sometimes the start of a week can really get you. i had to replace the
ehaust on the 90. ordered the parts and as usual had the ants in the
pants waiting for it to come in. last monday, i get one part , the rear
y-pipe so as usual i can't do anything. tuesday, i get home from work
and it's all there but now it started to rain. rained everyday until
friday morning.
friday nights there is a club who meets at the local burger king with
our cars. no problem here, i'll take the 75. move the other cars out of
the way, start the 75 and let it warm up and back her out of the
garage. shut it off and went inside and did a few last minute details
and tell the wife, "i'll be back". go outside and jump in and go to
start it and zilch. all it does is crank.
hmmm.. is the choke stuck, did the float stick open, etc. get out pop
the air filter, choke is open, getting gas, and check for spark. no
spark---
.
go inside and tell wife and ran down in the escalade. sat morning, i go
out and rip distributor apart. i had a brand new 75 distributor in
garage so i took the module out of that along with the cap, rotor, and
coil and install. turn key and it starts right up
.
now i can finally get to the exhaust on the 90. i figure while the 75
is out of the garage , i might as well use the lift so i get the 90 in
and up. this is great, should go pretty quick (did i say that). getting
the nuts off was a real PIA. no matter how i tried to get to them (3 on
each flange), the back one was the worst. finally get it off. i figured
the worst part was done (did i say that). i think getting the new one
bolted in was even worse than removing the old one but finally got it
in. got everything in place and this morning only thing left to do to
the exhaust is tighten everything up. while it is there will change the
oil and hopefully all the problems with the 90 will be history.
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