Well today I treated my baby to a oil change and while is was
At it changed the oil line from the adapter to the filter.
Also gave her a bath at a car wash...and also cleaned the
Engine and surrounding area...also recharged the a/c
Compressor

 

i didnt do anything but drive the **** out of it like 100 miles. 3.73 gears,4.3 and a heavy foot...

poor guy.. but it puts up with me.

 

Yeah I had to lay a patch with mine after I fixed it, to confirm the fix ...

Had our first no-start of the season a couple days ago. Heard the wife out there cranking and cranking and cranking ...

Threw my inductive timing light on there to check - no spark. Had a million other things going on, so let the wifey take the Silverado for a couple days. Tossed a spare coil in that I had out of another distributor assembly (HEI) yesterday, and it started right up! Love easy fixes. Took all of 5 minutes.

That's eBay for ya. That coil only lasted 7k miles ... a record speed failure.

 

New set of AC Delco 41-942 platinum plugs....
MPG went from 12.3 mpg to 15.6 mpg......yea!!!
I had a set of Bosch platinum +4...long story short
They suck.....

 

"PlastiDipped" one of my rims, to see if I like the black on it. No real prep on it, but looks good from afar. Used 2 coats of PlastiDip. Painted my front and rear bumpers black. After the new fender, I think I'm just going to respray the entire body black.

Black with "Chevy Orange" accents. (Bowtie, calipers, differential cover)

 

ran it up on ramps to look for a oil leak, changed oil 2 weeks ago and have lost 1/2 qt!, noticed oil stains on the asphalt and oil on the bottom of the pan, Y pipe and trans crossmember. wiped things down and laid underneath with a flashlight looking everywhere with it running, nothing found. im suspecting the adaptor peice for the remote oil filter/cooler. had a issue with that before when the engine was changed. weird to have a intermitant leak. and even odder, it didnt leak at all before this last oil change. and brand/grade/weight of oil has all stayed the same. on a positive note, i had also replaced the oil guage sender, the pressure reading would show a drop at the top of each gear before it shifted. now it stayes pretty steady at 40/60. and yes, i looked and its not leaking there.

 

got it washed, the winter has taken its tole on the bottom of the drivers door. Looks like I will have to cut and weld in a new patch panel across the whole bottom of the door.
Luckily lmc sells that exact panel for 24 bucks.

 

I hear that - I posted a few pages back all the rust on ours. Being white, it shows up like a neon sign ...

11° this morning here. It's up to a whopping 16° now. WTF .... the never-ending winter!

 

Painted the grill, and the rest of the rims. Still need to remove the molding and get the new marker lenses on. New hood hopefully soon.

 

its gonna look great,but uh fix the hood lol. those dents mannnnnnnnnnn