88 Coupe 4.9 Swap Thread (Page 67/69)
josef644 FEB 19, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by katatak:

Wow Joe! That door hinge looks pretty bad. If you can't find one locally, let me know. I have a few laying around in the shed. Yours for the shipping.

Pat



Pat, I need the upper passenger side. The closest to me is Mustangsbware, and he is about 200 miles away. I guess I could consider him local here in Texas. LOL I'll PM you my address, and give me your PayPal so I can tighten you up. This will not be to bad to switch out while I have the fenders and door skins off of the car for painting next month.

All the rest of the hinges were still in good shape. The door's half of this one is still in good shape. Go figure?
-joe

I am gonna do a oil and filter change in the morning before a nice trip to AutoZone for a new fan belt to keep in the car.

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josef644 FEB 20, 07:36 PM
Changed the oil this morning. I used a 10W30 instead of the recommended 5W whatever. The oil pressure was still real low after the coolant temperature is up around 200 or so. I took it on a 100 mile trip since it was a beautiful Texas day. The oil light would come on at stop signs and traffic lights. It would bump around the far left side in 30mph in town traffic. When I got home I replace the 88 V6 type of oil sending unit with the 86 Duke style I had on it originally. The needle never gets in the red zone even when idling at 625 rpm and at normal temperature.

I will go to O'Reilly's tomorrow and get me an old fashion style gauge and see which one of the sending units is correct. If I have the real oil pressure as is displayed my the 88 sending unit I am gonna jerk this out f my care and find me a 2.5 with an automatic to get back on the road prertty quickly.

Ended up driving 140 miles around the home area today in my Coupe. This is about 300 miles in the past 10 days or so. This car is a blast to drive. The 88 handles so much better than my silver 86 Coupe.
katatak FEB 21, 12:09 AM
Got the hinge ready to go Joe. It will need bushings and a new pin. Should be able to get them in the Help section. No mail tomorrow - I'll send it Tuesday AM.

Pat
josef644 FEB 21, 04:17 PM
I got me a Sun Pro gauge this morning. The old fashioned type. After a 15 mile drive to get up to normal coolant temperature I pulled over and stopped. I have 0 oil pressure at 600 rpm, driving at 30 mph I have 8-10 lbs of oil pressure. I have 18 lbs at 50 mph, and near 30 at 65 mph. This engine is DEAD. I am gonna be holding a big 4.9 parts swap SALE soon. This is at 600 rpm warm engine

showing the coolant temperature:


After spending some time thinking about this swap I have decided to cut my losses and remove this 4.9. I will install a T125 automatic and a 2.8. I will not put another dime in to this 4.9 swap. I will remove the 4.9 , it's 4T60E, and all of the necessary swap parts. I will put them up for sale in the Mall. I just want to get this over with and back to driving this great little car. This is one of the best handling little cars I have ever driven and I can not wait to get it back on the road.

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BigGuyTinyCar FEB 22, 07:45 PM
Dang! What a sad ending to an awesome build thread. Sorry to hear about that Joe.
SERGE144 FEB 23, 10:56 AM
Don't give up! I admire your hard work! I'm in the midst of a 4.9 swap and I always heard about low oil pressure in these engines with no affect on the engine. My first 4.5 swap had low oil pressure but continued to run great.

I got this from a caddy forum -may be useful?

Originally Posted by buckknakid
Don't know if this will help, but here is something that I learned about my 91 deville. Maybe it will help you here.
When I test drove it, the owner stated that it just had an oil change. During the drive, I noticed that the oil pressure warning light would flicker, and be on steady when idleing. Since the car had 198k on it, this was very alarming. I would not buy it, and the owner said he would take it to the shop. He took it to a caddy dealership, and they said it had the wrong "brand" of oil filter, I think it was a Fram. They put a GM filter on (ACDelco) and everything was okay. I test drove again, everything was fine, so I bought it. It now has 204,500 miles and 2 oil changes since.
Just thought I would pass this along, and maybe you should check the oil filter, if it got changed at the oil change (as should always be the case).
Let us all know if this is the case.
I second this post. I frequent IH Scout Bulletin Boards (I've got several) and we've found the different brand oil filters really make a difference with oil pressure, flow, and lifter clatter on start-up (which isn't an issue with your caddy). Guys have gained as much as 15 psi with a simple filter change, and AC Delco seems to be the filter that gives the most results. NAPA Gold and WIX (same filter) and Purolator are good also. There are oil filter websites, and Fram filters and their 'captive' clones (I know Quaker State and Pennzoil, don't know about Valvoline brand) have some of the lowest filtering area and some of the highest resistance of all.
josef644 FEB 23, 11:20 AM
I always use Wix or AC Delco filers. She is dead. I could hear the lifters singing at idle yesterday before I took it on its final drive. Thanks for the suggestions though.
-Joe
josef644 FEB 23, 09:51 PM
I just about have the 4.9 ready to drop out of the body I have sold most of the things needed to swap in a 4.9.
josef644 MAR 01, 04:44 PM
Hey I been here before!!
katatak MAR 01, 06:32 PM
So what's next Joe? Maybe a 3.4? Sorry to hear your 4.9 treated you so badly!

P.S. Did that hinge show up?

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