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| GREETINGS! If you've never been to SCREECH.WS before, welcome to the site. This automotive oriented site deals primarily with the vehicle platforms you find displayed down the left side of the page, namely the '73-'77 GM A-body midsized cars, the '82-'96 GM A-body midsized cars, and the '90-'96 GM U-body APV vans. Contributions of related sites, pictures, magazine articles and the like are always welcomed. Each catagory is designed to provide viewers with pictures, info and links for these platforms. As time permits, this site will continue to grow and will hopefully be useful, if not mildly entertaining, to at least a few of those who stumble upon it. Enjoy!
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LATEST NEWS
| 2009.12.25 |
The Trans Sport has been back on the road now for the past few days with the L67 Supercharged 3800 install completed and running. There are only a couple minor kinks to work out, but for the most part everything went very well and I have been rather impressed with the van's revitalized "youthful vigor". :) Over 400 digital images and with a few minutes of video footage were captured and almost a half dozen pages of updated wiring diagrams had to be written surrounding this swap! It all seemed so simple in my head when I was planning the swap, and I had anticipated having it done inside of two weeks. I suppose if I had been able to ONLY focus on it, that might have been the case. Unfortunately, life's not like that. Anyway, I will do my best to get more info posted as soon as possible about the L67 install. Who knows - maybe this will be the impetus I need to get the actual content pages of the site populated after all this time! :))
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| 2009.11.04 |
The Trans Sport's engine bay is now completed as far as the supercharged 3800 install goes. The only thing left is the wiring under the dash. I have a couple of modules to add in order to make the van run properly. As I did not have the computer reprogrammed to remove the VATS I need to install the PassKey module and ignition cylinder, and I also need to install the multifunction chime module from the Park Avenue to control the two-flow electric power steering. This feature basically provides full power assist at speeds below 20mph, and drops some of the assist for a greater "road feel" when travelling above 20mph. It seems odd that they used the MFCM to control this, but, that's what they did. Thankfully I purchased the factory service and wiring manuals when I purchased the Park Ave, or I would have had NO IDEA about how some of this stuff was wired!
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| 2009.10.15 |
So, obviously I didn't get the info posted about the drivetrain swap in the van by the end of July. There's two reasons for that - the first is that it's still not done as I ran into a few extra hurdles to get over, and I ended up having a few weeks at work that pretty much precluded any work getting done. The second reason that I didn't get anything published was that I was keeping the actual details of the swap a secret for a while, but no longer. The drivetrain actually came out of a '92 Buick Park Avenue Ultra, and it therefore includes a VIN 1 Series I 3800 Supercharged. The cradle is bolted in the van, and partially connected. The cooling system still needs to be hooked up under the hood, and the underdash wiring needs to be completed. There were 7 wires that needed to be added to the Trans Sport's engine wiring harness, which have been run into the cabin and await connection to the Park Avenue's ECM. I will be posting the info on this swap as I have been taking MANY pictures along the way to capture as much detail and info as possible. It will take some time to get it all sorted out, but I will post it a bit at a time so it won't be forever before any content is up. I'll get a picture up soon, I promise. :)
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| 2009.08.21 |
A little over a week ago a new truck was procured to perform towing duties, so I don't have to keep relying on the one that I have been "borrowing" up until now. Pictures will be posted soon, but basically it's a '91 Chev 1/2 ton 4x4 with the 8' box and an extended cab. It's in quite good shape and should serve me quite well for some time. I've got to put a brake controller into it yet as the owner previous to the guy I bought it from stripped all that out of it - but thankfully he left the hitch on it! It's got an extra leaf in the rear compared to the '90 4x4 I've been using, so I'm eager to see how it will handle the trailer. The longer frame should make for a more stable ride as well.
One of the things I had to do to the truck was replace the driver's side mirror which had been broken and fixed with duct tape. This truck has the folding style mirrors, although not currently power - a NEW power SET can be had on eBay for about $55. Regardless, I don't have time to do the conversion just yet, so I just wanted to get a replacement manual mirror for it at present. Finding a truck with these mirrors still on it at the wreckers is next to impossible. HOWEVER, the mirrors on most Astro and Safari vans are the same mirror, except for the mounting base that bolts the door. Three screws later, the head is off and can be swapped for the Astro/Safari mirror. Yay! Now I can properly see and shouldn't have to worry accidentally running over any more small chidlren! I'm kidding, of course. That never happened to begin with. :)
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