Monthly Archives: October 2011

Chill out and unwrap.

Got home in a funk from a boring and tedious day at work, decided to just get wrenching on something, and that something turned out the be the Solstice. I started off with emptying the A/C system, which actually had … Continue reading

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The Door..

Just a minor update, was cleaning up around the shop lift and ended up pulling apart the door from the Solstice. Managed to save the wiring harness, the buttons, the window mechanism, and the window itself. Amazing that the window … Continue reading

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More shiny stuff!

The aluminum intake manifold flange showed up today!

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Flange of (stainless) steel

Well, one of what’s sure to be many goodies arived today – the stainless steel header flange showed up. This will become the basis for the custom headers / exhaust system that will go on the Ecotec motor when it’s … Continue reading

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What a blast (and coat)…

Day or two late on getting this up, was having difficulty getting the photos to copy off my tablet onto my PC so I could upload them, need to get that sorted out as it could become a real headache… … Continue reading

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Wires, wires, everywhere!

Today was a simple chore… start pulling the remaining bits from the firewall… which meant feeding the wiring through it. I started working my way through the gauges, and eventually got them out (may have to make some kind of … Continue reading

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Steering it in the right direction…

Got a whole lot done today (and the past few nights). The dash has been removed, and the stubborn heater control button was finally disconnected from the dash, along with the horn button. On a whim, I wired the horn … Continue reading

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Buy ‘n stuff

Just put orders in for a aluminum intake manifold flange and a stainless steel exhaust header flange for the Ecotec motor, so it’ll soon be time to start brushing up on welding those two materials…

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More to go~

Started pulling more stuff out. Got the windshield wiper assembly off the top of the firewall, and after looking it over, I’ll likely order a similar setup instead of trying something different. I moved on to pulling back the main … Continue reading

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