MY 1967 ELDORADO BLEW A CARBURETOR GASKET (AGAIN)

05 | 08 | 19 | 22:14 | Filed in: 1967 Cadillac Eldorado | Restoration

Back in 2011 I had my carburetor rebuilt by a shop which I used by the time and before I did all the work by myself. When I got the car back from the shop I suddenly heard a ticking noise, which came from the side of the carburetor and the car idled terribly. As I soon found out the shop had the gasket and the metallic spacer installed in the wrong order and because of this the gasket burned through which caused a massive leak at the carburetor.
A new gasket was installed in the correct order then and the car ran really good until recently when the car suddenly had the exact same symptoms again…
I ordered new gaskets again and removed the carburetor from the car.
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Make sure to install the gasket and the metal shim in the correct order!

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VIDEOSHOOTING WITH FRIENDS AND A VISIT TO AN AWESOME GARAGE

30 | 07 | 19 | 22:05 | Filed in: Cruising | Video

The organization team of the Cadillac BIG Meet came together to shoot some video footage for a small documentary film I am planning to promote the 2020 edition of the next meeting.
We are a group of Cadillac enthusiasts and friends and all of my friends brought one of their many Cadillacs to the first day of the filming.
We then had dinner together and another highlight was a tour of a friends new garage where we had a great evening.

The 1976 Eldorado in the picture is for sale by the way! It has only 1.000 miles on the clock and is in PERFECT condition.
Check out the preview video and some pictures!

Some scenes from the upcoming short film
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CLASSIC CADILLAC CLUB OF GERMANY - ANNUAL MEETING 2019 IN WIESBADEN

25 | 05 | 19 | 16:37 | Filed in: 1974 Cadillac Coupe deVille | Car Shows | Video

The Classic Cadillac Club of Germany held its annual meeting in Wiesbaden this year and we were very lucky that we could go there.
Days before the meeting I hurt my back badly in an accident at work and it looked like if I could not participate. I had a lot of pain whenever I moved and could basically do nothing but sitting still. I could not even hold a camera and getting in and out of my car literally took minutes.
Luckily the seats in the car are even more comfortable than my sofa at home. So I packed a lot of pain killers into my luggage and…. CLICK BELOW TO READ MORE AND TO SEE THE IMAGE GALLERY

The video my wife shot at this meeting with our Gopro camera and our drone. Make sure to watch in HD or 4k

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LINCOLN MARK III CARBURETOR REBUILD

20 | 05 | 19 | 15:37 | Filed in: 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III | Restoration

I just recently replaced the fuel pump on my Mark III. I thought that would have solved my problems for a while. When I started the car a couple of days later it did not idle as smooth as before though. I checked everything and when I touched on of the ignition wires I got an electrical shock. So I knew that I would have to replace the ignition wires and ordered some new ones with spark plugs. When I entered the garage the next day there were some fuel fumes in the air which one could smell pretty clearly. The new fuel pump was dry and after a while of searching I saw that the carburetor was leaking fuel out of the accelerator pump gasket…
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New diaphragm in place

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RATTLING REAR BRAKES ON THE 1978 ELDORADO

05 | 05 | 19 | 19:14 | Filed in: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz | Restoration

A couple of years ago, right after I got my 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, I had to rebuild both rear brakes, as the emergency brake did not work at all - a very common problem on these cars btw. After the rebuild everything worked fine, but eventually I noticed a clunk whenever I drove the car over a road bump or railroad track. If I just lightly tapped the brakes, it would not make any noise at all. So I was sure that the noise came from the brakes, and that the new brake pads would be the reason for the problem somehow. Finally today it was time to fix the problem… Rebuild kits do come without anti rattle clips for some reason. When I took the brakes apart today, I found out that the inner and outer pads had some radial play and I think this caused the rattle. Click below to read more! 78rearbrakes-_MG_4163

The right rear brake of my 1978 Biarritz before I took it apart.

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CHANGING THE FUEL PUMP OF MY MARK III

28 | 04 | 19 | 21:29 | Filed in: 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III | Restoration

Today I finally found the time to replace the leaking fuel pump of my 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III. It probably leaked because I did not drive the car for a longer period of time last year. It seems that there is a gasket inside which leaked when the car was parked for a few days. After a few minutes it would stop leaking, but of course this had to be fixed.

