Fully Repaired Caprice Exhaust System

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12 жыл бұрын

Here's the exhaust system all fixed up at last on the Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon, with a quick look at what all was done. I saw some evidence of fresh welds on the Y-pipe as well, so maybe it had some breaks in it.
Next up...shock absorbers for all four paws, fixing the electrical problems, adjusting/lubricating the shifting linkage and (maybe if I feel enthusiastic enough) finding the vacuum leak you hear hissing near the end of this video. Also to be fixed is the one rear window that won't work without help. I will be looking at the distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires. Then I'll send the factory radio off for a good overhauling and look toward fixing the rust damage.
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uxwbill 1993 Chevrolet Chevy Caprice station wagon "Chevrolet Caprice (Automobile Model)" why can't they make nice cars like this anymore road sofa awesome

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@GhettoWagon 11 жыл бұрын

Once you drive one with sway bars and a Impala SS/ 9C1 tight ratio steering box, you will be amazed with the handling! Its an awesome mod.

@Helo735 Ай бұрын

I completely forgot you had the wagon! Such a good color too.

@zx8401ztv 11 жыл бұрын

Exhausting work :-) New bolts to rust up, weeeeeeeeeeee lol :-) You have a good brother bill, seal done in no time at all. smashing vid, nice car :-)

@ChevyBM 9 жыл бұрын

thats a beautiful wagon!

@baltod4978 9 жыл бұрын

I love my custom cruiser! Thanks for the videos

@GhettoWagon 11 жыл бұрын

bilstein shocks rule on these wagons. Its worth the money!

@lmull3 11 жыл бұрын

i like that wagon a lot for some reason. since i inherited the one i have now, i've taken to noticing a lot more of them on the road. a lot of the modern examples have such similar body styles that it's hard to distinguish between them sometimes.

@DanielPinel 8 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that 5.7!

@bratina501 11 жыл бұрын

I actually saw one of these on the road today and wow they really are huge in real life. It not did not quite dwarf my S-10 but came close.

@RetroPCUser 3 жыл бұрын

I fixed the exhaust leak using exhaust tape, 14" x 14" sheet metal, and a 4" U bolt clamp on the resonator and used a 2.5" U bolt clamp for the joint between the Catalytic Converter and Resonator.

@ManiacalMichael504 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that warning at the start. I most certainly was using headphones at that moment! Truth be told though it wasn't that bad... some of the ones with no warning are worse!

@adey88splace 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for that....another mystery unearthed..

@tswiftshipper 11 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill, car was super quiet on your way home. Nice.

@MikeGuy993 11 жыл бұрын

I love how when you rev the engine, it shakes the whole car, that's true american power there

@Hiei2k7 11 жыл бұрын

Love the ending, it has its own space in the new garage :D Wanted to see if you had a little time and looked at the video I did about a little police caprice

@RetroVintageItems27 11 жыл бұрын

I like the hubcaps

@Spider_Rico 11 жыл бұрын

MOAR!

@ataristeve9753 11 жыл бұрын

I dunno, I liked it with the exhaust leak better. You can live with the check engine light on and slightly poorer mileage, can't you? lol. I'm glad this car fell in the right hands and is getting the care it deserves. If someone bought this car and didn't bother to fix the little things, it might have had only a few more years of life in it. I sometimes wonder where some of the cars I've had are now, if they're still "alive." Okay, guess I need to take my meds again... think happy thoughts!

