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Number: 2329
From: "ascsbr" <shortwalk@a...>
Date: Sat Apr 12, 2003 12:52 am
Subject: Re: '89 upgrades
Body:
Hank, thanks for the response. The shop called me and said that the
motor can NOT be rebuilt. Why, I don't know, they left a voicemail.
You mentioned a shop you know that has used pull-down motors on
hand. GREAT! Are they an exact replacement? What's their name and
phone number? I'll order one.
Thanks a bunch Hank
Steve
'89 asc/Mclaren #123 47,000 miles, blk/tan/blk top, 5-speed,
strut tower brace, sub-frame connectors, rear discs, 3:55 rear end,
Tremac HD T-5 w/Steeda Tri-Ax shifter & Cobra leather shift knob,
Flowmaster Force II catbacks,
Strange Engineering adjustable shocks & struts w/Steeda HD quads,
K&N replacement air filter, Ford Motorsport 9mm plug wires(blue)
w/HD cap & rotor & MSD coil, 225/50ZR15 BFG Comp TA's, 4 coats of
Zaino, Mobil 1 10-30................sunny and 70's this weekend,
I'll be drivin' with the top down......life is good
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, hanksgt <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> 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