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General Buick Tech / Re:(Update) Getting ready to start new motor

« on: July 12 2012, 07:54:27 PM »

Drove my gn today for the first time since 2007!!!!! Everything sounded and felt good.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Getting ready to start new motor ( Update)

« on: July 10 2012, 04:18:15 PM »

Fired up the car yesterday. Broke the cam in and everything sounded good. Got a antifreeze leak and a oil leak I need to find. Gonna change the oil and then it goes to the tranny shop Thursday morning for the new 2400 stall converter and adjustment. A big thank you to all you guys the knowledge I've gotten just with the search on this site has been invaluable

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: May 07 2012, 08:36:55 PM »

Glad I actually decided to go to the garage after work and try to figure it out. Now I just need to adjust my new TPS and IAC and hopefully it will fire up and break in the cam.


Steve, I hear you. As my favorite sticker on my hard hat says " Put Americans To Work Buy American
Made

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: May 07 2012, 08:11:30 PM »

After not working on my car for a few weeks due to going back to work after a 4 month layoff(Union Ironworker), I found my problem. Bad connection on the power wire. Thanks for all the good advice guys

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 17 2012, 11:02:04 AM »

Crashed this car pretty good 9 years ago, ps headlight right back to the door. Did some damage to the harness and actually pulled the orange wire out. Had me scratching my head with the no start till I found that problem. I repaired the harness and have never had any issue in the 4 years I drove the car before doing the motor over. Hopin that it doesn't have anything to do with the repaires I made. Just puzzled with the fact everything was good till the wire pulled out

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 17 2012, 10:56:06 AM »

Gonna go recheck everything I did last night and hope I was overlooking something. Can get a ECM to swap in but not till this weekend. Almost thinking about just buying one and putting it on the shelf if its not the issue

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 17 2012, 10:39:28 AM »

Tried the old chip as soon as I had the issue. With the tt chip everything was working(SES light and scan master went in to waiting mode) until the wire pulled out now nothing even with stock chip

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 16 2012, 11:42:46 PM »

I defiantly did that while trying to get a good connection on c16.
If I did fry it would that also ruin the new turbo tweak chip that was in it?

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 16 2012, 11:16:30 PM »

I disconnectted wire at battery.
I will start the trouble shooting tree when I get to the garage tomorrow.
Wish my garage was at my house.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 16 2012, 10:51:12 PM »

C16 orange wire.
At first I had a hard time getting it back in, when I would plug into ECM it would push wire back out. I got it in and secure with 11.89 volts On the ECM side of plug.

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General Buick Tech / Did I fry my ECM

« on: April 16 2012, 10:26:10 PM »

Installed turbo tweak chip today( motor hasn't been started yet). Everything seemed good. Ses light blinked once then sayed on, scan master came on and went into waiting mode. Turned the key on and off a couple times everything seemed good. Went to tuck ECM back into it spot and the orange power wire pulled out.i got the wire securely back into the plug and checked to make sure I had 12 volts to the pin connector but the ses light will not come on. The powers there but no ses light. I'm thinking I fried it. Can get my hands on another gn ECM but not till this weekend. Hoping it's something stupid. Any ideas?

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Transmissions / Re: Good converter for my set up????

« on: April 06 2012, 10:18:32 PM »

I talked to a gentlemen at pat converters today and ordered this.

Product ID: 1202XHD 12"200R4 LOCKUP Stall 2400-2600

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Transmissions / Re: Good converter for my set up????

« on: April 04 2012, 10:42:07 PM »

Thanks, I'm going to talk to the transmission guy tomorrow to have him order a 2200-2400 converter then order my chip and injectors. Was excited as all hell thinking I was gonna be firing the car up Monday but I've waited this long no sense in cutting corners at this point. Thanks again for your help

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Transmissions / Good converter for my set up????

« on: April 04 2012, 08:32:15 PM »

When my transmission was rebuilt I ended up with a 1900 stall converter based on the recommendation of the tranny guy. I'm now thinking its a bad match(wish I had done more research). Should I just be going with the stock d5 converter or a higher stall, lock up, non lock up. I don't really know my asshole from my elbow with converters so any help will be appreciated


Stock turbo
Stock down pipe
Adjustable waste gate
High flow cat & cat-back exhaust
Comp cam 260h
Roller rockers
Port & polished heads
Stock intercooler


Hope thats enough info I don't have all the receipts on motor & transmission build with me right now.


I want to order a turbo tweak chip and 60 lb/hr injectors but don't know which Converter I should put in the my set up part of the order. When car is running it will be going to transmission shop to be adjusted and if the converter I hav is a bad match I will order a better one now and have it changed while there.
Thank you
- Mike -

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General Buick Tech / Re: Getting ready to start new motor

« on: April 04 2012, 06:47:54 PM »

Learn something new everyday.  I'm gonna go ahead and order a set of 60 lb/hr injectors and a matching chip. Thanks for the input