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VIP1 on 05-30-2008

05-30-2008 01:27 PM
by VIP1

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62,435

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Part Patterns for 3D Printing and At-home Fab

wssix99 on 10-20-2023

10-20-2023 04:32 PM
by wssix99

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595

Normal Threads

, alternator, blinking, breath, camaro, charging, iroc, life, lights, living, ls1, ls1tech, minute, problems, second

Alternator charging problems

1fastirocz on 11-10-2009

11-14-2009 11:09 PM
by 99LSxSS

4

2,047,736

car, cleaner, creep, deep, foam, for, fuel, good, injector, long, put, sea, seafoam, seafoamcar, seafoaming

How To Seafoam Your Car

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ChocoTaco369 on 06-30-2006

03-30-2017 01:31 AM
by LS6427

1,157

1,137,238

1999, 2002, 2004, bcm, body, c5, camaro, connectors, control, corvette, electrical, find, info, location, module

LS1 Body Control Module Problems - The Fix

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Racr_X on 03-15-2008

05-06-2021 09:17 AM
by cancam99ss

407

400,187

97, assembly, base, camaro, column, drop, firebird, gm, hazzard, ls1tech, plate, shield, steering, switch, turn, wire

Steering Column Disassembly/Removal (with pics)

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runtwrestlin on 06-16-2010

05-05-2018 12:25 PM
by Y2KFirehawk

54

393,891

1994, 20, 97, camaro, car, fine, gas, hard, hit, runs, seconds, sputters, start, starting, startup, warm, z28

Car is hard to start, then sputters, then runs fine... any ideas

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98RedBird on 03-12-2008

10-02-2018 03:27 PM
by Adam Kent Neely

27

328,881

2004, bottom, chrysler, cruiser, engine, fbody, ground, hoist, keliente, ls1, ls1tech, pt, remove, removing, sensor, speed, strap, wheel

How to remove the engine from the bottom - LS1 fbody

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keliente on 02-03-2008

04-13-2010 03:21 AM
by orangeapeel

35

325,369

ac, air, car, charge, charging, compressor, conditioner, firebird, freon, kicking, kit, low, recharge, refrigerant, side, suck, system, wont

Why Won't my A/C Take a Charge? Please Help

Pro Mouse on 07-15-2009

11-09-2022 01:02 PM
by princern

15

286,090

911009, big, cool, cooler, cooling, delete, issues, ls1, ls1tech, perma, power, production, repair, steering, stops, ws6

Power Steering Cooling Success

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wssix99 on 10-18-2010

01-02-2019 09:46 PM
by sjsingle1

624

264,769

block, bolts, broke, broken, chevy, engine, fixes, gmc, housing, loose, ls1, ls6, motor, mount, replacimg, replacing, starter

Starter motor mount on block....broke.....

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LS6427 on 03-26-2010

01-12-2024 12:11 AM
by Terry1977

237

246,457

airpipe, body, exhaust, export, firebird, fob, gasket, key, light, ls1, manifold, numbers, part, pinion, pontiac, rack, tech, v6

LT1/LT4 and LS1/LS6 F-Body Part Numbers

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ACW on 06-15-2005

06-15-2005 01:48 AM
by ACW

31

222,344

bad, car, change, iat, ls1, maf, makes, o2, runs, sensor, system, truck, unplug, unplugged, unplugging

Car running better with O2 sensors unplugged?

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TZ2884 on 08-05-2012

12-27-2012 01:24 AM
by wilsoncj

25

202,746

1998, ac, air, blowing, camaro, dash, hvac, leak, ls1, sebring, vaccume, vent, vents, warm, working

dash vents not blowing air??

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bigti99a on 05-10-2008

08-08-2023 11:46 PM
by Spamfritter

55

192,352

44k, bg, bg44k, cleaner, engine, gm, internal, lines, ls1tech, oil, rev, seafoam, sucking, top, vacuum, vs, wot, ws6

GM Top Engine Cleaner vs. Seafoam vs. ???

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Rare96LT1Formula on 02-21-2011

01-28-2014 10:04 AM
by LS6427

40

191,146

2002, 53, change, chevy, clog, filter, galley, high, increase, lt1, oil, pressure, sender, tahoe, viscosity

Oil pressure high after oil change

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OnA Fan on 09-08-2009

10-09-2009 11:15 AM
by fleetmgr

23

186,288

camaro, car, coolant, cylinders, engine, flooding, gas, hot, injectors, pedal, push, runs, sensor, start, turn

So my car won't start once the engine is hot, help!

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carwatcher on 01-05-2009

02-06-2013 09:44 PM
by Julia Stoddard

41

167,454

accelerate, accelerating, car, engine, front, gas, give, hear, makes, noise, press, rattle, rattles, rattling, trans

rattle noise when accelerating, what can it be?

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munecorey on 04-24-2010

03-17-2020 01:39 PM
by RPM WS6

24

159,519

applied, car, chevy, crazy, dash, dashboard, dimming, flicker, gages, gauges, guages, instrument, lights, malibu, power

dash lights are flickering and gauges going crazy....

