Disaster Restoration: Fixing All The FIRE DAMAGE On My CHEAP Z28 Camaro
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024
- I bought a 1993 Chevy Camaro Z28 that caught on fire yesterday. Today we're going to cut all the fire damage out of it and replace it all with new. Nylon "non-repairable" fuel lines had burnt, wires melted, plastic had turned into glass art, the fire caused lots of issues. After a full day of work I should have this old LT1 Camaro back on the street and ready to cause havoc again.
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Awesome job, JR! I sure do miss her, but she’s obviously in good hands! Can’t wait to drive her again!
Nice man, is it weird to watch the progress of it getting fixed on here ??!? Especially when you know everything about the car ?? Like when JR says “ whoever installed this at this time did it backwards or used this brand parts, or I don’t know why someone would install this” (lol) but you know the answer to everything he asked ... gotta be super crazy lol
@@B0xlife1 more sad to see it since it’s no longer mine. But yes definitely weird! All the sketchy things JR has mentioned have been done by previous people, so it’s more of a facepalm moment! Haha.
I’m sure he will sell it back for $10k
I’ve had more than 1 that were just more than I could do at the time, always enjoyed watching someone put them back on the road. Some of that “it used to be mine” pride is always there, cool old Camaro for sure!!
I believe it is for sale!
I love that doorman fuel line repair kit I used to work on Chevrolet fleet cars and that kit paid for itself after the first couple times using it. And the fact that it has all the tools and fittings and is labeled makes it easy to get the job done right.
Awesome! I didn’t even know a kit like this existed!
Can’t wait to see this purple beauty after the detail dudes get their hands on her!
Cool repair. My favourite thing about this channel is the variety of cars and projects you showcase.
Nice job!! , I hope you offer it back to the kid before you sell it off!!
I had a camaro that made me mad Not being able to get it fixed correctly and lack of funds to take it to a shop, I really regret selling it!
Tell us about the SRT8 Dodge Magnum on the lift in the background. One of my favorite cars.
The "I'm done fucking around with it" kit
Oetiker clamps are the best ever. That Dorman tool is slick, beats trying to use your hands to shove a heated nylon hose over a fitting (and mangling it several times in the process).
Just get her detailed and I will be on my way to pick her up! Thanx I really appreciate it!😎
My dad had the 97 30th anniversary edition. White with orange stripes. White leather interior T-tops. 6 speed with a ls. Learned how to drive stick in that car. It was awesome.
That is one cool kit for fuel lines!! Nicely done! Thanks for the laugh GM....changing everything in 94. LOL
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I looked on my 93 PPM Z, that metal 90 degree elbow in the fuel line is factory. The hose clamp is not, and there should be a little a little rubber boot over where it connects to the hardline.
If you can still buy the GM 1LE induction elbow, it is exactly the same as the original, it just doesn’t have the hole cut out for that noise reduction tube.
I love this content. Keep it coming.
That color really pops
Nice series JR...these are the sort of videos that make your channel so interesting and watchable... ..inspires me so thankyou.
JR Is A Legend Of Mechanic of fixing cars, trucks, motorcycles, and anything with a engine! 🙃🤑😊
Great find, great save, nice car! Thanks for the great content as well.
Those are great cars. I had a 94 Firebird Formula LT1 auto and loved it!
my fuel line had a hole in it right underneath the driver side floor pan, happened when i welded the floors in and i used this kit! honestly was very scared about using it, but it’s held up the whole time i had it driving.
might not have been the exact same kit, but it was a similar fuel line repair kit.
21:45 you don’t always have to buy a full exhaust for every car you have/flip lol. Just have a shop weld on a flow master for $150 and make it sound more tamed without a full stainless exhaust! Also great job with getting those repairs done so quick
even the Flowmaster American Thunder kit is under $500 at Summit and has the nice looking overbored tailpipes
The “Flamero”
That car will look awesome when you send it to your detail buddies !! I'm almost 60 and I'm not sure I've ever seen that color. I love it.
I too have a 1993 Camaro. The color is called "purple pearl metallic".
Sweet! Nice job. A guy I went to school with got a brand new one of these in 1995 and I always loved them.
