cali-carl kammback

[IowaEagle]

Gotta love bureaucracies.   Should have asked for someone higher up on the food chain.  Doesn't always work if they cover for each other, but sometimes it does. 

[mojobean]

update:
haven't gotten any further on the title.. but we've been driving the car fairly often. drives well, the starter sound is the only consistent gripe. I haven't done much about the third gear since its fine if you just let it ease/slip in while shifting. if you don't put any pressure on it it will go in on its own smoothly.
this week i pulled the dash and the mister replaced the heater core. yesterday i hooked up the heat controls and today i've decided that while the dash is unattached.. i will replace the horrid KRACO radio that was in there with a factory am/fm. then i will put her back together, throw some factory working speakers in the doors and pull her out to her street spot for driving.
i just wish it wasn't so chilly today, i'm trying to get rid of a cold.

[ammachine390]

I have an 81 Concord with the same computer wiring/system. From what I have read, it sounds as though you have disabled the computer system from the 81 Eagle. What I am wondering is, would you be willing to part with the vacuum switch assembly (on fender wall, right across from distributor) and 3 solenoids on top of the valve cover? I understand completely if you want to keep them for a "just in case" situation, but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask? Thanks.

[DAVE]

where did you get the hatch seal, Apes17's kammback needs one dosen't leak to bad yet

[jim]

where did you get the hatch seal, Apes17's kammback needs one dosen't leak to bad yet

    American Parts Depot has seals available. For wagons the trunk seal from a 87 Caddy works great on the hatch.

Do you suppose that would be a one year only from the Cadillac, or would other close years work?

[mojobean]

MY KAMMBACK IS NOW TITLED AND LEGAL!!!
California DOL had nothing in its database except for a 'release of interest' on microfiche from 2002. WA DOL decided that was enough to clear the car and gave me a title!!!!! I'm sooooooooo happy!! now the fun part starts. i'm thinking new paintjob!!

[Eagleearl]

That's Great !!

[mojobean]

Got my actual hardcopy title in the mail today.  imagine my surprise when it said it was black. this is definately a blue on blue from the factory .. however, since it horribly needs a paintjob.. and i didn't get to do my sx/4 grey/black like i'd wanted.. i'm considering doing the kammback grey/black. so, eventually.. the title will be somewhat correct.

[vangremlin]

Congrats on the title!  Its always such a relief to make it through the DMV maze successfully!

[mojobean]

Well, she/he.. we still don't agree.. but Cali-Karl, being the trooper she/he is... is now on medical leave for awhile. Always outperforming any duty we asked..and going.. and going... and going like the scrappy little thing she is.. she finally blew the rear main seal.
She'd been a daily since we got her running a couple years ago, and finally got her title last summer. In December she took the hubby up to Concrete for a job.. had some fun in the mountains and mud.. and brought him home again to civilization. Then two weeks ago yesterday, she took him up again... and I got a call at 10:30pm on a Sunday night. She had made it to within 20 minutes of her destination... and just about where the Elk like to run the roads.. she blew. So.. being the loving owners we are.. we carry AAAplus...
At 2am I was standing outside in my jammies welcoming my little girl home. She looked a bit 'injured' in an ego kind of way as I pushed her up into the driveway the next day. Did a brake job and tuneup on BigBoy to take over for her and sent him out to ferry the hubby up to the wilderness.
Since I will need to pull the engine on Cali-Karl, we decided that she deserves a bit more. So she will be getting the rebuilt engine we had done for MojoMaxx (who ended up getting an already running wagon 258 because of time constraints).
Cali-Karl will be getting the rebuilt, and some new parts since they will be accessible already, and then some loving and doting upon to show her how much we appreciate her raring-to-go spunkiness since being pulled out from under the pine trees on Mt. Hood. Will keep this updated as the surgeries progress.

[shanebo]

Its always a relief to have that title in hand...Without it theres always that fear of having a huge paper weight with thousands of dollars and dozens of hours invested.....Congrats

[mojobean]

a late late late thanks for all the title congrats.. and i previously missed the offer of taking the computer related stuff off my hands

I have an 81 Concord with the same computer wiring/system. From what I have read, it sounds as though you have disabled the computer system from the 81 Eagle. What I am wondering is, would you be willing to part with the vacuum switch assembly (on fender wall, right across from distributor) and 3 solenoids on top of the valve cover? I understand completely if you want to keep them for a "just in case" situation, but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask? Thanks.

i don't think we had all those little doodads, but i could look and see.
 
correction on the engine swap… we rebuilt the sx/4 engine finally, and since i didn't like the 84 wagon engine i had put in it,, she got her rebuilt one back. took her up north to a club meeting, and lost all my gears on the way home. AAA towed her straight to my tranny guy (whom i called at home and told him i was dropping her off) and she is now getting her tranny rebuilt.  
I WILL NEVER PARK HER FOR MORE THAN A WEEK EVER EVER AGAIN! (she was NOT happy at being parked for over a year)

so the cali-carl is now still waiting, silently.

[mojobean]

aaaaand SHE IS BACK ON THE ROAD!!. Well,, she was for about a day. hubby drove her to the gas station as she only had a few cups of gas in her, and as soon as he parked her the ignition switch locked itself, key release would not budge. that was last weekend. since i had to take the steering column apart, we ordered up a new switch, and today i spent the day taking the whole thing apart, checking and rechecking to make sure everything worked. and it worked fine right up until i put the lock plate on.  can't get the switch to turn or the key release lever to move at all. 
tomorrow i will do the whole thing again. i am missing doing something i think. maybe with the rod?

also, i seem to have broken the end of the spring clip that holds in the buzzer contacts… do i really need the buzzer contacts in there? it doesn't buzz anyway. is there any reason i need to have this piece in there?

worst of all, it is parked in the street.. NOT in my driveway.

[carnuck]

Toss the buzzer piece. Not an absolute need on these. The ignition slider is probably dead and jamming the switch. Undo it and see if the key operates like it should. (I've had the same trouble in many AMC and GM vehicles. Same switch that caused the recent recall!)

[eaglebeek]

Toss the buzzer piece. Not an absolute need on these. The ignition slider is probably dead and jamming the switch. Undo it and see if the key operates like it should. (I've had the same trouble in many AMC and GM vehicles. Same switch that caused the recent recall!)

We are friends with a family that is in the lock/security business...they won't touch anything that says GM. I've had a couple of ignition lock cylinders fail in our DD Eagle.