Northstar rebuild: Will style (Page 22/119)
Will MAR 10, 03:12 PM
I'm near Harrisonburg/JMU. I make it down to Norfolk at least once a month.
Shouldn't be any problem to meet up.
Kohburn MAR 10, 03:24 PM
guess you are about a 2-3 hour drive from MIR then.. would be a blast to have a northstar fiero join the maryland group at MIR sometime this summer - we'll have some 3.8sc atleast one 3.4tdc but i don't think any v8's
Will MAR 22, 02:59 PM
I need to give some more credit. As I may have mentioned before, I've been talking regularly with Kevin at Total Seal. Our conversations led me to the research and body of knowledge I have now. Paul Mauzy also spoke with him regularly when honing blocks, and of course more when honing my block.

So I need to give Kevin and Total Seal a shout out. If you ever have problems with TS rings, give him a call.

bryson APR 06, 03:34 PM
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WAWUZAT APR 06, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by Will:
I'm near Harrisonburg/JMU. I make it down to Norfolk at least once a month. Shouldn't be any problem to meet up.

Small world. My sister was valedictorian there when it was known as James Madison College. I've gone skiing a few times at Mass-o-nuthin'. I work across the river from Norfolk building flat-tops and submarines at NGNN (formerly NNS).

BTW, I'll be contacting you soon about the 4.6L PCM. I've started studying the factory service manuals, and there are obviously several input circuits which can be ignored (like cruise control), but there are others for which I'll have questions.

Thanks,
Ken

Will APR 06, 11:50 PM
My mom went there as well... also when it was Madison College.
WAWUZAT APR 07, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by WAWUZAT:
BTW, I'll be contacting you soon about the 4.6L PCM. I've started studying the factory service manuals, and there are obviously several input circuits which can be ignored (like cruise control), but there are others for which I'll have questions.

When I said the cruise control (CC) input feeds could be ignored, I failed to mention the reason why. I do not currently have CC, and do not intend to have it after the swap. I imagine someone who has already CC would be quite interested in maintaining those input feeds to the Caddy's PCM.

Will APR 07, 06:44 PM

After seeing this warning

you find that they are wrapped like this

Will APR 07, 06:52 PM

Notice that the oil holes have been deburred.

Have pictures of crown and comparison, but they were blurry and I already shipped the pistons to bryson for coating, so I can't take more until the middle of next week.

Will APR 07, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by WAWUZAT:
When I said the cruise control (CC) input feeds could be ignored, I failed to mention the reason why. I do not currently have CC, and do not intend to have it after the swap. I imagine someone who has already CC would be quite interested in maintaining those input feeds to the Caddy's PCM.

Stock Fiero cruise control can drive the vaccum Caddy cruise servo. Not sure when the Caddies went to electric cruise.