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The SCO doesn't break out Calais Diesels other than to say Diesel was available in the entire Cutlass line. It says 267 Supremes had the LF7 260 Diesel paired with the 5-speed.

Mike, look on page 6C-5 of the 1966 CSM, under "Engine Tune-up". Figure 6C-6 gives the adjustment procedures for the switch-pitch/downshift switch. Apparently the slow idle, carb rod length and switch adjustment have to be done in sequence to get the desired results. I've never driven a Jetaway/switch-pitch car so I don't know how they behave, but I'd say it's doing what it's supposed to since you can feel the converter changing angles. It should be in high angle at idle and then switch to low angle at about 40 degrees throttle opening, if I'm reading the 65-6-7 manuals right. Make sure the stator switch and downshift wires aren't crossed at the switch, but I think the plug will only allow them to be connected one way. The switch itself may be worn internally. A friend just bought a 66 Starfire with a switch pitch 400, The switch is worn enough to wobble and needs replaced, so I guess I'll get my turn in the barrel soon enough.

Those are the numbers the 1970 service manual gives for both intake and exhaust valves, using the standard 2.00" intake valves. 442 and Toronado with 2.07" intake valves use 30 degree intake valve and seat angles. Valve seat width spec is .037" to .075" for 2.00 intakes and all exhaust, .030"-.045" with 2.07 intakes. Have your machinist do a 3-angle valve job using hardened valve seat inserts. You'll pick up a little extra efficiency and performance and the engine will be set up to use unleaded fuel. Make sure he uses the ones for Olds engines- sometimes they'll try to put Chevy seats in and end up cutting into the water jacket- meaning an instant junk head.

Greg, I believe Dexron III and Mercon are sold as the same thing.

What you've found are pieces of the OEM nylon-faced aluminum timing gear that broke off and ended up in the pan. Not unusual on an engine with more than 80k miles. Odds are you also found really worn timing chain and gears unless it's been replaced. If there's steel cam gear it's been replaced. Never understood why GM was obsessed with those nylon/aluminum timing sets. I've been told it was to reduce noise, but I can't stand beside two cars, one with nylon and one with steel timing gears, and hear any difference in engine noise. A 455 will drop into a 260 (4.3l) car same as if it had had a 350. 260/307/330/350/403 are small blocks in Oldsworld; 400/425/455 are the big guns. All 64-later Olds V8s are same width at the oil pan/lower block area so they'll drop right into any chassis originally equipped with an Olds design engine, but the bigblocks are wider and taller in the deck and heads area. With that in mind, you may run into heater box and hood clearance issues with a 455 in the G-body car. Nothing insurmountable, just takes a little more planning is all.

I'm going to hazard a guess here, that it's in the wiper logic board. A friend has a 97 Camaro that does the same thing. Check with a dealer and see if there's a recall campaign that deals with this. As many GM cars as I see doing it, there probably is. Just one of many "GM gremlins". Like cruise controls that resume when they want, or automatic interior lights that come on unannounced and unnoticed and kill the battery. And people wonder why I prefer driving older cars without all the computerized mess.

Hugo, now you've done it. Now I have to go to Sheetz and pick up a dozen- they were probably delivered about an hour ago. "Bully has done flung a cravin' on me" Jerry Clower

The way I understand it, ElCiera was built as a parts runner. I think they could have made a better taillight choice than S10 pickup parts, even the standard issue Ciera wagon taillights and gate would have worked better IMHO but overall the greenhouse styling is no worse than the original 1957-59 Ranchero. But here's the kick. They built it. That shows me there was still some spirit within the Division in spite of what Corporate was doing to them.

If the car has an Olds 350 the 455 will drop in on the same mounts but is wider and a bit taller than the 350. You'll be limited to stock exhaust manifolds and a 3" tall aircleaner due to clearance issues. If there's a Chevy engine in there things get more complicated. The 1980 car uses a radial A/C compressor. The brackets will bolt to the BB but you'll have to experiment to get the right length belt. Use the BB brackets on the other components and get belts for the 455 application. 350 hoses should work OK. If you decide to stay on the computer you may get into some sensor location issues, but most guys doing this swap don't worry about it. Some 80s had it, some didn't. As far as transmission goes, make sure you have a T350 transmission. Many 1980 cars had 250C metric transmissions which will have "metric" stamped into the pan and are junk. A turbo 350 will stand up to a lot of abuse but wouldn't hurt to beef it up a little for a big block. Also- you sure this car has a 350 engine? 350s came only in 442 and Hurst/Olds in 1979-1980, but those were based on the Calais. I'm betting the car has an Olds 260 or Chevy 305. Check realoldspower.com or oldspower.com for more info, lots of folks on there have stuffed BBO into G-cars.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I hope they begin to see that attacking their fan base over trivial concerns (at best) like this is just the kind of panicky-appearing behavior that'd send the <span style="font-weight: bold">wrong</span> message to it's customers, it's competators, and it's business partners. </div></div> Unfortunately, Dave, it would probably excite Wall Street and drive the stock price up, same as any announcement about corporate layoffs does. I know of several companies who have used that shenanigan for that express purpose.