I really love this channel. Best content.
Cool project and quick! Another cheap fix to stop metal lines or stainless steel lines from chaffing is to cut a rubber fuel or transmission hose down the middle and a couple zip ties and voila! Cheers from Canada!
Just get the supercharger elbow for the throttle body intake tube to delete the resonator. You can buy them from vortech I believe for about 100 bucks. It looks really good too!!
The Statue saves the day again!
I figured you would just go braided line.. Also, really like the ford electric engine idea, going to research it. SL isn't huge on space.
Great Job! I can’t wait to see it detailed out and what you get for it.
Cool fix. I could never get the fog lights to last on my '96, they would continuously get destroyed by rocks. This brings back so many memories now of wrenching on that thing! lol
That fuel line kit is great! Hopefully you won’t have to use it a lot but it’s saved my ass many times when you stumble across rusted fuel lines in the middle of a repair.
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Nice work. I am looking forward to the before and after detail job.
I just replaced the fuel line on my Buick with nylon. All you have to do is put the end of the nylon line in hot water and you can push it onto the line.
Hi JR, I am so glad you got this sweet Camaro going again however I just wanted to share a concern with you. Do you know why the fuel line hole started to begin with? I used to own a 1995 S-10 which I purchased new in 1995 and traded back in Dec 2004. Long before I traded it, many of the under-hood plastics had become brittle from heat exposure from the engine. While I never had a fuel line issue, I did have wiring insulation and most certainly vacuum hoses that were just dried out or destroyed from the heat within the engine bay.
If this may have been what caused the initial fuel line breach in the Z28, that entire fuel line is likely very brittle and now, having a long metal connector on the inside of of the fuel line may end up creating new breaks in the line because the metal pushing against the brittle nylon line.
I will say, I think that what you did was the best possible repair for using the existing fuel lines but just wanted to share a concern that I had about it.
Congrats on getting her going so quickly!
Have a great day!
It would be cool to do a little shoot out video between your high school camaro and this one before you sell it since there so similar, keep up the great videos!
That repair kit is pretty sweet. I served some time in a TI Automotive factory in a prior life that's pretty much the process the actual swaging machines use.
I'm not sure I would have used the clamps. I'm wouldn't be so much worried about abrasion, but stress risers in the surrounding material. Nylon isn't too terribly compressible.
Anyhow, it's _probably_ not going to burst into flames, which is really any of us can say about our work if we're honest. 😆
Trust me you need those clamps, do enough Fuel line repairs on Ford trucks with 45's and you will find leaks without them. Also that kit was a pita trying to do the same 45's. I hate Nylon fuel lines lol
To delete the noise tube, use a spray paint can lid...flexes and slides in there
Bought an aluminum trick flow intake elbow for the LT1 in the 96 I used to have before the LS1 swap.
They do make a billet aluminum plug for that plastic intake resonator tube. I have one on my 97 camaro ss.
The air foil thing seems to be a plus too.
I wouldn't disconnect the water from the throttle body, it helps with fuel vaporization in colder weather.
Can't wait for the detail video!
Jr get er done ✔
Nice - you scored well on this. Looking forward to seeing it detailed. :-)
Burning-Maro... That is maybe the best color EVER!! Almost as good as my '71 Tropical Lime Firebird Formula!
That thing is beautiful! That's what i want to buy my daughter...been seeing a few of them around, one i wanna ask after. That being a '93 makes me feel old as heck. I remember when those were brand new and you were the talk of the town if you bought one!
Friends used to laugh when I yelled "Clear!" before cranking the engine when more than one of us had been working under the hood. One day, someone responded "NO!" And thus saved either a finger or a hand. Not mine, but, still.
Proof of work. Nice job.
That’s awesome JR
Man that can brings back some good memories
Some of the z28's/ss had the cone of silence in the muffler to cut back in the hp as this car was in competition with the corvette.
I have a hooker aero chamber muffler on mine.
I bought replacement hatch struts for mine that have removable eyelets on the body side of the car. You just undo the clip and unscrew the strut. No longer have to undo the torx nut any more to replace it.
