My car has gremlins in it, I swear to god

**91Z28** · 04-23-2006, 11:17 AM

Last saturday was the first really nice day up this way, so I took my car out of storage and went for a cruise to the car wash. On the way back it ran like shit and backfired a lot (still smoked an srt4 though

). I got home and found a plug wire was off, no big deal. Later on I drive to the post office and notice white smoke coming from all over the place. My oil pressure sensor popped and was spraying oil onto my hot headers. Great. Well I get the car home and notice coolant all over the place, turns out my intake manifold gasket also blew. It turns out that the idiots (Fbodymotorsports/thirdgenresource/whatever they call themselves now) didn't even bolt it down right, 3 of the screws were loose enough to remove by hand. Well those things are easy and cheap enough to fix (my friend has a lift) and I had him put C5 brakes on my car while he had it. Then we noticed something else: my T56 bellhousing is cracked. What a fucking week.

**gettin sideways** · 04-23-2006, 11:23 AM

damn man, that sucks, sorry to hear it

**BrandonDrecksage** · 04-23-2006, 11:53 AM

damn..that sucks. reminds me of the day that my car started in the mourning..went to pick up my cousin to drive him to school and the car wouldn't start. got it to the dealership and after 15 minutes of him checking stuff..it started fine....which pisses me off..they have no idea what happened..I'm waiting for it to happen again.

**CaptainCaveMan** · 04-23-2006, 12:19 PM

Jesus christ dude!

**91Z28** · 04-23-2006, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by CaptainCaveMan

Jesus christ dude!

Yeah if I can find a bellhousing for sale, it'll be cheap, like around 50 bucks. But if I'm going to be going in there, I might as well step up to a clutch that can live behind the heads and cam I have sitting in my rooom......that'll be close to a grand including the price of an aluminum flywheel. ***sigh****

**snaggeltooth** · 04-23-2006, 01:32 PM

you need to get a live chicken to remove the curse ......

**ss~zoso~ss** · 04-23-2006, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by BrandonDrecksage

damn..that sucks. reminds me of the day that my car started in the mourning..went to pick up my cousin to drive him to school and the car wouldn't start. got it to the dealership and after 15 minutes of him checking stuff..it started fine....which pisses me off..they have no idea what happened..I'm waiting for it to happen again.

this happened to me but i caught it be4 i had to get it towed, it turns out that my battery cables werent screwed in to the Batt. tight enough, they had worked themselves loose, and i just retightened them and the car started fine

**needmorepwr** · 04-23-2006, 05:11 PM

it didn't like sitting in storage.

**91Z28** · 04-23-2006, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by needmorepwr

it didn't like sitting in storage.

My thoughts exactly, this car has been stored for the majority of 2 1/2 years now.

**oneBADDz** · 04-23-2006, 07:05 PM

T56 in a 91 you say? Care to tell us more?

**91Z28** · 04-23-2006, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by z_driver1

T56 in a 91 you say? Care to tell us more?

There is a vid in my sig, also like I said I put the C5 brakes on this weekend.

**oneBADDz** · 04-23-2006, 07:11 PM

I've watched the vid, just didn't realize it wasn't any old 3rd gen. props on a sweet third gen that defies the mullet rule

**91Z28** · 04-23-2006, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by z_driver1

I've watched the vid, just didn't realize it wasn't any old 3rd gen. props on a sweet third gen that defies the mullet rule

thanks

**91Z28** · 04-24-2006, 06:34 PM

Finding a used LT1 t56 bellhousing is turning out to be a fucking pain in the ass.

**91Z28** · 04-27-2006, 09:15 AM

One more thing for the list: blown valve cover gasket. Oh well at least this will be easy, not to mention I bought some new sharp looking valve covers.