 769
Posted By deadbird

Re: AC high pressure switch for secondary fan.

I didn't spend an hour of researching/ checking/following part numbers to give you a wrong answer.....
Forum: Body
07-01-2021, 10:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 494
Posted By deadbird

Re: Are exterior dimensions for 89 IROC edge of mirror to edge or mirror

I'm completely serious.

When you post a question in such a broken sentence structure that makes the reader of your trash internally say... 'WTF?"..
and you follow up with sh-t that needs a...
Forum: Electronics
05-22-2021, 09:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,154
Posted By deadbird

Re: Cruise control.. whats this hook to under the dash?

I believe the plug was a mix of wiring from the controls on the signal stalk, brake sw or VSS buffer (w/o looking @ a diagram..)
The vac hose went to brake switch and vented the cruise vac diaphragm...
Forum: Interior
05-21-2021, 10:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 466
Posted By deadbird

Re: tach with fuel gauge

Sounds a bit like you're asking about the 82(may be 83?)~84 dual read (imperial/metric) gauges with the idiot lights (Speedo and tach area--> dual read fuel gauge).

A bit more info on what...
Forum: Body
03-23-2021, 05:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 896
Posted By deadbird

Re: Need help on 91-92 front spoiler install - please

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech-general-engine/661924-1982-1992-camaro-repair.html#post5374557

The first post, link still works, page 10 :thumbsup:
Forum: Cooling
03-09-2021, 11:00 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,267
Posted By deadbird

Re: Overflow tank under battery tray?

Wow!... That turned out really nice looking :thumbsup:
Glad I was able to help out
Forum: Cooling
01-19-2021, 08:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,267
Posted By deadbird

Re: Overflow tank under battery tray?

Well.. I'll be dammed. Apparently I had some stupid stuck in my eye to see you posted to his other thread , too. (I don't frequent A&D much).

Seeing your pics and despite owning a 91 for quite a...
Forum: Cooling
01-18-2021, 05:53 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,267
Posted By deadbird

Re: Overflow tank under battery tray?

1LE, I believe he literally wants the entire 4thgen tank (completely) under his current metal batt tray w/o cutting anything on the car and the filler neck poking up thru the side fender/frame rail...
Forum: Cooling
01-17-2021, 01:50 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,267
Posted By deadbird

Re: Overflow tank under battery tray?

You'll never get it to fit under the tray and even if you did, the filler neck would not be very accessible.
My pass side undertray is already occupied with electricals and I wasn't interested in...
Forum: Cooling
12-10-2020, 09:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,385
Posted By deadbird

Re: From mechanical to electric fan for more engine temp?

Try a new thermostat....
Forum: Body
10-21-2020, 08:52 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,963
Posted By deadbird

Re: Rear Hatch Alignment

If your hatch doesn't have the same measurements at the points shown in the attached image... you can't fix the problem properly with shims

The best you can do is take other body lines out of spec...
Forum: Body
10-02-2020, 10:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 501
Posted By deadbird

Re: inner left rear wheelhouse

The wheelhouse between the two are actually very similar and share a handful of the same stampings....

...
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
10-02-2020, 09:17 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,848
Posted By deadbird

Re: Vote for the worst Sticky at this site

You!... Get off my lawn !!
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
09-30-2020, 02:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,711
Posted By deadbird

Re: Two Tone Options...What's The Best

I think if a dark blue chrome wrap existed or they were painted a dark blue kandy.. it wouldln't be awful.
Not my thing but, not my car either. Gfx would be pretty simple to repaint if you didn't...
Forum: Body
09-17-2020, 08:15 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,491
Posted By deadbird

Re: Kindigit door handles

Haha.. I'm not giving anyone s--- about what they spend on thier car... we all p-ss away good money on a bad habit (with these cars). I was just a bit shocked on the price for all you get and the...
Forum: Body
09-16-2020, 08:35 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,491
Posted By deadbird

Re: Kindigit door handles

I have not put my pos together for free either over the years either but, still.. something like that (doorhandles) for the price, still makes me say 'wow'....
Maybe it because the same crowd here...
Forum: Body
09-16-2020, 07:33 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,491
Posted By deadbird

Re: Kindigit door handles

$600 for some door handles ? Wow!
Forum: Cooling
09-11-2020, 09:12 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,067
Posted By deadbird

Re: Heater core

[QUOTE=CKone;6393891]Anyone familiar with this heater core? Looks like it may have fixed inlet and outlets to it?
[QUOTE]

That's the same core as the third pic in the link I posted.