Very lucky the bonnet was up when it caught fire saves a paint job.
If the fuel system has a return line to the fiel tank, i believe that the return line should be checked or flush to prevent any over pressure in fuel line, which is could caused any leak (cause of over pressure)
Reminds me of high school days at friends' shops.
With our:
'64 1/2 Ford Mustang w/'65 Pony Pkg.
'71 Plymouth Satellite 440 c.i.d (blueprinted, balanced, lifted rear, 9 inch tires in front, Centerlines all around, etc.)
'73 Dodge (Dart) Demon (moded/raised)
'72 Olds Toronado 440 c.i.d (luxo boat that did great fwd burnouts. Guess whose?, lol)
& 2nd tier hangers with '57 Ford Skyliner 2 dr convertible, '63 moded Dodge - w/factory push button automatic transmission, '65 2 dr Chevy Impala convertible w/hydraulics (lift), '73 Chevy 6 cyl 😂 Camaro (Pomona PD sargent's son), 70 1/2 Pontiac Trans Am 400, and the 3rd fastest, but most luxurious and awesome overall, a '73 Oldsmobile Cutless 442!!!! Stock!!! 😋😍😘
We hung out virtually everyday; parking in high school parking lot next to each, meeting at friends' shops after school and on weekends, cruising, local city meets at big parking lots.
You know what?
The '70s were AWESOME!!!!
But then '80s weren't bad either. As a Yuppie with:
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage
'85 Ferrari 308 GTSi (entry level Ferrari)
'86 Porsche 930 Turbo w/ factory authorized AMG slant nose conversion (AMG Garden Grove (O.C.), CA.
'86 BMW 6 Series
'88 Mercedes 560 SL
'88 Mercedes 560 SEL
'89 Ford Thunderbird LX '
'90 Mercedes 560 SEL
'92 Mercedes 560 SEC
'93 Mercedes 300 SL (badged as 500 SL; per dealer 75% of 300 SLs were badged as such).
'90s became more sedate 😀
You have led a blessed life.
In my middle school and high school days I had a 1965 Mustang coupe with a 289-2V and C4. I really wished that I had a 4-speed car though. It was the first car I ever turned a wrench on and I learned so much about cars working on it. I am glad you had an early Mustang experience, too.
BTW, my Stepdad bought a few more classic Mustangs as I was working on mine. One day, I got suspended from school for leaving for lunch, the damned Resource Officer got me. That day, we found an early, 1964 1/2 convertible which was the pale yellow color that we actually stopped and asked the owner if he was interested in selling it. It had been a project that I guess he either ran out of steam or money for and he was ready to sell and my stepdad bought it. It was a 6-cylinder but it was fun. It even had a brand new top on it.
@@brian5o So cool. I remember that yellow. Made for a convertible! 👍
@@JackBWatkins Still am, Jack. I still am.
God Bless🐑👃
awesome job amazing work!!!! let me know when your considering getting rid of it!!!
93 came with the 700R4....94 got the 4L60E....you can get rid of the intake snorkle by using a 1LE elbow...dont know if they are still available
Maybe the Camaro wanted to become a Firebird lol, awesome job as always fuel related fires are always SCARY!
I'm no expert with fuel line, but from experience with plastic water line, it's cheap enough to replace a longer section of it, farther off the engine. Use some of that new fuel line you got.
Should watch some of Watch Wes Work videos, he has done the fuel line repairs for GM in some of his videos using the same tool.
That explains why the fuel lines looked different to me. Didnt realize they changed them between 93 and 94. As mentioned on the previous video, I did indeed get the whole assembly from the connectors under the driver floor to the rail. And yeah the yellow was ugly.
I had a 94 Z in high school between 98-01. The whole time I used a baseball bat to hold up my hatch. Damn things were $60 each back then.
Great video from JR.
If I could help Watch JR Goes work on the Camero I would drink the shot of whiskey and the cold Bartle Skeets and puff on the Cannabis Cigars with him and get all schmoked up
Super nice!
