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does anyone have the El Camino springs installed on there Monte, I am looking to see how much higher the car will sit .

are these the one that are made by Shinny hiney in the USA for trim parts, if they are check out the shinny web site,great instructions

Hi all, I know this has been kicked around a few times I am about to do the rear springs on my 71 Monte,I am planning on using Moog 5501's i think these are the variable type. what i need to know is the ride height(ground to quarter panel above wheel) you have with them,I have right now 24 3/8" from floor to 1/4 panel with my old springs.I am running 235 60 15's all around. I want to have it at approx 26" you thoughts on springs or height? thanks Bill

Excellent tip.always disconnect the battery

what i did was use engine cleaner and worked it in with a soft scrub brush,then rinsed well, after it was completly dry i used a product that is called Steel It which is a areasol spray paint. it turned out like new and no stains show through.

Ok,I went to my nieces hair salon with my son and the Monte, their shop on Valentine day donates all money received to the Canadian cancer society.All they ask is for a donation, got the ears lowered and I look as good as I can get. My son and myself went for a cruise through downtown Vancouver up and down the main cruising strips,it was cool and dry(42*} tons of people giving the thumbs up and giving positive comments. When I was on Granville mall (main nightclub area) we had the windows down and heater on when all of a sudden two motorcycle cops pulled up beside us , he said my Shiney Hiney LED tail lights were flashing way too fast.? ([you said a naughty!] )he said this was a MV violation but then he said he liked the car and said I had a electricial problem and would let me go. Glad he is a cop and not a mechanic! He told me he had a first Gen Monte back in the day and he said I did a nice job fixing the car up. As my son was with me I was polite and was a good citizen..... And how was your day.......

They are made by sharpie,you can buy them almost any store Home Depot lowes art stores,staples,office depot.....they work great....

It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i even went back through the instructions and read it ten times and it says hook to positive of coil, i even had my wife read this as well, goes to show some instructions can be wrong as well. THANKS AGAIN.....

thanks for the advice, i will try doing this later. I cant believe i tried to follow instructions.......

I was thinking that but the instruction were poor and showed one picture with the green to the positive. I did not want t fry the electrical but I will wait till others chime in,thanks very much.Bill

Hi guys,I have just about pulled the rest of my hair out. I am mounting a tach on my steering colum and I cant get it to work White wire to lamps Black wire to ground Green wire to positive of coil Red wire to switched power. I have checked and have a good ground,light lights up in the tach, I have confirmed the switched power wire has power when I turn the ignition on. I have checked all connections and all is tight, I don't know if this make a difference but I have a Petronix ignition under the cap,I am stumped any ideas, it is a new tach and the setting is set to 8. Thanks Bill

went out for a nice cruise today, treated her to some good gas and a few chirps. 46 F today and nice and dry. come on spring time....

Try a little spray in the switch or adjust the bracket that it is attached to.

lower temp might be good, i try to drive the car all yesar long depending on the weather. one thing i did notice was that the heater blew really hot when i had it on full in the winter , i had to roll down the window a bit. Bill

Ok guys here goes, my 7T1 has been running a little warmer than usual (200-210) the weather outside has been a dry 30C or about 90 F. it is a 350 4brl little more than stock set up with headers, I went out today and bought a new 160 degree one from the parts store, when i went to change it tonight i found out that it had a 195 degree installed in there, i thought it was a 180? my question is what are the pro's and cons of going with a lower temp unit. Any ideas ..thanks Bill