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Projects & Restorations / Re: Madaguy 1955 Nomad Build
« Last post by roadking77 on April 02, 2025, 05:56:05 AM »Good update 
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Projects & Restorations / Re: On again off again
« Last post by roadking77 on April 02, 2025, 05:51:59 AM »It’s a good conversation starter and I hear it adds 15 HO!
The GM unit looks just like the standard shifter. If you did not know what it was you would miss it. I think I know where it is. I will post a pic if I can find it easily enough.33
Mechanical / Re: I am not a carb expert
« Last post by roadking77 on April 02, 2025, 05:46:55 AM »I think it was a computer issue. This was last fall I ran into Rick at a small car show. He was driving his tempest. I asked about his firebird. He told me it was towed home the previous day, with the cause being the EFI. He thought it was a tuning issue. Said it stopped working like he ran out of fuel. At that time he said it was the second time it had happened. I am sorry I cannot elaborate any more. I just know he wasnt too happy with it.
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Lobby / Re: Babylon Bee on Smokey and the Bandit
« Last post by roadking77 on April 02, 2025, 05:41:49 AM »Thats pretty funny
I rarely watch anything made after about 1980. I prefer old black and white movies in general. Alfred Hitchcock films go to the top of the list. He (Alfred Hitchcock) said at one time that he loved Smokey and the Bandit!
I rarely watch anything made after about 1980. I prefer old black and white movies in general. Alfred Hitchcock films go to the top of the list. He (Alfred Hitchcock) said at one time that he loved Smokey and the Bandit!
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Electrical / Re: 74 TA stereo with 8 track wiring diagram
« Last post by twov8sandat4 on April 02, 2025, 05:40:36 AM »I have that. I thought I might have posted it, but I may be remembering pre-crash. It looks like it's not in the 74 manual, but I am pretty sure I have it anyway. I am posting the 77 version which I presume is the same. Two versions - some radios are mono.
The thing to notice here by observation is that the radio speaker wires were playing physically through the 8 track, but it's an ordinary radio with an amp. It's just passing through the tape player. When you push in a tape, the tape player just takes over the speaker wires and the radio gets cut out.
Thanks Firebirdparts. That is gold.
Since the original wiring harness on the body side for the radio and speakers was missing, I was trying to make sense of the replacement radio to 8-track harness I got from ebay. The radio is an AM/FM Stereo per the PHS.
I found the body side 3 pin plug that provides power and light to the radio. It was cut and bypassed to wire the Alpine deck directly. I restored that plug to carry the yellow (power) and gray (light) wires and ordered the plug and wires that go from there to the radio. This wiring diagram is going to help me tremendously to restore the audio back to factory.
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Mechanical / Re: Dual or single throttle return springs?
« Last post by N PRGRES on April 02, 2025, 05:39:04 AM »You mean, you couldn't care less. Dual tension springs often used to prevent stuck open throttles and to keep tension consistent at either end and throughout the movement.yeah, typing on the phone at 5am my grammar is off.
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Lobby / Babylon Bee on Smokey and the Bandit
« Last post by twov8sandat4 on April 02, 2025, 05:27:20 AM »https://babylonbee.com/news/hollywood-calls-it-quits-after-realizing-it-will-never-top-smokey-and-the-bandit
I don't know how many of you follow Babylon Bee, but this was posted a few days ago
I don't know how many of you follow Babylon Bee, but this was posted a few days ago
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Lobby / Re: What brand oil filter do you use?
« Last post by twov8sandat4 on April 02, 2025, 05:23:03 AM »AC Delco PF24
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Mechanical / Re: Dual or single throttle return springs?
« Last post by Wallington on April 02, 2025, 04:38:48 AM »You mean, you couldn't care less. Dual tension springs often used to prevent stuck open throttles and to keep tension consistent at either end and throughout the movement.
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Projects & Restorations / Re: On again off again
« Last post by scarebird on April 02, 2025, 03:37:23 AM »Nice. I have a GM version somewhere on the shelf. I was gonna restore and put it in my 77. Not a high priority though. I have heard people that put them in say it was not worth the effort but they are cool to look at and have in place.
I put a GM 1968 version out of a GTO in my 71, it did not work as well as my friend's 70 Cutlass SX factory unit. It did not like the 200-4R kit either...
