RatDog

You will find this hard to believe, Geoff, but after that weekend of her pushing me down the driveway so I could drive back up, she's lost a bit of interest in her pit crew duties. She's happy to ride with me anywhere I want to go and to tell me as many times as I want to hear it that my sidepipes sound better than any she's ever heard but the next time my car won't move under it's own power, the most I can expect from her is her AAA card.

I wish I'd known this about her 41 years ago when I said, "I do".

-- Steve

GeoffM

Too Funny:rofl :

pw2006

Looks like another body off restoration has started, due to a dead battery. I just got my car back after a 5.5 year restoration and guess what? I went to start it this morning and the battery was dead. Luckily, I moved it behind the passenger seat for easier access.

Ron Miller

Moving the battery to the driver's side would be my recommendation as well. It takes a little longer to remove the battery from the driver's side on a factory A/C car, but I'd much rather take the battery out of my A/C car than remove the one on the passenger's side on my non A/C car.

Yeah, you've gotta remove the front wheel and the access panel, but after doing that there's plenty of room to pull the old battery straight out with nothing in the way, no tilting, and no heater hoses, overflow tank, and no heater core fittings to break loose. Given that it's a task you only have to do every 5-6 years on the average, I'll opt for the driver's side battery location.

RatDog

At the risk of hijacking my own thread, let's see a picture of that beauty. Or start a new thread so everyone can see it.

-- Steve

pw2006

Hey Steve- Ok, but only since you are hijacking your own thread. On page 9, in the 9th picture you can see the rear cover. It hides all the wires, stereo and battery with two compartment doors, battery on the passenger side, stereo behind the driver.

Here's the link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-update-9.html