Hey everybody,
So I bought this 1985 5th Ave. the other day. It seems to be in decent shape overall, with a few exceptions. I finally got the time to give it a once-over and I'm seeing some issues. There seems to be a few aftermarket parts along with some shady wrenching. Would any of you more knowledgeable people mind taking a look at some photos and let me know what I need to do to make this car better?
Things I've found so far:
The source of my massive oil leak is the Passenger side valve cover gasket. Picked up a set from the parts store, will install on Monday.
There are aftermarket heads, intake manifold, and carbuerator. All Edelbrock. Cannot vouch for the workmanship of the installer or much else really. Are these helping me, or hurting me. Probably hurting. But so shiny!!
The transmission shifts smoothly, but gets in third gear as fast as it can and stays there. I noticed the kickdown linkage is not connected and I'm pretty sure that has to to with the aftermarket parts. Oh boy.
The a/c doesn't work. The heater equally doesn't work. The heater hoses have been removed. Not a huge deal to me at this time. Until it is.
Looks like I'm missing a belt??
No sign of a PCV system, but maybe I'm missing something.
There is a lot more, but I will go ahead and post the pics up and let you guys tell me what you see. Thanks in advance.
So I bought this 1985 5th Ave. the other day. It seems to be in decent shape overall, with a few exceptions. I finally got the time to give it a once-over and I'm seeing some issues. There seems to be a few aftermarket parts along with some shady wrenching. Would any of you more knowledgeable people mind taking a look at some photos and let me know what I need to do to make this car better?
Things I've found so far:
The source of my massive oil leak is the Passenger side valve cover gasket. Picked up a set from the parts store, will install on Monday.
There are aftermarket heads, intake manifold, and carbuerator. All Edelbrock. Cannot vouch for the workmanship of the installer or much else really. Are these helping me, or hurting me. Probably hurting. But so shiny!!
The transmission shifts smoothly, but gets in third gear as fast as it can and stays there. I noticed the kickdown linkage is not connected and I'm pretty sure that has to to with the aftermarket parts. Oh boy.
The a/c doesn't work. The heater equally doesn't work. The heater hoses have been removed. Not a huge deal to me at this time. Until it is.
Looks like I'm missing a belt??
No sign of a PCV system, but maybe I'm missing something.
There is a lot more, but I will go ahead and post the pics up and let you guys tell me what you see. Thanks in advance.