user 4737373

I complement you on both your quality of work and the time frame you were able to complete that project in.

chuckd71

iTrader: (23)

Looks cool, good stuff

kwhizz

Still waiting for the Hydra-Boost to show up.......... In the mean time I noticed I wasn't getting any fuel pressure to the rails and the engine wouldn't start...... Humm!!!......I hot wired the power feed on the Vaporworx controller and Bingo had fuel pressure..... Hummm !!!! After checking the only thing it could be was a bad controller or the wiring on the Delfi plug assy........ Ended up that when I cut the harness to suit and pinned the wires in the plug.... I had all the wires in the right position but didn't notice that whan I plugged it together I had to rotate the plug 180 degrees to get the key feature on the plug to align........ Luckily Donnie at Frame-Up explained how to unpin the plug and get the wires in back to the correct position....... Duhh!!!........ Hit the key and the engine started immediately...... Don't want to run it until the power steering pump has fluid in it so I only ran it for a few seconds....... Video to follow when the Hydra boost shows up.....

Ken

Jimbo1367

Ken,
Does the hyraboost brake system stop that good vs. a good vacuum booster/dual master cylinder? I just never been able to get past the looks of them. I might have to revisit this system once I get my junk on the road.
thanks,
jim

kwhizz

Yes !!!!....... Worth the wait !!!!!

Thealien

iTrader: (2)

What hydroboost system are you going with and waiting for? I just received my hydratech system that I purchased on October 9th 2020

kwhizz

Same....... Worth the wait

Thealien

iTrader: (2)

I agree but almost 4 months is a bit much. I ordered it 60 days before I thought I needed it as they said there was a 60 day lead time. It is a Nice unit though and it was worth the wait!

kwhizz

Chris mentioned that there was wheel bearing noise coming from the front end during the Road-Tour last fall..... Had some time so I figured I would take a look at replacing them....... Then I realized that when I built the car 15 years ago I put a stock GM front disc assy on the car..... Hummm!!!.... As long as we are updating everything we might as well give the Hydra-Boost system something to work with...... LOL....

kwhizz

New brakes installed....... Still waiting for the Hydra-Boost..... But now I have another issue that I have never experienced before......... The transmission has an issue, when starting the car and putting it in gear the trans has no function at all....... adding more fluid doesn't do anything...... The fluid level on the dipstick is above the full line but after starting and running thru the gears the level stays high and never goes down..... It seems the pump isn't working ........ no tire rotation at all..... Converter was filled with oil per spec before installing and keyed into the trans pump..... Humm...... Time to pull it out and take it to a trans expert to figure it out........

TomM

iTrader: (57)

You have the rotors on backwards......don't hit me...(ducking from Ken)...

T,

kwhizz

Yep..... All fixed...... Senior Moment !!!!! Wish the trans fix was that easy !!!!!

TomM

iTrader: (57)

Just a thought on the trans. There is an arrow on the plug going into the trans, make sure it is on the outside next to the frame, not inside next to the transmission, but you probably already know this. I found out the hard way.

Of course, knowing you, by the time you read this, it's probably already on the ground.....

T,

kwhizz

The Arrow is outside and just to make sure I sprayed electrical contact cleaner on the unit to make sure there is clean contact !!!....... Haven't tried it yet as the driveshaft is out and will be back in later today.....

Thanks for the input....... very frustrated.......

Ken

kwhizz

Trans update....... Had to take the exhaust system down.....and pull the trans out....... Everything looks fine but the trans pump absolutely had "0" function...... the trans fluid would just stay at the level as added while running the car without any trans function.....The Connect and Cruise systems come with a warranty so I called the Performance Tech center in the Detroit area and spoke to a Tech..... I explained everything that was happening and my assemble procedure....... I explained the adding of fluid to the converter prior to assy..... The clearance 3/16" between the converter and flex plate prior to bolting it together.......then the filling and no results experience....... He asked if I had a Chevrolet dealer in the area..... Said yes.... Told me to go there and talk to one of the service writers to get the car in....... he then explained that since I didn't buy the assy from them they might not agree to look into the issues..... Then he explained that if they did agree to get it in and found out it was something I did wrong I would be billed at Shop rate for everything done at the dealership....... Easier to pull the trans out and take it to a local trans shop for them to look at...... So.... That's where we are at now........ Still waiting on the Hydra-Boost also.....Here I thought I was a couple of hours from completion..... LOL

kwhizz

So...… I Are Smart...…. Found the problem...…. I thought I knew everything as I have done this many times in the past...….. Let's just say I ruined the converter and the trans pump and leave it at that...…. It's in the hands of Experts now being fixed...… Ends up I didn't have the pump engaged properly with the converter......Darn this car stuff is hard and $$$$$$$

showdog75

iTrader: (8)

You'll have that on those big jobs... As much awesome work as you've done and contributed to this forum you're allowed a mulligan. It never happened, what torque converter/trans pump?...

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

Happens to the best of us, Ken. At least the problem is clear and there is no mystery.

Andrew

Jimbo1367

I had that problem before when I was young. It happens. I thought your trans problems sounded familiar. I agree with the Mulligan

kwhizz

Got the transmission back and and a "Lesson" well learned......100% my fault because I didn't have the converter positioned correctly..... How can that be, I have done this many times before...... Seems that with the converter not in correctly and mating the trans to the engine while tightening the bell housing bolts it pushed the converter into the trans and broke the parts inside the pump..... I used a electric ratchet and didn't feel the resistance of the bolts telling me "Hey Dummy" stop you have a problem here..... After tightening the bolts and putting the Converter to Flexplate bolts in everything seemed normal....... Duhhh !!!....... So.... If you think you know everything like I did,,,,, Double check as it was an expensive fix...... and Embarrassing !!!!!