The fuel pump is not exactly easy to replace because of its location and very limited accessibility to the two mounting screws.
I had to remove the oil filter and also loosened the power steering pump....
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Changing fuel pumps normally is an easy repair - but getting the two mounting bolts out on the 460 engine takes a lot of patience.

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REPLACING THE CV-JOINTS AND AXLES OF MY 1978 ELDORADO

01 | 04 | 19 | 21:07 | Filed in: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz | Restoration

My 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz had some problems with both of its CV boots which splattered grease all over the front of the car. The still 100% original rubber boots were not torn, but decided to slip from the outer end and released some of the grease. I could not find a way to re-fasten them properly and the rubber also felt pretty hard after 41 years on the car.
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The removed original right front axle including the rubber dampener. I will some time restore it and install new rubber boots and put it back into the car instead of the replacement axles I installed now, just to make it 100% original again.READ MORE...

Tags:1978, Eldorado, CV Boots, CV JOINTS, Front AXLE, 1978 Cadillac Repair Tip

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OH WHAT FUN!

15 | 12 | 18 | 08:26 | Filed in: Website News | 1967 Cadillac DeVille

Holiday greetings to all the visitors of my website!

This year the 1967 Cadillac DeVille is featured on our traditional seasons greetings card together with my beautiful wife Afra and my son Elliot.
We have been doing these cards for quite a few years now with different cars-. You can see some previous cards here. xmas2018bg

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NEW VIDEO OF SOME OF MY CARS

11 | 12 | 18 | 23:17 | Filed in: 1958 Cadillac | 1967 Cadillac DeVille | 1967 Cadillac Eldorado | Video

I miss summer! I had some left over 4k resolution video footage from this summer which I put together for this short clip. It features my 58 Eldorado Seville, my 67 Eldorado and my 67 Deville. Enjoy the sunny and warm images from last summer!

Make sure to watch in HD or even better in 4k!

Tags:Video, 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville, 1967 Cadillac DeVille, 1967 Eldorado

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I FOUND A NOS 1967 CADILLAC T&T COLUMN TURN SIGNAL SWITCH.

05 | 12 | 18 | 21:55 | Filed in: 1967 Cadillac Eldorado | Restoration

I found an awesome NOS part which arrived today! If you have a 67/68 Cadillac with T&T column you know that these are super hard to find and even repaired ones are pricey if you can even find one. I got this one at a good price! I have been looking for a spare switch since 2007 and out of nowhere I was contacted by a very nice …
1967 Cadillac Turn Signal Switch 7805676

1967 Cadillac Turn Signal Switch 7805676

This switch is almost impossible to find GM #7805676 ACD# D6230. It is for 1967&68 Cadillacs with Tilt and Telescope column.

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MY WINTER PROJECTS 2018/19 - CV BOOTS AND FUEL PUMP

04 | 12 | 18 | 16:37 | Filed in: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz | Restoration | 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III

This are my two winter projects for the 2018/19 winter:😞
The Mark III has a leaking fuel pump if it was parked for more than an few days... (It stops leaking after its running for 2 minutes...).
The 1978 Eldorado needs both CV boots replaced ( the original ones just came loose but did not rip after only 40 years slinging grease everywhere). The 78 will also need some minor exhaust work (welding) and either the EGR valve needs to be replaced or the accelaration pump in the carburetor has a problem... it won’t get boring in the dead car season… I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to spend any…

The two "patients" in the shop

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WEBSITE RELAUNCH

02 | 12 | 18 | 20:10 | Filed in: Website News

Every 3-4 years I am working on a relaunch of my website which is always a LOT of work unfortunately. Some pages might not work perfectly at the moment yet - so please be patient.
If you find errors please let me know and I will fix it asap. I wont update all my old articles to the new design as it would be too much work, but they will still be available.

I did the first version of my website around 1997, so it is around for a very long time now… I have lost track what version the new website will be. Maybe 8.0? You can find some old screenshots of my websites here.