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Yes it is! I posted something back in October about it but things finally lined up to move the tank to its new residence. So far most of my tools and quite a few parts for the car are in there but it is just a matter of reorganizing it so that the car can be pulled in.
On the other part though.... I used to live in Southern Arizona. While the weather wasn't too bad, the unfriendly local critters and living in the middle of nowhere was not for me. On occasion they would even make working on things a bad idea. Wolf spiders under the hood are not pleasant to deal with
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
The project is finally restarting! While I am sad that I cannot make sparks fly yet, I have to get the space ready first. I grabbed a few larger parts off the parts Bonneville which need to be broken down and all of my tool boxes and some of my tools are in poor shape. My younger self didn't value putting stuff back and with the boxes being stored away from me, it didn't allow for me to fix my mistake sooner. Many of my tools ended up in buckets and totes. But this has given me a chance to get a few more toys and rectify a mistake.
Does anyone know what the difference in the harness codes for the fuel sender for a 90? The tank was in pretty poor shape and so was the sender, but I didn't document anything before sending it off to the scrapyard.
Photos and an actual project update will be coming soon.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
Which fuel pump do you have? The difference is one is 1.45" diameter with a regular clip on the wire harness, the other is a 2" diameter pump that has screw-on connections to the wire harness.
I believe the CPL code is for the 2" pump with screw-on connections.
Boost addict
The Fleet: '93 SSEi - Twincharged + manual Build thread '97 Camaro - Top swap '05 STS - V8, AWD, her DD '92 Trofeo - Fair weather DD '99 Montana - top swap 3800 '04 Sierra 2500HD - LLY Duramax
Thank you MattStrike .
I believe I have the pump with the screw on connectors.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
I was wrong about the pump... it is the smaller pump with the other type of connector.
The car finally got moved into the garage, but....... I didn't manage to free up enough space to really move around in. Until the next update though, I will leave these here to illustrate how bad the problem is.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
After finally collecting a couple tools back from under the parts car, the main goal was to get the beast airborne again...
But this brings up a big question.
How does one get those *dang* anti theft nuts off of the car when the tool can't grab on? There is one hubcap stuck on the car still..
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
Are they the plastic ones? You need to put enough inward force on it to hold it from slipping out of the grooves when you turn it. Rust penetrant helps too. Once it's off you'll probably need to replace it.
Boost addict
The Fleet: '93 SSEi - Twincharged + manual Build thread '97 Camaro - Top swap '05 STS - V8, AWD, her DD '92 Trofeo - Fair weather DD '99 Montana - top swap 3800 '04 Sierra 2500HD - LLY Duramax
Yep, it is one of the plastic ones. The problem I had was the hole for the locating pin is in very bad shape.. Someone put way too much force on it in the car's past. I will spray it and try again.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
Now that Mother Nature has started to calm down with the ridiculously low temps.... I finally got back outside to start looking over what I have done and what needs to be done because I really want to have the car back on the road this year. While I do not have any new pictures to show the little bit that I did and the newbie mistake I made Although tomorrow should mark the beginning of regular updates again!
Until tomorrow though, I will leave this here in lieu of pictures.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
While I didn't work on the car very long today...(flap discs like taking chunks out of fingers quickly).. I did get a chance to remove my mistake and start prepping for the fabrication work I have to do on another area on the rear of the car.
When I started dealing with the first patch, I didn't know anything about plug welds.... So when I got the first piece welded in and covered, seeing light in between the first piece and the rest of the car made my heart sink slightly. So today I took a couple of minutes and tore all of the metal back out.
Yesterday though, lady luck also smiled on me a little bit and allowed me to start getting the trim pieces off of the driver side rear door and part of the wheelwell. This revealed something not so pretty but something that needs to be tackled..
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
1998 Oldsmobile 88 LS w/ FE1 Float Suspension, Leather and Power Everything - Totaled (Rolled!) out during Winter of 2015 by Sister Click HERE for project thread.
