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Well i actually finished my motor removal maybe a month ago. Well as i was pulling body up it forgot one of the connector and the thing split. It was connected to like the bottom passenger side of the block right by the starter i guess it might even be the low oil sensor. How in the world can I fix that bc i am no pro solderer so??
Strip back both sides of the wire, slip some heatshrink over it, twist it together, and hold your soldering gun on the back of the wire for a few seconds until it gets hot. Touch the solder to the wires and it will 'soak' into the strands. After it cools, pull the heatshrink over it and heat it up. 
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Great write-up, Kelly - thank you! I had just started searching on this and could not find a detailed write-up. Yours is perfect! Very carefully done and well written on top of that!
Nice write up. I did this on a 93 Z28 in a one car garage with a cherry picker and some jack stands.
My question is about the brakes. Do you have to take it to GM to bleed the brakes. The brakes on that 93 suck and I have bled them several times.
I am trying to talk myself in/out of a cam install on my Firehawk. If I do, it's coming out the bottom. I would much rather do that than out the top on one of these cars.
My question is about the brakes. Do you have to take it to GM to bleed the brakes. The brakes on that 93 suck and I have bled them several times.
I am trying to talk myself in/out of a cam install on my Firehawk. If I do, it's coming out the bottom. I would much rather do that than out the top on one of these cars.
Nice write up. I did this on a 93 Z28 in a one car garage with a cherry picker and some jack stands.
My question is about the brakes. Do you have to take it to GM to bleed the brakes. The brakes on that 93 suck and I have bled them several times.
I am trying to talk myself in/out of a cam install on my Firehawk. If I do, it's coming out the bottom. I would much rather do that than out the top on one of these cars.
My question is about the brakes. Do you have to take it to GM to bleed the brakes. The brakes on that 93 suck and I have bled them several times.
I am trying to talk myself in/out of a cam install on my Firehawk. If I do, it's coming out the bottom. I would much rather do that than out the top on one of these cars.
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So one thing kind of led to another, and at this point it seems a whole lot easier to pull the engine out instead of diddling around with it inside the car.
A question on the brakes. Do you just bleed them normally? At the caliper ? And great writeup just in time. Also could you take out the bottom k member bolts first and the shock tower ones last? I don't have a lift and I'd rather not be under it when it comes loose LOL. Did you leave the power steering pump in the car or disconnect it?
That's a very good write up. I usually just condense all that down to a few sentences. I like your last step the best though. That is indeed a true necessity. It depends on if you have traction control or not whether you have to use the special tool to do the brakes. If you have traction control you need a Tech-1, 2, or scan tool. If you don't have traction control you can just bleed them normally by following the right rear, left rear, right front, and left front process.