Or the OP...
Forum: Cooling
09-09-2020, 06:04 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,067
Posted By deadbird

Re: Heater core

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cooling/741396-anybody-know-part-number.html
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
09-06-2020, 03:28 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,892
Posted By deadbird

Re: 3rd Gens sitting / Rotting away: what have you seen?

This has been sitting outside, almost in the same spot, for at least the last 25 years (about when I first spotted it on the way to the salvage yard).
It has moved closer to the fence over the years...
Forum: Cooling
07-12-2020, 02:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 789
Posted By deadbird

Re: 4th Ten Coolant Mod With Driver Side Battery?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto-detailing-appearance/598825-another-4th-gen-washer.html
Forum: Cooling
06-10-2020, 08:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 489
Posted By deadbird

Re: Radiator fan doesn’t turn on by itself

And also, the car ,as most have, has made it 36 years running at stock temps just fine.The stock head located fan switch for electric fans (v6, v8) turns on at 238°F for all years (excluding the 89...
Forum: Cooling
06-06-2020, 09:27 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 314
Posted By deadbird

Re: Limit switch

Presuming you mean the cycling switch for a/c... light green gets +12v from the hvac controls inside the car and the light blue passes the +12v thru the switch and eventually ends up at the a/c...
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
05-13-2020, 09:13 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,596
Posted By deadbird

Re: custom cold air intake

Thanks CK, that's actually been a goal to make most any mods I've done to my pos look factory-ish (at least to those who aren't Drew level).
Being an 87, it is a MAF car and the MAf is in between...
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
05-12-2020, 09:32 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,596
Posted By deadbird

Re: custom cold air intake

Just for fun of replying to a ancient thread....
I made mine using silicone tubing and a 90's lumina airbox
...
Forum: Cooling
05-04-2020, 04:19 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,057
Posted By deadbird

Re: Dual fan activation questions

The blue wire from the ECM to the no longer present fan pressure switch needs to be grounded to prevent the primary fan from running at all times ( '85-87 TPI ).
...
Forum: Interior
04-10-2020, 11:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 419
Posted By deadbird

Re: Modify stock bird/ta gauges?

Considering you're not going to use the stock gauges or senders, chopping the cluster on the end won't affect the remaining gauges.
It may, however, affect the back lighting circuit.
Forum: Cooling
03-21-2020, 01:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 375
Posted By deadbird

Re: Wiring flexalite stand alone fan for a/c

'C' would be tied to the green wire on the A/C clutch.
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
11-21-2019, 10:32 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,650
Posted By deadbird

Re: Who wants this in their garage???

I speculhate it.... A single 15 yr old picture of a (maybe wrecked, none the less garbage) base model 82=85 camaro got what seems to be a really well done conversion to a station wagon.... how DARE...
Forum: Cooling
10-17-2019, 07:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,630
Posted By deadbird

Re: Driver's Side Firewall Fan Relay

TL, the distance isn't really an issue as long as the wiring is proper to the length and is in good shape.

That said.....

