Hey guys:
My name is Tyler, from Alabama..nice to meet you guys
I'd been thinking about getting another B-body wagon for a while after I subscribed to Pat's youtube channel and sold my '87 Custom Cruiser back in August.
As it turns out, I ended up buying a virtual duplicate of Pat's white '91. Mine is the same year, same color, just has the stock wheels on it.
So far I really like it. It has about 116,000 miles, and is in very good original condition. The only two issues are the cruise control, and the blower motor control module appears to be bad.
I picked this car up for a good price because it would not run right. It started and idled ok, but as soon as you pushed the accelerator to go, it stumbled and died. The seller felt it was a stopped up converter.
I got it transported home and began the diagnosis. A quick test with a vacuum gauge determined that there was no restriction in the exhaust, at least not enough to cause problems.
My second test revealed the culprit: The ignition timing specification is 0 degrees, and my car was on approximately 10 degrees AFTER top dead center. The distributor was loose, so I quickly readjusted it and the engine runs perfectly now.
I can't imagine that someone could not find that problem beforehand
I have already made a couple changes, one of which is a new stereo, and also I had the factory exhaust replaced past the cat-con with 2-1/2 pipe and a flowmaster muffler.
One thing that has amazed me is that on such a nice car, GM used such tacky plastic EVERYWHERE inside, even on the armrests!
I noticed a lot of you guys are from up north. Down here, wagons are severely un-popular. There are always several in the Pull-a-parts, esp older 77-90 Custom Cruisers and Estates.
In fact there is a guy that deals in collectible and semi-collectible cars, and he has 2 B-body wagons on his "storage" lot which have been there at 3 years. One is a twin to my car, but a '92 LO5, and the other is 94-96 Caprice wagon with a custom paint job...been thinking a lot about that one these days.
Well, I look forward to talking to you all as time goes by.
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:12 pm
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