2002.5 Blazer - Stock Stuffing 30s, SLP ZR1 Replicas, Dynomax Catback, TONS of other mods. Click HERE for project thread. - DD
Glad you found the cancer now and that you're able to work more on the rebuild now. - BC
In Memory of Brad - 1/21/1977 .. 10/23/2013 ...... Aaron - 1977 .. 2017 .....
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ..... 1992 Bonneville SSE 1SB 170 HP L27 4T60E retired/sold to MattStrike ..... 2005 Bonneville SE 1SC 205 HP L36 4T65E - retired/salvage yard ..... PBCF user 2321
Yikes! That's not pretty, but doesn't look like it's a car killer if you address it. I think Matt's 93 Racekar was worse than that before he fixed it all.
-Car Guy Carl "Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 250k Miles "Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 101k miles
Quick Question!
Due to the location of the rust in the rear wheelwells, I have been trying to pull the rear seat belts with no success. I have tried quite a few things on them and even with the T47 socket... they still stripped. Is there anything else I could try or should I just cut the bolts, and in that case what size should i replace them with?
Right now this is slightly holding me up, and I am hoping that I can have her drivable by the time the summer meet rolls around.
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
You should be able to drill the head off the bolt, then once everything flammable is out of the way weld a new 'head' on top of the bolt (a blob of metal), then let it sit in rust penetrant overnight. Hit it hard once with a hammer, and use a pipe wrench to loosen the bolt.
Boost addict
The Fleet: '93 SSEi - Twincharged + manual Build thread '97 Camaro - Top swap '05 STS - V8, AWD, her DD '92 Trofeo - Fair weather DD '99 Montana - top swap 3800 '04 Sierra 2500HD - LLY Duramax
I am currently waiting for some parts and also working on what should hopefully be a fairly big update. The front end has been giving me a bit of a headache...
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
Looks like things are moving ahead now, hopefully it will be rolling under its own power come June! Looking forward to updates. How did you come across the garage space? Having that is a huge plus!
-Nick
'95 Grand Prix SE coupe 'Black Betty' gone but not forgotten- my 1st love
'99 Olds Alero GX Coupe the get me by beater- sold
'03 Bonneville SSEi 'Gina' Feb. '16 COTM | 35% tint | smoked tail lights | boat roller mount | carbon fiber accents | Silverline exhaust tips
Ziebart rust protection & undercoating | CompuStar Accustart | LED interior lighting
Intense shift kit | Intense FWI | 3" ZZP downpipe | RDI headers | 3.4 MPS | Autolite 104s | 180 deg t-stat | custom tune | ZZP high flow fuel filter | alum coolant elbows and LIM gaskets | much more to come…hopefully '15 Buick Regal 2.0 Turbo AWD 259 HP | 10k miles | 2-way remote start | undercoating and window tint to come
'98 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 4x4 | 112k miles | S&B intake | garage ornament | more to come
The garage is an especially big deal in the cooler weather in Bay City. - BC
In Memory of Brad - 1/21/1977 .. 10/23/2013 ...... Aaron - 1977 .. 2017 .....
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ..... 1992 Bonneville SSE 1SB 170 HP L27 4T60E retired/sold to MattStrike ..... 2005 Bonneville SE 1SC 205 HP L36 4T65E - retired/salvage yard ..... PBCF user 2321
The weather up here can be a bit wild especially living about a 1/2 mile from the scenic Saginaw River.... But there have been a couple set backs and the update should be coming tomorrow. A package didn't come on time and a bolt on the subframe broke so there shall be much fun to be had
1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royale: The Phoenix
Mods: F41 Swap, Delco II Swap, Full Debadge, Series II (L36) Swap, More to come.
2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab W/T: The War Horse
Mods: Tonneau, Partial Debadge, K2xx Alloy Rims, AFM Hardware Delete, TSP Cam, BBP tune.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE: The Organ Donor
1990 Buick Lesabre Custom: Cancer Victim
I posted something back in October about it but things finally lined up to move the tank to its new residence. So far most of my tools and quite a few parts for the car are in there but it is just a matter of reorganizing it so that the car can be pulled in.
Until the next update though, I will leave these here to illustrate how bad the problem is.