People who work on their GM fuel injected cars. The proper fuel line orings are GP sorenson 800-9214 and 800-9215. About 5 bucks a box for the proper large and small fuel connection orings. Bags of 10. Also fit the fuel filters. Dont let clerks sell you orings from plumbing oring kits
The Crispy Camaro lives again!
That is clearly the correct name for it.
JR is the man! Miss that car so much.
Good job JR!, if you ever want to sell the Z28 I am interested. BTW I did my undergrad at WSU where I met my wife. I used to buy cheap cars, fix them up and sell them after driving them for a few months.
Yay
Split loom has a convoluted past.
Sounds like it need lifters adjusted and exhaust manifold gaskets
Good purchase 👌..
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There was a recall issued for fuel fires on the '93 model.
Are going to do the 411 pcm conversion on the Camaro
I bought a 96 z28 t-top for my first car had the engine rebuilt and a week before getting my car back from the shop I found out the title was in Pennsylvania and I’m in California and since it was my first car I didn’t know titles can’t just be transferred over , and had to sell it , I miss it everyday I want it back
Glad you got her back on the road, I've always loved the silly impractical wedge shape of these 4th gen f-body cars. Looks like a poor man's Jaguar XJ220 IMO. I really think the GM designers had a bit of Lamborghini Countach influence in the design, in the crazy raked windshield, the low hood, the stupidly low seating position and overall height, those wide rear fenders. Yeah it might not look like the Countach, but both the Countach, 93-97 Firebird/Camaro subscribe to that slightly angry rubber door stop look lol.
I really liked this one JR. Hey, do you have a brother or cousin in Spokane Washington? There is a guy in a tv commercial that at first glance, I thought it was you.
If I had a dollar for every gas strut I witnessed JR replace.......
I love the custom headliner tacs 😁
If it was a Pontiac, you could call it the FIREbird.
Or a Firechicken!...lol
Now you get to let the dude you bought it from take it for a drive again
Did you buy that heatgun or just one day found to be in possession of it? I have the same one but couldnt tell you when or where it came to be.
You never want to rip the boot when you work it over! And just like Nugenix, she'll like it too.
As I remember you had a spare supercharger laying around you should put it on this Camaro and have a fun track day daily driver
reprise slight return car here - do some common mods on this - you should probably build a dyno and do a spray booth also? do a sandblasting booth too. you will gen a lot of content with this car but you will have to move on to building something like overkill corvette - do not put turbos in back - it will be like new improved spy corvette basicallyspend like 20k on engine and 15k on platform - think more cannonballrun car rather than drift twin turbos and e85 and some nitrous to get the bragging rights i think 1200 can be surprisingly streetable - use diff maps - could be a good longer term project - get the camo wrap #copy and improve #digital camo wrap #shock triangle brace #poly bushing kit
thank god you had your headlights and fog lights on in the middle of the day
Excellent video 👍 👍
Love your channel JR I’m one of your OG subscribers back when your original Camaro was on the channel even back when you completely restored the Geo tracker whatever happened to that thing
I wonder if a shark bite fitting would have worked too lol
Imagine that, something from Dorman that actually works.
Not a fan of the titanium cover... what was the point?
Can you run e85 thru that nylon fuel line…..I wanna run e85 but I don’t know what’s the right material for running the fuel line…..I’m sure I heard somewhere that my rubber injection hose will not cut the mustard and that e85 eats up all the gaskets and stuff
JR, give it back to the poor kid, he’ll enjoy it.
Push connect, quick connect. Quick disconnect is a misnomer.
👍👍👍💪💪Verry nice car Greats from the Nederlands 👍
really starting to think about getting one of these Z28s, opinions?
The Dorman tool breaks easy that's why I switched to the SUR&R kit. The lines go on easier and just hold on with a clamp just like what's on a CV boot. Check it out sometime if you ever have issues with that Dorman kit.
Doing a fuel line also on my 97 Buick riviera supercharged lol
It might not need an alignment if it's driving straight down the road. In its 30 years of life someone could have pulled the steering wheel off for some unknown reason and didn't line it back up right when they put it back on. It's easy to to screw up. Some cars back then didn't even have a mark to line it up with. If it seems to be a tooth off then it very well could be.
Cool video