Well I thought I wouldn't put this off any longer. I wasn't too sure of where to start.

A little about me perhaps. I turned 20 this year, Live in Oregon and have been fascinated by classic cars for as long as i can remember. This is my first project, and when i found this site it gave me some hope that i might actually see this thing on the road again.

I bought my Patrician about two years ago from a guy in La Center Washington who had too any projects going. I'm not too sure of its history but i'll post more when i find out.

When i purchased the car, it would start but the gas was coming from a Gatoraid bottle located on top of the engine. None of the windows, antenna, clock, seats, locks, or Torsion system worked at the time. In fact most of the electrical system was messed around with or pulled off.

I have since pulled the gas tank and purchased a tank from Kanter. I believe it was from the makers of Por 15. I cleaned it then decided not to use the sealant since there were no holes in the tank I didn't trust that it wouldn't come off at some point. So i primered the outside and put it back on. I'm thinking i'll have it professionally done at some point.

I also purchased a fuel pump and carb rebuild kit. I rebuilt the pump with no problems, but I'm not a mechanic (yet), so my rebuild of the carb is definitely not up to standards. Although i thought i would try.
Hey its not great but its running again. It does however need to be done again and this time adjusted correctly. I also need to locate original fuel line (pump to carb.) or a replacement. Currently it's rubber and too close to the engine block. Seems like a fire hazard to me.

The car sat for a while after that as I didn't have the funds to continue. But i recently i have begun work again, trying to rewire whatever someone did to this car. I have managed to get it leveling, heater, windows, lights, and the antenna working again. However my ignition switch, wiper switch, and all but one window switch are or already have failed. There is definitely a ton of wiring left to be done.

I don't have the door key so i've stopped trying to fix the locks for now. I defiantly don't want to lock myself out. Plus one of the connectors is melted and everytime i plug them in the wires heat up. So I'm pretty sure there's a fault somewhere in there.

Most recently i replaced the hand brake as the old one was too worn. Saved it just in case though. So no more rolling around for now.

I have no park due to the awkward floor shifter. None of the gears line up properly. I would like to tackle that next but it seems rather exspensive.

These aren't the best but heres a couple of pics for ya.

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Hah sounds like somebody sat there playing with the brake for too long. Hopefully the new one i bought will last a while.

Another thought though, now that i can stop it from rolling in park, and it runs-ish, by that i mean it doesn't run well in drive. It seems to stall if you leave it in drive for too long.

I'm curious as to where i should go next in the project, Like i said earlier I'm still new to this and i don't want to be tearing this thing apart with no direction.

Thanks for all of the info guys, the springs were a bit weathered but otherwise ok, all of the teeth were just a bit rounded and the latch had a bit too much missing. I did however order a new assembly and it works perfectly. No more rolling in park at least till i get to look at the tranny.

I took a look at it yesterday and the latch is badly worn down. Would i be better off replacing the whole assembly or just the latch itself?

My e-brake doesn't seem to lock into place, you can pull it out and theres enough tension to hold it there for a bit, but it'll either pop back in after a while or if anything touches it at all it just releases. And i as wondering how easy of a fix that is and what to do about it if anyone knows. I've looked through my parts book and shop manual several times and it doesn't seem to have any refence to the e-brake.

Its Still been too wet to get anything done on my patrician, and on top of it my little chevy just decided to freak out. Does anyone here know anything about 89 Cavaliers, because if i cant get to work i cant fix up my Packard.

Its a 4cyl 2.0L 5speed Throttle body injection Chevy Cavalier, So what happens is youll try to start it, and it will turn over, but after about 3 or four seconds itll just stop, I checked the battery and its charged, so i went to look at the fuel injector and it seems to dump obcene amounts of fuel (enough it will pool on the choke) into the trottle body. and that about all i could tell.

Its been raining and snowing here for the last couple of weeks but as soon as i have a clear day i'm going to try what randy suggested and get under the car.

Anyone know how hard floor pans are to find?

Thanks for the warm welcome, and for the infomation you guys provided.

Heres a picture of the shifter someone installed in the car, the problem is first of all its hideous and not original. Second of all none of the gear markers line up exept for park. Which when selected the car rolls.

I have a new button set, but the rest of the actuator is taken apart (all of the wires were bad).

Id like to figure out if the parking stop is broken, but i dont know where to take my car to have the tranny looked at.

Ive never worked on one before and have no idea where to start.

I live in Portland about ten minutes from downtown if anyone knows where to take it.

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This is my first actual project car, so i don't know too much beyond some general maintenence. And i dont have the tools to do fine mesurements on the carb, engine ect.

I've been working on it slowly for the last 6 months or so. I've rebuilt the fuel pump, carb, and dissasembled most of the inerior, and fixed up some of the wiring. (To the best of my ability). It now starts, runs, and moves. Like i said i dont have all of the proper tools so it gets way too much fuel. (I figure ill take it to the shop for that)

The car sat on a lawn for a long time before i bought it and so it has rust in the front floor pans, and some of the body.

One of the problems that most concerns me is someone has swapped out the PB for a floor shifter on the original tranny. And the floor shifter doesnt corrospond with the gears. So even when the car is supposedly in park it rolls, and i dont know if my parking pawl is broken or not.
I have the parts for the PB but the wiring is fubar.
I have to find my camera so ill post pictures of what they did to it later if i can.

Also it seems like my TL is over compensating.