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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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Can anyone give me a tool list of the special tools for a 1974 Corvette? I am looking for the J-numbers and descriptions.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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If you have or can get access to a GM factory service manual for 74, it will have a listing of all the special tools. Most of the special tools were supplied by Kent-Moore so you may look them up also.
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I know that they are listed in the factory service manual but I don't have one. I hate the thought of spending the money on one because I have an old 74 Chiltan laying around that came with the car. I also have all of the wire diagrams. I have access to all of the GM Kentmoore tools as long as I have the number to find them.
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Any particular tools you have in mind? There are several listed in the front of each section of the manual, most out of production I imagine, would be an *** fulla special tools if you were to try and collect all of them. I have never needed more than a very few of them.
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I am looking for the tools to replace t-arm bushings, rear wheel bearings, and wondering if they have a rear spring compressor.
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