Hey, sorry I’m new to forums and this stuff. But I really need help. I have looked everywhere and can’t figure it out. I got a 1971 camaro over the Christmas season and it had been sitting in a field since the late 80’s. It’s a 350 2bb carb and auto trans. I have been trying to turn it over and I can hear the solenoid opening and closing repeatedly like the battery is dead. The battery is bran new and fully charged and I made sure my connections were solid. I replaced the solenoid and bench tested the starter motor and it worked fine. Every once in a while while turning the key it sounds like it grabbed and was rotating a little. But I had my dad looking in the engine bay and said he saw nothing spinning. But idk. But that’s not the problem now. It still is a problem of course but something happened that is my question. After a while of attempting to crank smoke came out of the engine bay from what appeared to be under the transmission hump but I couldn’t see what was making it. It smelled like if you blew up a capacitor. Also the wires have been made food for mice but it wasn’t acting like a short circuit and there was no sparking from what I could tell. It was thick whitish greenish bluish kinda smoke and it was very whispy. It burned my eyes and nose so I ran out of the garage because I’m sure it’s some kinda chemical smoke I shouldn’t breathe in. Anyone got an idea? This is my last hope other than just tearing the poor thing to shreds. I am new to this and don’t even have a small engine hoist so I can’t do that anyway. Anyway thanks and any info will help.
1971 Camaro 350 2bb Carb Starter Issues & Smoke from Transmission Hump
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Tried that didn’t work
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Question though, if it is something to do with the shift linkage then why did it work before literally a few months ago but now acts like the key is not unlocking the ignition
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Also just a random question, why did they put the nylon on if underneath is still a gear with metal teeth. Why couldn’t they have just made a little bit bigger metal one and just leave the nylon off? Because wouldn’t you want something extremely precise and not prone to wear in something so important as the timing chain? Because if it were to like explode the gear teeth at speed it would destroy your engine wouldn’t it or am I being dumb.
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Same reason as anything else, $hit happens.
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Hey have any of y’all ever reupholstered your interior of a 1971 camaro, because I need help finding a good place to buy the vinyl and I can’t find anywhere that sells it in green, with the same vinyl style for that shape seat. They are stock seats but I’m not sure about the vinyl because I think the car was red before. Although I will say I have found the style I’m looking for but not the right color
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Hey so I had a question. The roof and some other parts of the body have some serious pitting and “crater” like surface across the car. I can patch holes and I wouldn’t mind using professional grade body filler for some of the rust pitting, but the roof is covered in it as well as the c pillars. I’d rather not cover the whole roof in body filler unless you guys think it would be fine if done right. What do you guys think, or should I just cut the roof and put a new one on or do y’all have another idea?
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