Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
10-05-2024, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 10
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Heres where it is now, waiting on new seals. ...
Heres where it is now, waiting on new seals. Pretty sure the proportioning valve was holding up the fluid, it was rusted in the hex nut not letting it open enough. I will know once I get new...
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Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
10-05-2024, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 356
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Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
10-03-2024, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 356
Both pictures / drawings I have found show the...
Both pictures / drawings I have found show the valve design as fitting disk / drum setups. Maybe they used the same valve for disk / disk, I don't know. I am starting to think the spring and cup...
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Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
10-02-2024, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 356
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Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
10-02-2024, 12:04 PM
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Views: 356
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Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
09-30-2024, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 356
'79 disk brake combination valve help
I am looking for information on just how the combination valve / proportioning valve works on '79 with four wheel disk. Bleeding the system is proving harder then it needs to be. The brass...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
04-10-2024, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,089
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
04-10-2024, 11:05 AM
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
04-06-2024, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,089
Not sure about the thermostat housing, it has...
Not sure about the thermostat housing, it has been with the unit since new. I will look at the window sticker he still has and see when the car was sold new.
Dad will be happy with it.
I'm...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
04-05-2024, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,089
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
04-05-2024, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 14
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Finished up the '65 rebuild for display
Here is the '65 338hp Tri-Power dad purchased on his '65 Catalina wagon. Its as original as I could get it all the way down to the markings on the bolts. He had kept everything when he put a 455...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
03-21-2024, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,911
Lets go with this,
1964 and older, all vacuum...
Lets go with this,
1964 and older, all vacuum operated, manual or automatic transmissions
GTO, and big car
1965 - 1966, automatic transmissions , vacuum operated tripower
1965 - 1966, manual...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
03-18-2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,911
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
03-17-2024, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,911
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
03-16-2024, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,911
Vacuum verse mechanical
Does any one have any documentation on what cars got the vacuum systems and what got the mechanical systems? I have seen original big cars with manual transmissions and vacuum tri-power. Never...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-22-2024, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,242
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-22-2024, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,242
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-22-2024, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-20-2024, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
NO, you leave enough open so the vacuum passes...
NO, you leave enough open so the vacuum passes right through both ports. The epoxy is just to insure no coolant gets through. Dad said that was the problem with his, coolant seeped in and gummed up...
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-19-2024, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-19-2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-18-2024, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-18-2024, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,601
Thermostat valve
Where are all the thermostat valves? I need ( want ) one for a '65.
Is there any after market pieces?
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-17-2024, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,242
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Forum: Tri-Power Tech
01-17-2024, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,242
'65 Catalina air cleaner questions
I am rebuilding the Tri-power of dad's '65 Catalina wagon just for a winter project. Back when he was racing a lot, he rounded the snorkels of the air cleaner for ram air tubes. I have the snorkels...
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