While your at it....
Pro
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 567
Likes: 5
From: bradenton fl
Lets see.
Started with a pinion seal leak.
Ended up rebuilding rear assembly, trailing arms, new u joints in drive shaft and half shalfs, new liners and painted leaf spring, strut rods bushings, new shocks, rear ebrake cable, cleaned and painted everything that came off, removed after market undercoating. cleaned up fenderwells and hardware. etc.
$10 seal ended up being $2000 job. And 3 months time, Yes, the ole "while I'm at it" LOL
Started with a pinion seal leak.
Ended up rebuilding rear assembly, trailing arms, new u joints in drive shaft and half shalfs, new liners and painted leaf spring, strut rods bushings, new shocks, rear ebrake cable, cleaned and painted everything that came off, removed after market undercoating. cleaned up fenderwells and hardware. etc.
$10 seal ended up being $2000 job. And 3 months time, Yes, the ole "while I'm at it" LOL
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,091
Likes: 40
Started at as replacing a door that had broken lock mechanism &also broken window mechanism .
..almost 2 years later , I'm where I'm at now . New door , PLUS , a new paint job , complete new interior ( dash , seats , carpet , door panels , etc ) and working on undercarriage / suspension now....Lol
..almost 2 years later , I'm where I'm at now . New door , PLUS , a new paint job , complete new interior ( dash , seats , carpet , door panels , etc ) and working on undercarriage / suspension now....Lol
A lot of corvettes survived , but not in such good shape.
The local suspension expert , said probably 6 to 10 C3 show up a year with all the typical problems .....mostly needing everything
He said maybe 1 person a year actually goes ahead and fixs the suspension correctly . The rest panic when they hear the cost . So they take off down the road , car driving and handling line a piece of crap.
Destroy it further pass it on to the next victum
Last edited by LS4 PILOT; Mar 25, 2015 at 06:29 PM.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,697
Likes: 139
From: Syracuse NY
I didnt know at the time what 'birdcage rust' was, so I debated buying the car for a few days. Im SOOOO glad the guy creeped me out and I didnt buy it!
And as for the 'while Im at it' thread....
I pulled my oil pan to fix a leaky rear main seal. Wound up finding an internal crack in my block and had to replace the whole motor....
