Grim89FL

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redneckjoe

just buy a re-manufactured caliper at auto-zone. theyre cheap enuff. if you were closer id help you out. not that comlicated. nice lookin ride BTW! i think im gonna be able to make it. bills and krap, but its lookin good.

hydrolic144

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I second this!

I did both of my fronts with new calipers and they were EXTREMELY cheap. Think they had a core as well. But talking like $14 bucks after the core, another $10 for the core. Easy job. Get car up, take wheel off, remove the two caliper bolts, remove the brake line bolt, install new caliper. Just don't forget the crush washers and DON'T over tighten the brake hose bolt. You'll be sorry.

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brdofpry85ta

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If you buy new calipers you might as well get new brake hoses as well. They can go bad(spungy on inside)plus you will already have them half way off......

On a side note....I would tell those old winny azz bags (association people)to F off and to suck a big harry fat one.....

brdofpry85ta

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Where at in clearwater are you.....

Jaysz28

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Damn, if you were closer, I could knock that out in an hour tops!

CharcoalBird

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Less than 2 days. Friday night is crunch time! Got the day off so I will be there.

Grim89FL

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redneckjoe

glad to hear you got it done.

were definetly going. confirmed,...knock on wood!

dang, about 24 hours to be ready! anybody else doing last minute preps? i spent some time today cutting some fiberglass out of the cowl in my hood, washing it, checkin fluids, airing up tires, etc. making sure shes road worthy.

brdofpry85ta

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Any Pasco, or north/central pinellas peps wanna meet up.....

CharcoalBird

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Good to hear your going to make it Joe.

I need to top off all fluids, wash, remove swirl marks(as many as I can anyway,) and then wax. Also do some other odds and ends detailing.

dprest68

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Good job Grim! I beilieve those clips go on the brake pads to clip it into the piston. Yes, I verified it. Here are a few pics of my old cailper & pads


outer brake pad removed


You can see the clip pulled out of the piston


clip installed on the pad

So based on these pics, you might want to pull it back apart and put the clips on just to be safe. Also, when you bleed the brakes, do a nice steady slow pump of the pedal, hold the pedal down & crack the bleeder (this is a two person exercise). From what I've read, pumping the pedal quickly aerates the fluid. Now would be a good time to flush the old fluid out too with some new fresh fluid. Avoid synthetic fluid. Ask me how I know all of this!

Oh, and one more thing... put synthetic grease on the back of the pads and where the metal on the pads touches the calipers to avoid brake squeal. Just don't put it on the part of the pad that contacts the rotor

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brdofpry85ta

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Those clips are there to hold the pads to the caliper, you really should have them in....Im pritty sure that when the piston retracts it pulls the pad away from the rotor, without the clips the pad wont stay put......

brdofpry85ta

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^^^^^......anyone

d10pins

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What time are you leaving???

Tom91Bird

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Well I'm here already. Had to bring a rental as I couldn't get mine done in time (full motor and trans swap). Oh, let me know if anyone is staying in the Clearwater area. Always up for checking out 3rd gen rides and you can check out my Impala rental

brdofpry85ta

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Anyone in da new port richey area.....we can meet at my house around 8:30ish and we can roll out around 9-ish.....let me know....

thebuffalo

Well, I guess I'll come, but I won't have the trans am with me, I live in Seminole/St.Pete if anybody wants to meet up on the way, that would be central/south Pinellas

dakotaram

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I'm NPR, but I will not be coming until my son's baseball game is done in Holiday.

We are leaving straight from the game and coming down in the 2013 SS.
If anyone was interested in driving the '86 IROC for me, she will just be sitting here waiting for some attention.

Talk about last minute! I have not washed either one, packed up the tents and games, nor gotten all the IROC's extra parts gathered together for tomorrow. I have my own softball game tonight too...so looks like we're coming in a brand new 2 week old car that is already filthy. (thanks Florida rains)

luvofjah

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My car is "under construction", Most of the interior is out, saving up for a paint job (uh, it's factory black and black primer at the moment).... today fixed a problem with AC / ECM, it wasn't getting a signal when AC kicked in, and idle would dip, so ran a wire from AC to ECM and now works great

So I don't have to tell this story 50 times... I was born legally blind... Didn't see well enough to get a license... always loved cars.... bought a 91 Formula to turn into Kitt... 3 years ago, at age 38, I went to get new contact lenses and the doctor said my vision had improved to where I can now drive... So been driving 3 years, it's been crazy, good crazy... for the first couple months, I kept walking over to the passenger side of the car Had my Formula for about 6 years, been doing upgrades to suspension and stuff... Looking forward to meeting everyone...

Rafael

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Jaysz28

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I made it up here to St Pete.

Looking forward to tomorrow morning. Just waiting to hear from Jim about setup time

I dug out a set of Eibach Pro-kit springs I had collecting dust. $125 will take them if anyone is interested

Look for the blue 91 Firebird with black crosslace wheels

luvofjah

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I have the Kitt dash, but it's not in... currently only Speed o meter and laptop with EBL P4 Flash.... Paint and dash will be in / done for next years meet....

Raf

CharcoalBird

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see you all tomorrow.

RubberDucky

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Won't be making it. Camaro sprung a oil leak from somewhere.

brdofpry85ta

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Macgyver it!!!!!......JB Weld, Popsicle stick & some duct tape......

is it that bad....

