John S

I believe there are two types of fan clutches.The type with the spring, which will work on temperature and will lock up when hot, and another one that is centrifugal. The centrifugal does not have a spring and will lock up at lower RPM and if I can use the word coast at higher rpm. I have the centrifugal one with a seven blade fan on my 1970. I do not have air-conditioning but I have the small radiator that has the three bolt top cover. I replaced the radiator core from a two core to a three core, that along with the combination of the fan and fan clutch has made a big difference, especially being in traffic in the hot weather in Georgia. John S

It’s not causing a problem I believe if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. I don’t want to start something then cause a problem that doesn’t exist. I have enough headaches I don’t need another one. Thank you very much for your help.

1970

Another question I’ll ask. The transmission is a 1968 Muncie M 20. Serial number P8C11. The car has the wiring for the TCS switch but being a 68 transmission the side cover does not have the switch on it. The car runs great, don’t really know what the difference is with that switch. Would it be worth it to get a side cover that has the switch on it switch it out and wire it in?

I typed incorrectly it is an M 20 4speed not M 22

The seals on my M 20 4speed Muncie for the shift arms on the side cover are leaking. It looks pretty straightforward remove the side cover, pry them out and replace them. Is it fairly simple or am I missing something here? John S

Here are a couple pictures of my 70 small block 4 speed. Your bracket doesn’t look square and doesn’t seem to be high enough.

I see it a lot at these auctions where the price will stall and then they’ll stop the bidding and step in to build up the car to try to generate more money. All that seems to do is reduce the ability of the average person to buy the car they want and make it available only to those who are wealthy enough to afford it. Chances are those who can afford. It are only there to possibly flip it in the future whereas the average guy has a genuine interest in the car and wants to use it for what it was designed for, to drive. John S

$50,000 sold.

Hey Jared, just wondering what do you mean with the 7 inch wheels and your stance?

I also use Aerospace 303, It’s a good product. John S

It’s entertaining for me to listen to people who tell me they have never seen a four-speed Monte Carlo before.They always ask me who put it in. I tell them the Van Nuys GM assembly plant, and they can’t understand that. The other group of people are those that tell me that their buddy had an SS 454 Monte with a four-speed. Anyone can put a four-speed in a Monte, but when I tell them Chevrolet never built one then they usually get quite upset at me. Now I just turn away it’s difficult to tolerate stupidity. John S

Yes this time I come to your neighborhood.

Hello Ray how are you doing. I met you at Summit last year in McDonough talked with you for a bit. This may be a stupid question but I’m gonna ask it anyway. How much gas in the tank now? At roughly 8 pounds per gallon could make a difference. John S

I have 1970 L 48 350 4 BBL in the Monte. The fuel pump is a three line short housing pump. I thought these cars came with the two line pump. The sending unit that was in the car and was replaced with the same style has the two lines on it. I need to replace fuel pump the one that I found is for 1975 Monte with 350 engine I see no reason why that shouldn’t work anybody else have any ideas. John S

I don’t know for sure the amperage rating but I believe it is a 10 AWG wire which I believe is 30 Amp. A fusible link should be two sizes smaller than the wire it protects. For example if you are protecting a 10 AWG wire you should get a 14 AWG fusible link. I think I’m correct on this if not somebody can correct me. John S

When I want to have an intelligent conversation I talk to myself. John S

I don’t think that’s a Caprice. Roofline looks like an Impala with Caprice taillights. Back in the late 1970s my 66 Impala SS had Caprice tail lights in it. I think they look nicer. John S

Those seals that you are showing I believe are for steel inner fenders.

Sorry to hear that Dennis. I had to put down a cat four months ago you get attached to those furry little guys. Hopefully you get the car going again. John S

Floor jack. John S

Correct me if I’m wrong but I remember from years back, I’m talking the early 1980’s in the Chevrolet garage that the pinion seal was installed with a tool behind it leaving approximately a 1/16 of an inch gap between the housing and the seal. I think they make a repair sleeve for the yoke or you can tap the seal in farther. If I am wrong please correct me but I thought that there was a tool that went between the housing and the seal and it left the gap. It is not a hard job just mark the nut in relation to the yoke and the housing pretty straightforward. John S

1970 402 4 spd Bought 12/23/1979 - sold 5/1982 1970 350 4 spd Bought 5/2013 - present 9 years 2006 7/2006 - present John S

I may not be that knowledgeable on these performance water pumps but I can give you an example from where I worked at about water flow and heat transfer. I spent 29 years in the natural gas business working at compressor stations. One of our stations upstream from where I worked had a problem with the engines running hot particularly in the summer. One of the old original pipeliners that I worked with noticed that they were running both auxiliary water pumps for these engines. He stated the water was traveling too fast through the engine to properly transfer heat. He told the superintendent at the station to shut off one of the water pumps , it was hard to get an old guy to do this because it had run a certain way for over 25 years but he shut down one of the water pumps. That changed the flow rate and did not have any more heat problems from those engines. Evidently the flow of the water was correct to get a proper heat transfer and keep the engines at a consistent temperature. John S