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Number: 2303
From: hanksgt
Date: Thu Apr 10, 2003 2:30 am
Subject: Re: '89 upgrades
Body:
Steve
Sounds alot like what I have done to mine recently. New Konis all
aorund, FRRP springs and front lower control arms. Motorsport wires,
MSD coil, brass cap & rotor.
The second owner had Ford replace oil sending unit and guage. Oil
pressure still never gets that high. 130,000 miles on it now.
Let us know if the pull-down motor is rebuildable. The shop that did
my alternator has used pulldown motors on hand...
Hank in sunny Phoenix
'89 ASC #176 white/blue/dark blue top
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "ascsbr" <shortwalk@a...> wrote:
> My original post on 3/25/03, subject: FYI, about pull-down motors
is
> incorrect. Upon removel of the old motor it was clear that the two
> are not the same. This is the pull-down motor sold by GM,
#1668837.
> I went to a salvage yard to see if I could find a used one. The
> motor they showed me was for a late '80's and up Cadillac. Not the
> same. My motor will work for a second, then stop. I dropped it off
> at a well recommended electric shop. Hopefully they can rebuild
it.
> The next project was replacing the original shocks and struts. I
> purchased adjustable ones from Strange Engineering. After removel
of
> the stock units I noticed that the tops were orange, not black
like
> the rest of the shock. After closer inspection I noticed they had
> been spray painted black. After some fingernail scratching I
> uncovered a KONI logo...........oh well!!
> Then came the new oil pressure sending unit. GREAT! Now my oil
> pressure gauge doesn't go from halfway down to zero and scare the
> hell out of me.
> Next came the MSD coil, 9mm Ford Motorsport plugwires and HD dist.
> cap and rotor. Noticable improvement. Car runs very strong.
> Last I had the AC charged. It took 2 pounds of R-12 @ $60.00 a
> pound, plus labor...$147.50........all in a days work.
>
> steve '89 asc/Mclaren #123