Recent content by 80CordobaLS

This is getting depressing. I have a feeling I'm going to have to retrofit something from another vehicle.

National Moparts says they are out of them.

This was my mistake. The wipers for the 80-83 Cordoba are hidden, not exposed like Volares and Diplomats. It has a wiping cycle, and then has to park itself below the cowl.

Well bugger. Just received the bushing from Vans. Doesn’t work. There’s nothing to hold it onto the wiper drive arm. It just falls off the bushing.

Here's better pics of the cleaned up parts. The little torsion spring that fits over the shaft is intact, just not shown.

It is the bushing on the arm of the wiper motor. Attaches to the main link arm. Doesn't look like the link bushings. And the FSM doesn't even mention or show this bushing anywhere.

1980 Cordoba, just tried the wipers after giving her a wash and the arms just stopped. I'm guessing that there is a plastic bushing somewhere that just finally gave up the ghost. Where should I start looking?

Time was you just went to the local junkyard to find the needed parts. Yes, the bracket on the manifold really is just kicked over more to the left to line up with the wider 4bbl carb. Can't recall if the 2bbl kickdown rod (from carb to bellcrank) worked or if a 4bbl one was needed.

I can try to do that with the left side bumper filler because it is still intact. Same with the center portion. But the right side is basically a couple of handfuls of gravel.

I'm sure everyone is aware how fragile these things are now. That plastic portion that covers the gap between the rear bumper and the body/tail lights. The right section on my '80 LS has basically disintegrated - if you look at them too hard they'll disintegrate. Does anyone make a...

Oh and make sure the float is set correctly and the seat isn't leaking.

In the rebuild kit, there are instructions for how to set the metering rods. One other thing you could try is to use full vacuum advance. That way your throttle bores will have to be closed down almost completely at idle, giving you full advantage of the idle transition slots.

Yes, make sure the choke isn't closing on a still-hot engine. Just to clarify, true vapour lock is when the mechanical fuel pump gets so hot that the fuel 'boils' inside the pump under vacuum and so won't create suction to pull any fuel in to pump. Pouring water on the pump will show if that...

That reminds me of the time when my Lean Burn was acting up. It caused a backfire and the timing chain skipped. Ugh.

All great points describing the benefits of the torsion bar system. As a further comparison, Uncle Tony did a quick segment on Ford musclecar spring setups. Most GM at the time put the spring between the lower A-arm and the frame. Ford put it from the upper A-arm to the shock/spring tower...