kainedogg

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Good job thus far man. I have a 68 LeMans myself.

Tramminc

Dammit every time i uncover something I find more work, serve me right for letting the car sit for 6 years without protection it from bugs and field mice.

I found 8 large nest inside the car, inside both door, 1 in the head liner, 1 under the rear seat, 2 in the trunk and etc.
Today I removed the dash to find room for the computer and found another one. I threw both hands in the air, packed up and took a shower, I'm done for the day



Not to mention more body work under the dash so far:


driver side under dash:


trunk supports:



I said it before and I'll say it again "if you store your car outside, protect it from pest" I'm suffering for letting it sit for 6 years. I did moth ball it and set off insect bombs from time to time but it wasn't enough.

zigroid

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I fear my '68 bonneville will be worse than that

I just pulled mine out of storage for the first time in nearly a year yesterday.

the gas tank straps rotted last year and it fell out. I put a 5 gallon fuel can in the trunk and ran rubber line along the frame rail so I could move the car. I pulled the mat off the trunk floor and the trunk is one big chunk of rust, it has to be replaced. The brakes go straight to the floor but at least they work. all the windows are difficult to move up and down now. the wing windows dont work. some lights just stopped working.

so many things that worked when I parked it from driver duty ~5 years ago and now there needs to be so much attention directed at so many things its overwhelming!

seeing your thread gives me motivation then I go look at the car and I lose most of it lol.

Tramminc

thanks for the pep-talk I feel better , I'm not a body guy, but I'll do my best in order to keep to cost down. Looks like another 5 - 7k to finish.

Tramminc

Don't like how the radiator hose are installed, but they will kink if ran tighter.go need to know how the power wires that go to the computer.

Tramminc

Well the computer is mounted, tied 6 other places including under the dash but the neatest was above the heater box.



Slow progress

Tramminc

Off topic, the wife new Chevy Volt get 250 mpg

Tramminc

had to remove the front drivers quarter panel to repair a large hole under the dash. good thing i did because there was another hole behind it that would've let water in during a rain storm.

Using body filler with metal in it.

TypeSL2

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Looking great man. Definitely want to see what this car looks like in the end. I have always loved the old pontiac big bodies.

James

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That reminds me of how I found a rust spot in a '70 Bonneville I owned once: I hit a puddle and a fountain of water busted through the floorboard and soaked my sister. She wasn't happy, but we all got a good laugh out of it.

Tramminc

Wow, how do you guys find the time to work on these car I, maybe get 4 -8 hours per week,

Tramminc

Gas tank is in and power wire ran to the front, I don't know what wire on the harness turns on the relay. I also have to figure on which wires turn the fans on.

Roarrrr

Nice build. Should be killer when finished!

From the pics I think you should look into your steam vent plumbing. Looks like you have the steam vent routed to the overflow tank, and that won't work. OE setup is steam vent to pressurized coolant tank. Some route it to the water pump, some to upper radiator hose, some to radiator.

Take a look at this thread for some coolant system info: https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...e-routing.html

Roarrrr

Nice build. Should be killer when finished!

From the pics I think you should look into your steam vent plumbing. Looks like you have the steam vent routed to the overflow tank, and that won't work. OE setup is steam vent to pressurized coolant tank. Some route it to the water pump, some to upper radiator hose, some to radiator.

Take a look at this thread for some coolant system info: https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...e-routing.html

Tramminc

thanks

Tramminc

Your right thanks

Tramminc

Anyone where this orange plug goes, it on the drivers side, in the middle of the injectors

Tramminc

Installed the plugs, wires, bled the fuel line and found one of the injectors leaking. it was caused by the o-ring not seating, I removed the o-ring from the injector and straightened it out with a pair of needle nose pliers, not it seals.
I'm also looking into making a fresh air intake. problem is I'd hate to cut up the hood but I need the cooler air for the intake.

Tramminc

Template for an intake








Try not to laugh, it will be cut down more from the top to fit under the hood, looking something like this...

TypeSL2

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That plug goes to the purge solenoid if I remember correctly. That intake design is pretty sweet. Haven't seen anything like that before.

James