She was looking pretty sad going through emissions on the dyno with a missing headlight, no grille, rusty radiator support, missing turn signals after paint since I had taken all that off. All the plastic headlight adjusters were broke so some lights were just barely hanging on by the springs. Failed on the gas cap alone.
Go get new cap across street at parts store and come back 15 minutes later. Go through the ENTIRE emissions process again and passes fine. They no longer check for emissions stuff. They don't seem to care it has a cat, or anything else under the hood. The guy even told me they don't look under the hood anymore for Colorado emissions. Well.. good for us I guess.
Got the face lift done. New headlight adjusters (GM part number 15722032) which are not cheap. $11 each. they only had so many I needed 8. Had to settle for the Dorman part 42189 which work fine but have a Phillips head compared to torx on GM adjusters. SInce I had all the lights out, I gave the radiator support some much needed love with some semi gloss black paint on the front and top.
I noticed that one of my headlights on my 89 Suburban was pointing down some. So I pulled the bezel off and the adjustment nut on top had disintegrated. As I was messing with it, the one on the side did too. So I removed the light, went to Napa and picked up some replacements. Go home to...
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Added new turn signal lenses since the old ones were yellowed and dull. Only $13 each at Rock Auto. A new grille, bezels, and new headlights were also added. Found my old emblem that use to be on Potent Rodent before I switched it to a GMC grille. Turned out nice! Can't forget the 80s Heartbeart of America license plate!
Had no pressure when I first started it which freaked me out. Got a mechanical gauge on the engine and pressure is good. Need to replace the sensor. Wish I would have done that with the engine out since it requires taking out the distributor. Has a mild tick, hopefully its just a lifter that needs adjusting and nothing major. Most of the black wire loom was missing and cracked/flaked off from old age so had to spend a good hour replacing that.