@SJSharkWannabe 11 жыл бұрын

Before I stumbled upon your channel about 5 years ago I thought my family was compulsive with cars, but after watching you 3 Stooges buy all these wonderful cars I'd dare say that my family is "conservative" haha. (before I got my license in 2005 my parents drove 2 cars each - my dad had his '97 Nissan Hardbody & '69 Camaro, mom drove an '02 Chevy Avalanche & '67 VW Beetle. Now between my mom, sister, & myself we still drive 4 cars [but of course I'm the one with 2, go figure])

@armankordi 6 жыл бұрын

The exaust leaked in my friends' engine swapped 85 f150, and we just left it because it sounds nicer with the 351 than stock lol

@Hiei2k7 11 жыл бұрын

I had a place in Clinton IA replace my electrical ponytail and put in a new CD player in my 84 sedan. Same GM clip and everything. Those wires have been known to go out after 20 years and cause major static when they rub together. As far as your HVAC fan controller, trying to find an OEM Replacement might be tough. May have to be a junkyard find for that one.

@xLuiKangx007 8 жыл бұрын

Cool

@moldymac 11 жыл бұрын

Now all you need is a dashboard!

@francistheodorecatte 11 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling they started hiding the tags to put a stop to "replygirls" copying them in their entirety to get to the top of the related videos list.

@MOTERHEAD69 11 жыл бұрын

i saw one here in NZ once, rediculas thing for our roads just so huge

@NickMyers1 11 жыл бұрын

There's a place called Pull A Part near me. If you tell me what you're looking for, what years/makes/models, I can go snip a donor harness for you and drop it in a priority mail flat rate small box. It'll be extra cheap, like 2-3 bucks for the wiring harness if that.

@commodork 11 жыл бұрын

You just love body-on-frame vehicles, dontcha?

@jr540123 11 жыл бұрын

sadly not very often for most of us.

@NotARealUTubeAccount 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you from a fellow headphone user!

@schomminater 10 жыл бұрын

Those R4 A/C comressors weren't GM's best. Both of mine make a little noise too. Though if they get really noisy it means the compressor is grinding itself up. Best of luck with the car.

@OKnight1Roger 11 жыл бұрын

I think maybe you need to sand blast the underneath of that car and put a product on it called Fluid Film It prevents rust and is VERY good. you may already know from watching CRORVAIRWILD'S youtube channel.

@Blazer2533 11 жыл бұрын

very nice car but you need to charge the a/c system judging by the way the compressor is clicking off and on and also the exhaust sounded better before had a mean growl but nice car either way..good video

@WarthogRacer 11 жыл бұрын

So UXW, are you going to do anything about the spare tire panel rust? Or are you going to leave it?

@eqwanox 9 жыл бұрын

actually the 4.3 is still 8 cylinders, just smaller bore

@mrMATTHEWmay887 9 жыл бұрын

+uxwbill i have a gm 4.3 v6

@eqwanox 9 жыл бұрын

the 80s model?

@mrMATTHEWmay887 9 жыл бұрын

+EqwanoX i have two gm 4.3 v6 ones a 1992 and ones a 1998

@stevew270 8 жыл бұрын

+EqwanoX You're not wrong but there's also a 4.3 V6., same bore and stroke as a 350 minus 2 cylinders.

@lmull3 11 жыл бұрын

they have their place and their uses, but i'm not a fan of SUV's in general

@bigpopparand1 11 жыл бұрын

Hey bill do u still have the roach palace , would be cool if u could do a update

@francistheodorecatte 11 жыл бұрын

And good lord that is some body roll right there.

@mercuryoak2 11 жыл бұрын

that is a nice looking chevy bill. you dont get in trouble with the front plate missing? just curious cause i know most states want 2 plates. but i understand if you put that on there for privacy reasons

@weasel2htm 11 жыл бұрын

"Shagging" makes me think of Austin Powers..

@adobewanjerkobi 11 жыл бұрын

How often do you drive the road sofa?

@yorgle11 11 жыл бұрын

I'm of the belief that the biggest factor which killed station wagons, and would prevent them from regaining prominence, is CAFE regulations. Wagons are classified as passenger cars, so they score against a more strict CAFE requirement than truck based vehicles. Hence the manufacturers were artificially incentivized to de-emphasize wagons. It's in their regulatory interest for all passenger cars to be small ones. Even if a wagon would get better mileage than the SUV which replaced it.