Tried to reply last night and the ISP started their weekly maintenance thing just as I hit the button. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> Yup- my 1969 Chilton lists code D as 1962-63-64 283 Powerglide. A factory air car with 'Glide would have been DK. 1962 is as far back as it goes, but I would guess it was the same code all the way back to 1957. F is Flint MI engine palnt, T is Tonawanda NY. Aside from being a correct engine for your car, the 283 is a fine engine unto itself. 283/327 are both good engines. 350s are good engines, but they are boring beyond belief.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As I write this, this thread only has 17 posts, but it has been viewed 1015 times. <span style="font-style: italic">Somebody's <span style="font-weight: bold">very</span> interested in what we have to say on this subject!</span></div></div> Let's hope it's someone in Ford Legal. Sometimes public opinion/backlash can make people change their minds in a hurry. I think the terms are "public image" and "goodwill". I still say it's bored mid-level lawyers trying to justify their corporate existence. Let 'em go hungry for a while. They might realise you can pile only so much caca on people before they WILL revolt and put your head on a stick for all to see. Ask King Louie and Marie Antoinette.

Just one of them thangs GM did <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />. Might have been because the blower type could be easily installed by the dealer if owner decided later that he wanted it. My 74 Hurst has a blower type.

For the record- the ElCiera is a factory built job and was part of their display. Just shows what coulda/woulda/shoulda been.

Well Scott- you fooled me with the ElCiera. I figured sure it was Kurt Schubert's 65 J-I!

I've had the Tim Hortons and they are comparable to a KK. Didn't know Wendy's had bought them, but I figure it'll be a long time before we see them here in the hinterlands of southside Virginia. We have yet to get a KK company shop, and the company HQ is less than 60 miles from here. BUT... KK delivers to Sheetz every day, straight from the main bakery in Winston-Salem. Dunkin Donuts failed miserably here, but I think it was because they opened two new stores at the same time instead of feeling out the market first and then opening the second store.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Krispy Kreme will just be another fad.</div></div> Something that's been around since 1937 is "just another fad"?

Keith, you have factory issued documentation. Display it with the car where a judging team can see it. I think the analogy is a Smith and Wesson trumps four aces.

Wonder what they'll try to do to other businesses with "Ford" in the business name? Especially when owners of said businesses are named "Ford". Reckon the asinine lawyers will try to force people to change their family name? In this day and age, any stupid legal trick is probable. It smacks of bored lawyers having nothing better to do, and I maintain that the biggest trouble with the current US litigation frenzy is the damned lawyers trying to drum business. Law is no longer a profession that commands respect, and I have little use for anyone who uses the courts for relief of every little thing. All it does is keep them busy, and anyone who has ever spent time in a courtroom will tell you people working in them live in their own little world. My own thought is that ANY domestic automaker antagonizes their enthusiast and brand loyalty base at their peril. GM's rape and pillage of Oldsmobile has convinced me that I will never buy another new GM vehicle. And if they don't watch themselves, when the Feds pull the rug out from under the truck/SUV market General Motors is going down the tubes. An aside- I once knew a Chevrolet salesman named Henry Lee Ford. Sold Chevys out the wazoo in South Boston VA back in the 60s. Wonder what Ford Motor Company would have thought of that? The dealer made a big deal of it in their advertising.

Other than the expense, I've gotten very good service and name brand product from Kanter. I've never dealt with White Post except for touring the facility, and all I've bought from CARS is literature. I found them to be prompt with good quality stuff.

Went out for breakfast this morning and saw an older couple pulling out of the restaurant in one. Faded paint, but fairly clean otherwise. Car had the old style Virginia plates so I figure it was an original owner car.

Well- it's now 20 years old, and it was a distinctive limited-production offering with advanced features and superior handling for its time. I don't think you'll ever get rich off it, but it's at the age a nice example should hold its value. The thing that worries me on all 80s cars is the electronics and emissions stuff. There were actually some interesting cars built during that dark period, but they are complex and may be impossible to restore down the road- face it, hard parts can be made if needed, but making electronic stuff is beyond the capability of most hobbyists.

It's like the 1966 98 LS I inherited as my first car. It was fully loaded as most LS were, and the Wonderbar radio and power trunk amazed people (had to keep the glovebox locked to keep the trunk from flying open going down the road). What I had the most fun with was the Tilt-Telescopic wheel. I'd get a bunch of half wacked buds in there (hay, it WAS the 70s), unscrew the lock ring and start pulling the wheel toward me. A first time rider would almost always lose it and start screaming "he's taking the steering wheel off, we're gonna die!" <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Scott- do you still want that Jetstar I stuff? Or are you going to sell the car?

Alan, I know this will be an aggravation, but you may have to put the car in N or P to eliminate this. All the door lock module is seeing is that the car is running and in gear. That tells it the car is moving and the doors are supposed to be locked. So the little man in the box keeps locking your doors <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />. Seriously, after my mother fell when the car she was balancing herself against moved out from under her, I'm a firm believer that a vehicle needs to be out of gear with parking brake applied before passengers get in or out. I'm just glad I wasn't driving the car when it happened. One, it would be hard to live with, and two, I know I'd never hear the end of it (and it happened 12 years ago).

Hopefully the OCA Store will be up and running again shortly. peyancey@aol.com or gdchilds@aol.com for comment or info.