Author: picklesgarage

Was able over the last weekend to enjoy a long drive with my 86 5th Ave. 300+ miles and no problems. Been having problems with starting recently, a combo of starter related and i think fuel but it hasnt been a big deal just hop in the daily and go. Dec…

so spent a couple hours looking for it the other day but wasnt able to find the info i was looking for on here. im sure its been asked/answered a ton.
when converting from 2 to 4 do i need to change out the set up for the kick down or is that carb depe…

If I’m in the wrong spot sorry I’ll move it to the right area if someone lets me know
Any, what is everyone running for radiators? Just the rockauto/aftermarket ones? Is there a better performing one that fits?

hoping this is the right area for this.
to start its an 86 5th Ave.
has anyone here added any of the “universal” tethering systems to their M body? my toddlers seat doesn’t allow the center buckle to be in a place that isn’t sticking into his back. he has out grown his rear facing bucket that didn’t have this problem….

latch/ car seat tethering system

so I know I have a problem with my iso clamps. cant seem to find replacements. seems like there is equal split as to people in favor of replace bushing and keep iso clamps and those who say to switch over to b body shock plates. I thought I read here that going to the b body style is going to drop the rear a bit which I don’t really want right now. I know there is better selection with rear shocks not using the iso set up. except the rattle right now in the rear from I think the shocks I…

to iso clamp or not to iso clmp?

so finally replaced my leaking power steering system. new pump, box, and supposed to be new lines. well the pressure line i got from rock was wrong, so ended up being able to reuse the old one for now. my problem is the adapter or outlet piece on the b…

So one of the prior owners either did or had done a delete. Should have made this a better running car but whoever did the wiring was a hack. And that is being nice. They used wire nuts and lamp cord to do this. And I’m thinking at this point the poor connections are causing my hard starts and poor “performance”. If I’m reading the diagram correctly from the lean burn delete sticky I should have a splice from the blue wire at the voltage regulator to the resistor block and the other side…

Lean burn delete. Wiring clean up