You fast-forwarded through the part I needed to know> how in the world did you get those 4 screws out that are in a TERRIBLE and I mean TERRIBLE spot??!
If its cheaper to just buy a lower control arm with all the groments and joiñts and install it that way for replacement. But i understand this video is to show how fo replace a ball joint.
These cars were called the forgotten generation from 73-77. I have a 1976 Malibu Classic Black in color. It had the week 305 engine in it. It now has a 1994 TBI 454 (throttle body injected) with the first gen electronic overdrive transmission (basically a electronic 700R4 transmission). Funny thing is the original 305 was 210hp and the 454 is 230hp, but 300ft lbs of torque There is a vacuum leak somewhere causing a high idle situation I have similar issues with the left rear quarter with the paint cracking that was done in lacquer paint and the rest of the car is in enamel paint The a/c dashes always are cracked unless you have a non a/c dash they seem not to crack right down the middle or look like the one this car has The only way I will ever get rid of this car if someone has a 1978 Dodge Lil Red Express truck that I possibly could trade for. I would not care if the engine or trans run in that truck I would swap it out for a newer Hemi engine in it.
Don’t listen to the haters, good video and music to work to. I’ve watched a ton of these videos and they are so boring sometimes that I fall asleep and the music in this video is great, some of my favorite songs are on this video. I’m a professional mechanic and a child of the 80’s and 90’s so it is great to see someone my age doing this. Work on and rock on!
The other 2 holes on your accelerator pump arm are for amount of "squirt" that the accelerator pump puts out. If you mash the gas and it dies off, you move it to the outer hole for more of a shot, just the opposite if it bogs down, you might have too much, so you move it to an inner hole. Between that and swapping out metering rods and springs you can really wake an Edelbrock up.
The Pan sounds good. That hard tail would not be comfortable for my bad back but it looks good. I've owned my kick only Pan for 25 years now, there are easier ways to start it. You didn't say, but it looks like a S&S Super B carb, it will work. If you start by putting the choke on, ignition off and kick it through 3 or 4 times with no throttle it will draw gas into the cylinders. Then turn on the ignition, hold the throttle at 1/4 open and start it. It should start with 3 or 4 kicks, if it doesn't start in 10 kicks then it is best to turn off the ignition and choke then kick it through a few times with the throttle held full open to clear the gas from the cylinders, then start the procedure over again. That choke is on or off so when it gets warm enough to start running rich you can turn off the choke. I have a S&S Super E carb on mine so the procedure is a little different with mine. You have a lot more general knowledge of different vehicles than I do and I watch so I can learn from you, thanks.
It’s kinda had to tell in the video but it’s actually a late model (90s) soft tail frame. The front legs and neck have been cut and stretched. I did basically the same process as what you described just different amounts of kicks and throttle. I also spaced off putting the choke on at the beginning. Probably would have saved me a ton of kicks Thank you for your support and input it means a lot. Encouraging comments help keep the motivation going to make more videos.
Ok if you want that motor to run properly take those 305 heads and chuck them in the garbage, they have very small intake runners and small valves. Do yourself a favor go buy a set of world products sr torquer heads they have the smaller combustion chamber and 1.94 in. 1.50 in. Valves as apposed to 1.78 in. and 1.48 in. intake and exhaust valves respectively and vortex style intake and exhaust runners. The 305 heads will never give you power over 4500 rpm on a 350(5.7 liter) they are way too airflow restrictive for a 350. That motor will make good torque just off idle and fall flat on its face at about 4000 to 4500 rpm. Seriously those heads a junk smog heads.
I couldn’t agree more With todays head options there are tons of better combos But with that being said the direction of this build didn’t have room in the budget for new new heads Thank you every much for your support and feed back
Had to look at the tv … thought it was Vice Grip Garage…. He sounds like he in attempting to imitate Derick .. says same stuff trying to be amusing.. give it up!!
my first car was a 1977 malibu classic tripple black my dad bought it off the showroom floor in 77 i got it in 78 with 15000 miles well i got rear ended and they totaled it i miss that car
Good vid, especially liked the tip about pulling on the caliper before slipping it off, i too am about to to do my front pads and found this video the most useful one ontaweb
@@warrensgarage4764 thanks for the reply . Yes to a little music , sort of In boring bits of a video . But not too much . Weirdly I absolutely love music . But watching a video there can be too much . I discovered you earlier . I quite like your videos. Not too much music is good . I get you have a few followers so it is difficult. I watch pretty much to see cars truck come back to life . I live in the uk .’but I enjoy a Jeep . She’s 18 years old but keeps going lol . Please keep going with your blogs they are pretty good it’s just the music. Regards Mart in the uk x
@@martinnightingale6033 again thank you for the feedback I really appreciate it. My main goal for the music is to keep people entertained while fast forwarding the video to cut back on some time. But I will tone down the music a bit. Let me know what you think on the next video. Hopefully I will be releasing one this upcoming week.
Yeah the 77 Monte Carlo and the 77 Malibu have almost the same front end with the duel stacked square headlights. Iwas never a fan of them years but now that I'm older they are a little better then before but I like the Luguna's better then the Malibu's of 77 I like the late 70's early 80's Malibu's even more then them years of Malibu's
I’m assuming your saying that because of the position of the distributer or because of how it cranked? The distributer can be off a tooth or two and I can correct it by turning it a little further then normal. It cranks slow because the starter is weak and the 305 heads bump up the compression a bit.
I didn’t put a light on it but I played with it by ear As for looking a little advanced the distributer could be off a tooth but I compensated by just turning it a little more
