1975 Camaro BUILD THREAD
#81
10-19-2011, 01:18 AM
Don't remember telling you you needed an engine. Just said you are going to kill the one you have. I don't really care what you think of my and my advice. I would type one but I can't draw a middle finger on here.
#82
01-03-2012, 01:22 AM
Heres a little bit of an update, What i thought was fixed turned out to be not fixed. We are in the middle of winter here now up in MI finally. I finally graduated with my undergrad. and got a 2002 VW Jetta as my daily driver.
Last night I had to do a bit of work on my Jetta so I went to start up the camaro. Started it up cold start as usual fun fun. Well I went to back it out stalled out, did it about 5x before I finally was able to back it up about 20 feet. Once the work was on the Jetta went to pull the camaro back in and even after letting it warm up 15 minutes I could even drive the car 5 feet.
-at idle runs just fine, revving is fine, put into drive and give it gas, cuts out, dies, surges like it was on the highway. Also when revving the motor I hear the buzzing as if the alternator is cutting out or is weak, they do say that under cold conditions obviously the alternator and battery arent going to work quite as well.
Anyways, though the only way I was able to get the car into the garage was when i stuck it in drive and held the brake pedal in while revving then letting off the pedal. Its almost appearing that this camaro isnt getting gas still, even though I was told several times on here it was getting too much causing spark knock and/or backfiring.
Heck, I thought older cars were supposed to be more simple this things a headache, any ideas I am going to spend my taxes on a upper engine rebuild at local shop just wondering if its something more simple perhaps even the alternator is weak or something? Before it got really cold I was at least able to drive teh car around a bit and it would surge, and have to restart occasionally seems like the colder its gotten the more iffy its getting at all. Just curious is all. sorry for the long post though.
Last night I had to do a bit of work on my Jetta so I went to start up the camaro. Started it up cold start as usual fun fun. Well I went to back it out stalled out, did it about 5x before I finally was able to back it up about 20 feet. Once the work was on the Jetta went to pull the camaro back in and even after letting it warm up 15 minutes I could even drive the car 5 feet.
-at idle runs just fine, revving is fine, put into drive and give it gas, cuts out, dies, surges like it was on the highway. Also when revving the motor I hear the buzzing as if the alternator is cutting out or is weak, they do say that under cold conditions obviously the alternator and battery arent going to work quite as well.
Anyways, though the only way I was able to get the car into the garage was when i stuck it in drive and held the brake pedal in while revving then letting off the pedal. Its almost appearing that this camaro isnt getting gas still, even though I was told several times on here it was getting too much causing spark knock and/or backfiring.
Heck, I thought older cars were supposed to be more simple this things a headache, any ideas I am going to spend my taxes on a upper engine rebuild at local shop just wondering if its something more simple perhaps even the alternator is weak or something? Before it got really cold I was at least able to drive teh car around a bit and it would surge, and have to restart occasionally seems like the colder its gotten the more iffy its getting at all. Just curious is all. sorry for the long post though.
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