@Buchoass 11 жыл бұрын

This video is great but, it reminds me of my 84 caprice wagon that I gave away, don't ask.... Nice ride! Great video. ~Cheers~ B.Champagne

@adey88splace 11 жыл бұрын

what does uxw stand for plz???

@ncrdisabled 11 жыл бұрын

I worked for Model electronics for over a year repairing from am fm radio up to $5000 radios They are a authorized chevy repair station . I repaired that kind of radio at least 1 or 2 times a week . I then went on to work at NCR . It is located in Nanuet NY Look them up in the google . Tell them my name and maybe you will get a discount . I have not worked there in over 15 years but I left on very good terms . One of the owners took me out for a shot of whiskey when I left .

@PeterZy98 9 жыл бұрын

Hi there, what camera are you using uxwbill?

@josh6715 9 жыл бұрын

***** you mean candy ham

@TheMohammadomari 11 жыл бұрын

what dealership were you at?

@scgamer2442 9 жыл бұрын

oh don't tell me you didn't like the sound of that 5.7 with a hole in the exaust at least a little bit. :)

@NJRoadfan 11 жыл бұрын

How the heck did a '93 land up with R12 A/C? At least retrofitting is doable with factory parts as GM made this car during the R-134a era. Did someone park that car in a puddle of salt water? Yikes, those fuel lines look crusty. I gotta revive my other car next weekend. Maybe go as far as putting on a "for sale" sign.

@iggy151 11 жыл бұрын

"pullin a u-ie"? We call that "flipping a bitch"

@jeromeshockley9572 4 жыл бұрын

How much did it cost you to repair

@uxwbill 4 жыл бұрын

I don't recall exactly. It was not terribly expensive.

@naterade21 10 жыл бұрын

this is just my personal opinion but i liked it better with the leak

@Crazybenjiwoo 11 жыл бұрын

me and the keykeeper have the exact same hair... whats the chances ?? i thought only the gods gift one lucky man with a head of hair like mine... :(

@jr540123 11 жыл бұрын

hello.

@jr540123 11 жыл бұрын

sadly its time for me to sleep so I'll get to talk with you tomorrow night okay bro?

@weasel2htm 11 жыл бұрын

Between your cars and the neighbors' cars, it almost looks like a used car lot, esp on the left side of the road...

@mhmrules 11 жыл бұрын

My dad calls it a whodunit.

@terryonleflore1207 7 жыл бұрын

4.3L is a V8 engine everyone. GM did not make a 4.3L V6 for the Caprice. It's the L99 and has 8 cylinders. it's a smaller version of the 5.7L LT1. smaller cylinder bores and pistons etc. Best way to tell a 5.7L from a 4.3L is by looking at the alternator. 4.3L has a small fan looking alternator. 5.7L has the big boy. Many ppl have made the mistake of buying a 4.3 thinking it's a 5.7 lt1 only to find out after the fact that they actually have the lackluster 4.3L....V8! which is an L99( baby lt1)

@KnightIndustries3000 6 жыл бұрын

Terryon LeFlore you idiot 4.3l is a V6 it's a smaller engine without cylinders 7 and 8

@gavinmatthews5903 6 жыл бұрын

I hate to break it to you, but the 4.3 l in 1994-96 caprices is indeed a V8. However, if its any consolation, caprices did come with v6s. They were available only by special order in 1991-92 model year taxis. For reference, look up “caprice v6 taxi” and it aughta show up. Hope that cleared up any confusion.

@GhettoWagon 11 жыл бұрын

Those shocks are for the cheap asses. The bilsteins are way better I put those and air lift bags in the rear. Then added boxed rear control arms and larger front and added a rear sway bar

@lmull3 11 жыл бұрын

minivans look like pills to me. just big ol' pills. i guess if you're a soccer mom or have a huge family they're useful, but, i like cars that are still cars if you know what i mean.