RubberDucky

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No clue where its even coming from. Car smokes a little on start up now, so I wanna check it out before I take any long trips in it. I could take the Mercedes down, but I'm not sure if I wanna risk it in that thing.

CharcoalBird

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Yeah, don't chance it. Something that could cost you $5 to fix could turn into hundreds. Try and make it out anyway, even if not in the camaro.

KrisW

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Gearing up to hit the road; hope to see some of you there!

brdofpry85ta

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I thought it was a major leak....
If thats all it is then I wouldn't worry...A puff of smoke on start up is typical for these cars, especially after they have alot of miles on them.....Mine did....

CharcoalBird

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Made it at 8am...of course, no park officials here to block off parking like they said they would. Oh well, will just do it myself. Please remember to bring food. Also, its a total of $6.25 for tolls and park entrance.

RubberDucky

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That's the thing, I see oil on the ground, and it smokes a little. Its burned or leaked enough for be a quart low. This motor only has 88k miles on it.

KrisW

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Alright! We checked in here and there are a few guys here already.

Come on by!

redneckjoe

almost made it. we left at about 7 am this morning. made it to exit 17. then my tranny started slipping bad. i turned around looking for a parts store or anything. ended up useing 4 qts. of tranny fluid to get back home! the whole back of my car is soaked with tranny fluid,....the bumper, tag, lights, spoiler. im glad we made it home. i just put new front and rear seals in her about 2 years ago. it appears to be leaking out of the rear seal though. gonna jack it up and check it over. what a stupid thing to happen. gonna get to work in a few mins.

luvofjah

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Got there around 10:45... about 12 cars... stayed a few hours... about 10 more showed up.... There was a 3rd gen Camaro with 4th Gen dash, console (seats I assume) and an LT1 motor... Beautiful... Work, paint, everything...

It was cool meeting all of you...

Rafael

brdofpry85ta

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^^^^that would be Daren (d10pins), and its a L98 not a LT-juan.....and yes the car is immaculate......

It was great to meet and place screen names with faces....see ya'll soon....

Grim89FL

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BlueChevyZ

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had a great time, nice to meet everyone, putting names to faces

pwdbychevy

Awesome get together guys! It was great meeting everyone

VanWailin

Absolute pleasure meeting everyone. So many great cars. Nice to see event was dominated by Third Gens!!

Hope John made it home ok with his new rad.

Special Thanks to Luis @ The Motor Bookstore for the donation of items for the raffle.

Look forward to seeing everyone soon!!

ridecool

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Had a short stay wife was not feeling all that good. The cars that I saw were very nice, wish I could stayed longer and talked to some of the guys. Jim thanks for putting together a good get together.

CharcoalBird

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I would like to thank everyone for coming out, and those who attempted to come out and had to turn around and go back home due to oil/tranny leaks(Joe.) Hope you got it fixed and all is well. We will definietly do something in the Tampa and Orlando area soon. Maybe split the two and do something in Lakeland.

Jay and everyone/anyone who helped John get his radiator replaced, . It's good to have some helping hands at a time like that.

All in all i'de say 30 cars total?? Not bad. I really wasn't sure how many to expect. Was good to put names to faces and meet some new people as well. Some of you i've talked to before and have seen on the boards for the last 8-10 years and this was the first time meeting you. That's ridiculous. We all live within 30-45min of eachother.

As mentioned, thank you Luis for the raffle items. Dave, thank you for bringing them out. Everyone enjoyed it.

For those who didn't stay and camp, you should have. Had a good time last night. Still tired and slightly hung over. Just made it home.

Now, where the hell are all the pictures guys???? Thanks Grim for posting some.

dprest68

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My girlfriend & I had a real nice time meeting all of you. It was great seeing so many third gens all together. Usually you're lucky if you see one at car shows. At least in the Orlando area. Thanks Jim for setting this up & thanks Luis for the raffle prizes. Let's try to make it an annual event if possible. Hopefully next year both Luis & I will have our cars there.

We had a pretty interesting trip home from the event. First we came across this guy...

The car looked like it was really nice. It's just that the rear bumper was 3' off the ground. I'm not trying to bash a fellow hot rodder, but seriously dude, "the 70's called and they want you back!"

Then we came across a Maxima fully engulfed in flames on the side of I-4. The fire trucks were just putting out the fire when we got up to it. Luckily it was on the other side of the interstate. It didn't look like anyone was hurt.

Then in Orlando there were two morons in BMW's RACING through heavy traffic on I-4. Weaving in and out of traffic. I don't know how they didn't cause an accident. Apparently they have more dollars than sense! The trip got kind of boring after that.

zXtreme92

Man wish I could have come John, Hate to hear about the breakdown

Tom91Bird

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Yes, it was very nice meeting everyone and seeing some nice rides

Tom

Tom91Bird

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Jim, this is the thread that I was telling you about. I wish I was able to get it in and bring the car up.

http://flthirdgen.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=9007

zXtreme92

http://flthirdgen.ipbhost.com/index.php?showforum=32

johnboy z

Had a great time. Thanks to everyone for the help with my rad. I'm looking forward to meting again, but it's someone elses turn to brake something next time.lol. thanks angain for the meet.