Stroker2112 on 05-23-2008

08-03-2019 03:51 PM
by coop328i

15

133,391

dissassemble, fix, latch, leak, leaking, leaky, ls1tech, lt1, mustang, passenger, rear, top, tops, trans, ttop, ttops

Fixed My T-Top Leak! (write-up inside)

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1quickTransAm on 03-31-2012

03-01-2020 02:46 AM
by 78TransAm72058

33

131,625

1999, ac, blow, blowing, car, cold, cool, diagram, doors, hard, long, ls1, trips, vacuum, vent

AC blows cold but not hard enough to cool down the car what gives?

firebird99 on 08-20-2010

08-23-2010 10:58 AM
by zachrywd_01TA

8

129,147

2008, charlotte, cluster, correct, existing, gauge, instrument, mileage, nc, odometer, panel, program, repair, replacemnt, replacing, reprogram, reset

Reset replacement instrument cluster odometer to HIGHER miles?

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eb2phkingood on 06-27-2012

11-05-2017 07:25 AM
by LS1121

24

116,010

02, 1999, air, assembly, bag, column, firebird, ls1tech, removal, remove, replacing, signal, steering, switch, turn

How-To; Steering Column Repair

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wssix99 on 02-07-2011

07-27-2023 06:16 PM
by DOTCOMDOC

43

114,368

3x, bad, bolt, corvette, filter, filters, fram, horror, oil, quality, review, reviews, story, suck, sucks

Why is FRAM oil filter so bad?

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ZR2877 on 07-30-2002

11-09-2011 10:05 PM
by HAZ-Matt

133

109,991

02, 1993, 2001, 2002, body, camaro, chevy, door, electric, motor, passenger, picture, power, prelude, remove, replacing, side, trans, window

How to replace your power window motor...

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02SS:ZEUS on 08-11-2007

09-04-2022 03:30 PM
by 01Z0H6

95

106,144

altenator, alternator, battery, car, charger, good, low, lowering, ls6, make, mybatteryvoltsisintheredzone, regulator, replaced, trans, voltage

Voltage Problem with good Battery and Alternator

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Ls2SilverBullet on 02-28-2012

03-23-2012 12:09 AM
by beyonddisturbed

22

104,834

11, 78, agm, batteries, battery, buy, cycle, deep, duralast, length, optima, red, salvage, top, yellow

Yellow or Red Top Optima battery?

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notnilc20 on 08-10-2012

03-01-2018 11:47 AM
by ghardester

66

103,648

chevrolet, chevy, circuit, clutch, control, corvette, cruise, doesnt, fix, input, m6, malfunction, p0704, p0704ctuch, switch, work

P0704 Clutch Switch Input Circuit Malfunction

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binks0678 on 01-16-2008

06-04-2016 03:50 PM
by Jimmerjamin

34

101,545

4040410, advance, auto, autozone, belt, belts, boys, buy, gatorback, gatorbacks, goodyear, online, oreillys, pep, sells

Where can I buy Gatorback belts?

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Matt Thomas on 09-09-2010

08-05-2012 12:40 AM
by Spartan7

21

98,597

02, 2000, blink, blinker, camaro, car, dont, light, lit, signal, ss, stays, stuck, trans, turn, wont

Turn signals stay solid, and won't turn off on dash

96reddevil on 05-16-2012

02-06-2021 11:16 PM
by RevGTO

12

98,012

1997, 2005, blinking, bypassing, camaro, car, click, firebird, issue, light, security, start, starting, system, turn, wrangler

Security Light / Car Not Starting

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97Firechiken on 05-21-2011

01-09-2016 12:51 PM
by V8 Supra Builder

40

95,950

add, car, coolant, engine, overheat, overheated, overheating, overheats, shake, shakes, shaking, start, started, stop, violently

engine overheating, car shakes violently?

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lt1noob on 07-11-2008

10-19-2016 03:07 AM
by Martin Sandoval

21

95,102

0, amd, bad, battery, cables, car, gauges, guages, hot, move, starr, start, turn, wont, work

Car won't start.. battery is fine, no gauges?

deciever on 04-19-2006

11-08-2018 10:09 PM
by 8.Lug

18

94,027

end, filter, filters, firebird, ls1tech, mangled, off, oil, paper, remove, revoming, smashed, spin, stuck, tight

DESTROTED Oil Filter STUCK!!! !!!!!HELP!!!!!!!PICS!!!!

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jcobra99 on 04-27-2010

03-05-2018 02:45 PM
by ImprovedRacing

54

92,519

1998, 1999, 96, air, cats, clogged, firebird, flow, load, ls1, mass, pontiac, sensor, sputter, sputtering, underload, whats

Sputtering Under Load (RESOLVED! See Post #67)

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HibachiZ28 on 07-25-2012

05-24-2013 09:15 AM
by HibachiZ28

82

92,341

2000, altima, bang, boom, car, gear, inside, launching, loud, m6, made, noise, putting, sound, thump

My car made a pretty loud bang noise. No idea what it could be.

