Tire Swapping

I needed to drive down to LA for a wedding today, so I took one of the old wheels that I just brought down from my parents house (the one that still had functional rubber), and one of the wheels off of the '93 Eldo, and put them on the '95 Eldo. We did this last night at 11:30 p.m.



Not wanting the car to look even junkier than it already does, I swapped the wheels around on the 95 so that the two chrome wheels were on the drivers side, and the two matte aluminum wheels were on the passenger side, so at least each side of the car looked like it had matching wheels. This may not be the best option for tire wear, but it sure save on embarrasment.

Oh - two of these wheels that the tire shop installed were almost impossible to get off the car, I had to stand on the wrench to get the lugnuts off. Someone didn't set the tourque on the air wrench to the right setting... It shouldn't take 155 lbs to loosen the lugnut!

Saggy rear end

The rear end on the '95 Cad is sagging a lot, I suspect that the shocks were either swapped out for the kind you have to fill with compressed air every once in a while, or the fuse for the shocks has gone out... I will do a fuse check as soon as I can get around to it.

I took two of the spare wheels I have home this weekend, which is the number of cadillac wheels you can fit in a honda accord trunk. We're probaly going back up this weekend, so I will grab the other two then.

Why won't anyone change the oil in the 944?

This is getting ridiculous. 8 places that "specialize" in oil changes refuse to do it. WHY?! The place today tried to tell me that the engine needs to be turned over in a special way when the oil is changed. ugh...One a few weeks ago said they didn't have the tools need to change the oil in it. I refuse to go to a Porsche dealer and pay $120 bucks for an oil change!!! I'll probably break down and buy the shorter jack stands so I can do it myself at home.

'95 cad wheels

I think I'm going to grab my spare set of cadillac wheels from my parents house when I go visit this weekend...then I can have the tire shop switch over all the tires when I get the flat repaired. No more leaky tire...

Cadillac meet today

I went to a Cadillac meet today with the Bay Area chapter of the CML. Except I didn't get to drive a Cadillac. We BBQ'd and ate pie, and looked at each others cars. It was a beautiful day and great fun.

so busy...

Work this week is very busy I've had homework every night. so nothing has been done on any of the cars. I haven't even brought the flat into the tire shop for repair yet.

I was thinking that it would be a good idea to bring the 944 into the shop and have the struts and alignment done, but I'll also have to get new tires, and I'm not 100% sure the rear drivers side wheel lock will come off...

More Flat tires

This time a different tire went flat while I was at work...

Plan for this weekend

I have found myself with a free Sunday for once.

Here's a list of stuff that needs to be done that I currently have the parts for in the garage:

Change front brakes on 944
replace headlight on 944
install antenna on 944
re-connect ipod plug in 944
Change oil in 944
Change front brakes on '67 Eldo
Change oil on '95 Eldo

Here's a list of other things that I need to get parts to do:

Check rear brakes on '95 Eldo (well, I MAY need to get parts for this...)
Fix '67 Eldo (need vacuum modluator?)

Cadillac North-South Show

I went to a Cadillac show this weekend in San Luis Obispo, CA. There's nothing better then looking at beautiful working Cadillacs to motive you to finish yours...

There was a gorgeous 1930 v-16 Cadillac at the show, and many 60's including 3 '67-'68 Eldorado's!

I got some good info on possible solutions to my vacuum leak, including the difference between the two vacuum modulators that are available in parts stores. Turns out I want the more expensive brass one which is what the original came with.

The smaller modulator leaves off a feature (that I can't remember what it was exactly...) that you don't NEED to run the car, but why would you buy a part that reduces what the car does?

Going to SLO this weekend

in the '95 eldo with the leaky tire...

Dirty Dirty Cars

I need to do a mass car washing... all the cars a filthy, with the exception of the 67 Eldo which has been under a car cover the last few months. though I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't clean under there, every time the gardeners come by they use leaf blowers to "clean" the yard, and in the process blow the cover off the car (last time this was evidenced by the fact that the car cover was stretched over the antenna instead of having the antenna go through the small hole I put in the car cover). It really drives me crazy that there are people coming to the house every other week who are touching my cars.