The wiring to this car is in some seriously poor condition and to...
Forum: Cooling
10-10-2019, 08:19 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,245
Posted By deadbird

Re: Bolt sizes

They are a 10mm hex head / M6(?) bolt with a captured washer, just like the fender bolts, and looks to maybe be a 2.0 thread pitch? Fender bolts are 1.0 pitch iirc....
Forum: Cooling
10-10-2019, 07:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,630
Posted By deadbird

Re: Driver's Side Firewall Fan Relay

The heavier gauge wires to it will be orange (hot all times) and black/red stripe (switched +12v power to fan). The smaller gauge wires are tan/white (+12v ignition switched, FP Fan fuse) and...
Forum: Electronics
10-08-2019, 08:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,395
Posted By deadbird

Re: Fusible links replace with fuse

I understand this as a matter of fixing a stock car problem to avoid amateur shade tree hacks but, most cars 1993+ do not even have fuse links.
I have tossed the garbage fuse links to the wayside...
Forum: Body
10-08-2019, 08:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,529
Posted By deadbird

Re: Long term rust repair?

ZRC is pretty good at holding back/preventing new rust on repaired galv/galvanneal metals. It will somewhat bleed into crevices and creeps into scale (almost like a penetrating oil). It's not 100%...
Forum: Body
10-07-2019, 07:24 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,400
Posted By deadbird

Re: NEW DOOR WEATHERSTRIPS?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body/764506-difference-quality-weather-stripping.html
Forum: Cooling
09-30-2019, 09:23 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,057
Posted By deadbird

Re: Dual fan activation questions

On an '87. the secondary fan gave no s--ts about the a/c. The secondary fay was a tacked on solo cooling fan. As scooter simply says though, lower fan switch (temp from ecm) temp will make it primary...
Forum: Cooling
09-30-2019, 09:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 883
Posted By deadbird

Re: Fan Wiring

Hot at all times is primary power to the fan motor (switched via the relay contact). The switched is for the coil side of the relay (what make the contact close).
Forum: Electronics
09-24-2019, 09:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,049
Posted By deadbird

Re: Won’t Start

As sofa states. After started, are you getting around 14v ±4v while the engine is running ?
Forum: Electronics
09-24-2019, 09:07 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,999
Posted By deadbird

Re: 4th Gen Power Mirrors in a Third Gen?

If you want to be old skoo... you could get the manual remote mirror for a caprice classic (80s vintage) for the passenger side... no wiring involved :thumbsup:
...
Forum: Electronics
09-16-2019, 07:14 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,377
Posted By deadbird

Re: what do you guys think of this custom door chime?

Interesting concept for sure and well done but, I personally prefer no sounds.
Just as with a microwave, PC, 'smart' phone, etc..., I don't need tones, beeps and boops babysitting or confirming my...
Forum: Cooling
08-29-2019, 07:17 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,778
Posted By deadbird

Re: 85 Trans Am Radiator Upgrade

If you need a 3 row radiator to cool motor under 200hp... the radiator isn't the issue.
Forum: Cooling
08-28-2019, 08:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,528
Posted By deadbird

Re: HVAC Box Insulation Question

I used self stick closed cell foam to make the bellow for my 4th gen dash
a'c vent adapter. I'm not sure why the divert doors are covered in foam, My dash swap isn't final so, I've not cleaned them...
Forum: Cooling
08-28-2019, 08:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,528
Posted By deadbird

Re: HVAC Box Insulation Question

It's not actually green... it just happens to discolor/probably mold over 25+ years
It is just open cell foam. You can probably find it online in peel-n-stick form or by the sheet and glue in place....
Forum: Cooling
08-28-2019, 07:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,512
Posted By deadbird

Re: Smaller accumulator options?

This is also a thing on my Moms 2004 LeSabre (except the battery is under the back seat)
Forum: Body
08-19-2019, 09:15 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,451
Posted By deadbird

Re: Difference In Quality of Weather Stripping.

I didn't buy them all at the same time. I've owned the 'bird since '95.I've also had an 84 Camaro for 4-5 years and the '91 RS I had for almost 8 yrs. as well.


If OE was still manufactured to...
Forum: Body
08-17-2019, 09:57 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 14,451
Posted By deadbird

Re: Difference In Quality of Weather Stripping.

Fairchild, Metro, SoffSeal and Steele are your choices in who makes the seals.... who sells which brand and how they advertise it, is infinite.
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