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Jigen on 04-13-2008

04-19-2008 05:27 AM
by slowjoe99

22

92,313

1998, 2002, air, bleed, bleeding, bubble, camaro, carlo, coolant, cooling, ls1, ls6, monte, radiator, release, remove, system, tool

bleed air from cooling system?

alexus6798 on 02-26-2011

02-03-2018 01:11 PM
by ssdungeon

9

90,985

98, 99, antifreeze, camaro, cool, dex, dexcool, green, ls1, ls6, regular, switch, switching, trans, type

Dex-Cool or Green Antifreeze?

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rah176 on 02-01-2010

12-19-2012 04:54 PM
by bayer-z28

40

90,563

2006, abs, c0065, c0161, c0244, camaro, code, diagnosing, fbody, gto, pack, splice, tcs, trailblazer, u1040

Information on diagnosing ABS/TCS problems

2002_Z28_Six_Speed on 12-16-2006

01-19-2015 04:45 PM
by MaDMaX350

2

89,009

2000, 2005, 97, camaro, control, dies, driving, firebird, ignition, impala, module, quits, replacement, running, v6, wlile

randomly dies while driving (3.8 v6)

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slayer_taunu on 04-28-2011

10-31-2023 06:48 PM
by slothman

28

86,833

check, circuit, codes, emission, engine, injector, light, ls1, malfunction, p0200, p0339, p0483, p0711, repairs, sae, service, trans

Check Engine Light Codes

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staringback05 on 10-07-2006

10-04-2019 10:35 AM
by Christina Lynn

71

84,928

42l, arching, bad, bimmer, car, checked, coil, coils, idle, make, packs, plugs, rough, sound, vortec

arcing around coil packs, rough idle, ticking/pinging sounds

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mulletwearingtadrive on 10-17-2007

03-25-2018 08:14 PM
by Aj2no17

21

83,131

02, 1997, 1999, 99, brown, camaro, coolant, dipstick, engine, fluid, flush, forum, ls1, radiator, thick

Brown Slime In Coolant!!!

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NatlCtySS on 08-11-2008

02-16-2009 05:42 PM
by Pythias

34

80,297

2004, air, bearing, conditioner, grease, idler, ls1, ls1tech, m680, pulley, pulleys, pully, replacement, sierra, t50, upper

Wanna maybe save $80? LS1 idler pulleys.

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angel71rs on 07-17-2006

05-10-2021 08:09 PM
by angel71rs

49

78,878

2003, 67, 6v, click, clicks, doesnt, doest, gto, hear, horn, nto, power, relay, rely, silverado, work

Horn doesn't work, but I can hear the relay clicking

American-Muscle1989 on 04-06-2013

04-12-2013 03:38 AM
by SMKE EM

4

78,614

99, accord, blinker, bulb, burned, change, faster, flash, flashing, front, honda, left, side, signal, trans, turn

Left Turn Signal Won't Flash

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WhitePheonix on 09-21-2004

03-29-2019 08:16 AM
by WhiteBird00

42

77,616

ac, car, compressor, jump, low, ls1, pontiac, pressure, pressures, presure, resistor, switch, test, top, wires

A/C Pressure Switch...Which wires to jump to test compressor clutch????

ghettocruiser on 06-18-2007

06-19-2007 09:09 AM
by partyhardoo69

8

76,515

98, ac, camaro, delete, grease, ls1tech, lubricant, pulley, pulleys, quit, repacking, replacing, squeaking, squeaky, squeking, tensioner

Squeaking pulley? Don't replace it. Regrease it! pics

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taintedmeat on 05-26-2007

03-29-2015 07:15 PM
by Stan1911

118

75,820

air, bled, bleed, brake, brakes, brale, car, electronically, engine, floor, lines, pedal, stops, top, z28

Brakes R bled. Pedal still goes to the floor...wtf??

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30th t/a on 08-16-2009

08-26-2009 06:43 PM
by 30th t/a

23

75,087

aircraft, airplane, crap, glass, gummy, lq4, ls1tech, oil, paint, plastic, remover, stayed, stripper, tint, tinted, windows

Tint remover.......we have a winner.....

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LS6427 on 03-05-2009

07-06-2018 02:56 PM
by slogo

94

74,105

2002, 85, 98, brass, firebird, gear, hamering, headlight, motor, noisy, number, part, pontiac, replace, running, trans, transam

Trans Am Headlight motor? Makes noise, Keeps turning?

Lt1BadBoy on 06-20-2007

11-03-2011 04:24 AM
by Joinedthedarkside

17

72,093

2000, arizona, battery, car, department, grand, light, motor, pontiac, powered, security, trigger, turn, vbulletin, vehicles

"Security" light is on in my car and won't turn off, why?

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NoHope on 04-11-2013

07-12-2013 06:21 PM
by transwiz

23

72,044