Recent content by grey_hawk

The VS manual (Ecotec) says nothing about oiling threads,it says to coat the threads with Permatex lock nut or equivalent sealant. On Googling Permatex lock nut, it came back with Permatex thread lock medium strength. So the Loctite 609 as above would be suitable. Whether you would use that in...

It was the worry of the the rearmost cylinders leaning out that made me put it back in. Whether it's just a fallacy or not I don't know. One gasket either side?

Sealant, as some/all of the block thread holes penetrate water jackets?

Well worth it,mine caught heaps of crap that fell in the coolant passages when I did my LIM.

The old bell mouth mod...really couldn't see any difference,so put a stock one back in.

Just bought a series one buick, I did have to buy the ute it was in as well though...

Straight away I thought of a lump of sticky black stuff in the fuel tank...

Yes,noticed that!

You replaced the ignition barrel,what about the actual switch?

In regard to crimping/soldering, the original pins have survived and worked for 30 odd years being crimped so I'd say crimping would be enough. If you go to the extent of heat shrinking each wire you're going to have to de-pin the lot. If you go that far, you might just as well cut the lot off...

The fault was having the wires to the connector bent round in such an angle. I ended up stripping the insulation back from the loom about 200mm and took the plastic cover off. I replaced the CAS first but that didn't help,put a spare DFI on but the problem was still there. After I did 'eased'...

I bought some de-pinning tools but couldn't seem to get the pin out. By that stage I had the car running again so didn't bother going any further with it. I should add that I didn't have a burnt pin,it was more to be able to swap the pins/wires if I needed to. Dunno if you have Upullit over...

Could also be the wiring/connector to the DFI. Try wiggling the wiring around at the harness near the connector,it may help.

From PCMHacking they suggest eficonnection.com.... metripack 150.2 female 22-20 AWG...part number 100-00343. Looks like the one, I used that image to check which way the terminals came out of the plug.

Buick throttle body and inlet manifold will not fit Ecotec. There is a couple for sale around Adelaide...