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I decided tonight was going to be the night for the knock sensor. I went to Lowe's today and bought some new tools to attack it, and I failed like the Avengers' attack on Thanos. So I made an executive decision. On these cars, there is the knock sensor on the passenger side and a coolant drain plug in the exact same spot on the drivers side. Since the broken sensor thread on the passenger side is not going ANYWHERE, I rerouted the sensor wire and put the knock sensor on the driver side. All torqued down to 14 ft lbs.

With that solved, we are still waiting for the new radiator and mounts. Also waiting to hear back what the deal is with the upper ball joint boots. I hope PST sends or at least lets me buy just new boots. If not, I will just pick up some Moog upper ball joints and put them in and be done with that.

I saw that while I was googling around. I figured those would all be direct replacement similar (non-resistor) plugs. I'll scope through some of them and see if any of them are resistor plugs. Thanks.

Looks like my first link is a bust, they don't like traffic to their site I guess. Google "ngk chart" and there are a few images of charts that break down NGK's part numbering system based on specs.

Would this chart help? Edit: Hotlink failed, so the link is here: https://www.sparkplugs.com/Data/uploads/Charts/NGK_Plug_Chart_1.jpg

Hate to hear this, but don't get discouraged! The progress you guys have made so far is inspiring. It makes me feel like I should get off my lazy ass and finish some of the projects I've put off.

I hope to do projects like this with my girls when they are old enough.

What's left of the knock sensor? Enough to get ahold of, or maybe get something along the lines of an easy out into??

 

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I appreciate this post more than you can know, thank you. We're going to try to find someone to weld a nut on the thread, I'm not sure I trust an Easy Out for this one.

Also, I didn't post this last night, but I discovered our brand new upper ball joint boots were torn when we went to grease some things. At this point, trying to figure out why this happened. PST sent me the wrong sway bar bushings originally, I don't know if they sent the wrong upper ball joint boots too or if the machine shop installed them wrong.

Well tonight absolutely sucked.

Pulled the radiator easy enough, no issues, easiest thing we've done yet on this car. Popped the coolant plug on the driver's side of the engine block and let it drain. Go to take out the knock sensor on the passenger side of the block to let the coolant drain and it shears off, leaving the thread stuck in the block. Like I said above, the knock sensor was broken and needed replaced, too.

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/02/6-6l-v8-l8t-gm-engine-specs-released/

 

I will give props to Chevy for the new 6.6L L8T gas engine...401/464, aluminum heads, 10.8:1 compression. Sounds stout!

Yep, 401 HP and most will be driven by guys who drive like old women in a Honda. :lolguy:

The 2019 Camaro is ugly as sin too. IDK what the hell is going on at Chevrolet, but these designers are putting out some horrible looking shit

At least Chevy just fixed what they could on the 20 Camaro re-refresh. The Silverado-esque placement of the Flowtie on the 19 Camaro is ugly AF.

Check the cowl area for debris when you got time. Make sure the drains (rubber bellows) are clear and the hole in the bottom is unobstructed. My '85 also had a relay mounted in one of drain paths, so I put a spacer to keep it away. It might not be the case with an '86.

Thanks man, will do.

Well, looked under the radiator, all lines and petcock seem dry. Going to have to take it out and check, crap. Another day.

Also confirmed my suspicion about the knock sensor being broken. The part the harness attaches to is cracked off. Not throwing a code though, but barely hanging on. Ordered a new one.

Looking good!!!

Thank you!

Have today off so I putzed around on the Vette.

-Rerouted some of the plug wires and bought some wire separators to hold them right.

-Cleaned up all the pulleys and got the new belt on.

-Noticed the power steering pump pulley wobbled a little so I straightened that out.

-Wrapped the driver's side wire harness sitting on top of the valve cover/head with some heat shield.

-Have a coolant leak now under the passenger side of the radiator. Going to check it out another day. Hopefully just a loose line or petcock.

I see C5 front brakes fitment potential

 

Where is it going to be aligned?

Haha, no C5 brakes planned. I have to keep reining myself in and reminding myself that this will be a teen's daily driver. For example, it was really tough to put the calipers back in without shining them up or painting them.

Unsure. Thinking either Lucore or North End Wrench or Firestone with Red Beard.

And the front suspension rebuild is completely finished, along with new front rotors and pads. The wheels are back on and the car is now back on the ground. Waiting for the new belt to come on Tuesday, then will schedule an alignment.

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Spent all day getting the front suspension completely back together and everything torqued to spec. A few bolts were really fighting to go back in. One on the sway bar end link. Then the front bolt on the passenger upper control arm, for clearance I had to completely loosen the AC bracket, which we just put back together the other day, I hate having to do things twice.

But the front suspension is all buttoned up. Going to put the new front rotors and pads on tomorrow, I ran out of light with the power outage.

The inner tie rods came today. Moog-EV343's from a 97-07 Vette, among some other cars. I think we have a winner. Length looks good and everything threads into place.

New on the left, old on the right

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Got the crapped out AC compressor out tonight (nice of GM to feed the fuel lines through the AC bracket) and the delete pulley is in. Still have some things to button up (hoses and such) and clean up, but this is the current situation in the pics. The delete pulley is the same size as the compressor pulley and we put the old belt on to make sure it was going to work, so we ordered a new stock sized AC Delco belt off Amazon tonight. At least the belt is easy.

The new tie rods should be here tomorrow. We'll attempt to put those in this weekend.

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Goddamn guys, my wife has a CR-V and sometimes I drive it. I feel targeted lol.

 

Sorry about your Bugatti Tracy Morgan.

Just kidding, LOL. It's obviously not ALL CRV drivers, but man, it sure is a lot of them, at least locally. And looking online just for "fun" today, it appears to be fairly widespread.

He sure does.

 

I'd apply that to just about any Toyota or Honda (and their charge-more-money-for-different-badge Lexus and Acura marques) on the road.

I agree with everything you posted. CRVs are just the worst of the worst.

This dude NAILS it:

https://drivetribe.com/p/why-the-cr-v-is-destroying-america-OfTjAd_CTTaYfg-vwACZkg?iid=T2ff7qmbR_CmwTQvUoRRqQ

"According to the New York Daily News, the 50-year-old actor was sideswiped by a woman driving a Honda CR-V in New York's Hell's Kitchen."

Of course it was a CR-V.

Got a little vid of it running after I drove it out of the shop.