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I'm going to use this space to record my journey of rebuilding my 1990 Grand Prix.
This will also probably be a site home to my daily Pontiac count. I try to keep a tally of how many I see on the road every day!
- November 14th: 2 were spotted. A 2005-2006 Torrent, and a 2007 Vibe!
- November 15th: None spotted :(
- November 16th: None Spotted :(
- November 17th: None Spotted :(
- November 18th: None Spotted :(
- November 19th: 1 spotted so far, it was a little hard to see but it was a 2005 Grand Prix GXP. Real clean thing, someone was defintely taking good care of it.
- November 20th: None today :(
- November 21st: 2000-2004 Grand Am and a 2005 or 2007 vibe!
- Was out of town from the 23rd to the 2nd of Dec, but I did see a g6, and two vibes. Philly doesn't seem to have as many as where I live right now.
- None spotted Dec 2 thru 6, today on the 7th I saw a late model g6 and probably a 2005-2006 grand prix GXP again. It wasn't as nice as the last one but still pretty.
Update Log
- I began to clean the interior of the car and touch up the plastics as much as I could. There is a criminal amount of sun damage and the dashboard is cracked. Uncetain if the electronics work on the inside or not, as the battery and belt system is messed up at the moment.
- I did an oil change on the car, the last time I think it had one was around 2010. The oil came out normally, there was no forbidden glitter as far as I was aware.
- Purchased the ignition coils and the ignition control module (that's the mount that the ignition coils bolt to/plug into). After a couple hours of painstaking work and thermal paste all over my pants, I managed to get everything in order. They're located in a pain in the dick location that makes the installation very annoying.
- I have a 3.1 V6, no turbo. That means there are three sparkplugs on the front of the engine (the side facing you when you open the hood), and three on the opposite side. The first three sparkplugs, while extremely annoying and painfully rusted, were easy. I am now in the process of rotating the engine. I already undid the motor mounts, and removed the air fliter—now all that remains is getting a helping hand to use a prybar and pull the engine forward, so I can access the read three sparkplugs and change them out.
- I got the alternator that came with the car tested. It works, which saves me a lotta money. Still need to buy a new belt and belt tensioner.
- Aaaand that's where I am right now. I'll update once I get to putting the new spark plug cables on.
- UPDATE DEC 12: I took the hood off and put the rear three sparkplugs in with the help of my Dad (shoutout to him honestly.) I am now fighting the endless battle of trying to figure out how to remount the alternator as I am missing the mounting bolts and the bracket is missing small metal collars that keep the bolts from rattling around. In short, I'm fucked until I can find a replacement set of bolts. I'm ordering the serpentine belt and a new belt tensioner soon so hopefully I can at least mount the tensioner.