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Post by ti4438 on Jan 22, 2013 7:27:05 GMT -5
That's the only time I've seen the bridge up.
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 15, 2013 18:00:24 GMT -5
The Ghostmobile...2000 Eldorado. Now sporting the "BDR 529" tag on the front. Rob
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Post by sigmfsk on Feb 15, 2013 18:33:14 GMT -5
The Ghostmobile...2000 Eldorado. Now sporting the "BDR 529" tag on the front. Good to see BDR529 on your daily! My two favorite BDR529 stories are when LV got a BDR529 ticket: bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=information&thread=368&post=2112And during our trip to CEVS last year bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=meetings2012&thread=415&post=5604Dad and I were behind Sean's blumo, following him around for pics at original movie sites, and dad asked if that was legal, driving around in a police-looking car with door stars and stenciling on it. I started laughing, and said I didn't think that would be the biggest concern - and told him to look at Sean's rear mounted license plate: BDR 529. Dad just couldn't believe it, but I said after driving half way across the country to see Chicago in his blumo, having the movie plate was just part of the experience. Sean had his real plate on the rear package tray.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 15, 2013 22:02:59 GMT -5
The Ghostmobile...2000 Eldorado. Now sporting the "BDR 529" tag on the front. Rob I had a tri-coat red '97 Eldorado that I sold when I got my Magnum R/T, same wheels and all as yours. One of my favorite "modern" cars of all time.Yours is gorgeous. Adam
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 17, 2013 21:26:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Adam. I really love this car, but it's exhibiting the signs of the dreaded Northstar 'curse of the leaking head gasket'....also known as block stud stretch, which wasn't fixed on the Northstar until around 2002 (damn those Cadillac engineers). It's probably a 1,500 to 2,000 USD repair, and I'm just not going to spend that kind of $$ on a car that's only worth about 5 grand, as it is...and besides, I could put that kind of money in my Blumo, and be a LOT happier!
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Post by spanks79 on Feb 17, 2013 22:12:22 GMT -5
Thanks, Adam. I really love this car, but it's exhibiting the signs of the dreaded Northstar 'curse of the leaking head gasket'....also known as block stud stretch, ......... It's probably a 1,500 to 2,000 USD repair If your lucky, most head gasket repairs I have seen on that engine run about $3500, if someone says they can do it for less, i'd be skeptical. That is a big job and requires special tools to install he timeserts in te block. The last one I did, on a black 99 Eldorado none the less, the customer requested a new engine from GM. That one was north of $5k I use to like Cadillacs until I saw a number of folks burned on that head gasket deal. Anyone I know who owns one, I tell them to dump it ASAP. Someone on my in-law side of the family had one and I kept telling them its not if but when they fail, they did not listen.
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 17, 2013 23:04:33 GMT -5
Yeah, my brother (an ASE certified mechanic) told me the same thing, before I bought it...but, I was sucked in by the sexy body and performance, so I ignored his advice. Just like a real high-dollar woman, what you see isn't always what you get.... The price was for me to do it myself; dropping the cradle and being out of a car for 2 weeks isn't going to cut it for me, so I'll probably sell it before it gets too bad. Rob
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Post by spanks79 on Feb 17, 2013 23:59:54 GMT -5
The price was for me to do it myself Ahhhh, that makes sence. Not a job for the faint of heart. That is a lot of flipping' work to drop that cradle out then you got to deal with the timing chains ect.....
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2013 6:30:24 GMT -5
I work at a GM dealer, my Caddy never had a head gasket issue but burnt both exhaust valves in the same cylinder one night. The car had 109,000 on it. I got a used 60,000 miles engine for $1,500 and paid about a grand to have it installed, well worth it in my book. Did you try the GM pellets for your head gasket?
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 19, 2013 14:30:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I've tried every snake-oil fix known to man; even though I knew they wouldn't work...I just wanted to slow it down. The cylinder pressures on the Northstar are so extreme, there's nothing known to chemical-dependent man that will seal a breach...only taking apart the 3-piece aluminum block, drilling and tapping the old stud holes, and putting it back together--with no extra pieces left over--will cure it. Rob
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Post by christine58 on Feb 22, 2013 12:02:52 GMT -5
Could be worse, could be a V8-6-4!!!!
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 22, 2013 18:15:39 GMT -5
Could be worse, could be a V8-6-4!!!! ;D Leave it to Oldsmobile! Rob
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Post by Lord Vadus on Feb 22, 2013 18:35:09 GMT -5
Could be worse, could be a V8-6-4!!!! ;D Leave it to Oldsmobile! Rob No, that was, indeed, one of Cadillac's worst ideas; right up there with the diesel.
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Post by Sd.Kfz. 400 on Feb 22, 2013 19:20:26 GMT -5
;D Leave it to Oldsmobile! Rob No, that was, indeed, one of Cadillac's worst ideas; right up there with the diesel. The worst was suv's. Second worst was the front wheel drive.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 22, 2013 19:40:41 GMT -5
Actually coming from a Cadillac family my whole life, FWD Caddy's are the best. Late 60's-70's Eldorados, post 4100HT Devilles, Sevilles and Eldorados. The Northstar may have it's issues but is still one of the best designed (possibly over-engineered) efficient engines ever built, my '97 Eldo got 32 MPG on the Highway, 29+ with the A/C on and made more power than any engine I've ever driven of equivalent size. And living in the mountains of NY I can testify that FWD Caddys do better in the snow than my AWD Magnum. I'd still have a Caddy as my "secondary " daily driver except I bought the Magnum since I have a kid and the only Caddy station wagon out there is a hearse! I do agree that Escalades are not Caddys, they're Chevy LTZ trucks with Caddy emblems. When I was 16 my mother had a 500CI Eldorado FWD, I used to borrow it and go out drag racing with it. At the time (later 80's) IROCs, Trans Ams, late 70's Go-maros were all lunch for that car! I'd beat a Camaro by a quarter of the quarter mile. I'd let off and coast at roughly 3/4 of the way just to humiliate the Camaro owner even more, What a torquey SOB that car was. 100 FWD burn-outs, cost my father a ton of money in front CV joints ($600 a pop back then).
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