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ON THE ROAD
Today is a 120 mile drive from Orangeburg to Savannah GA.
My brother at the wheel and I'm keeping you guys posted.
The plan is lunch in Savannah and then continue through I95 down south.
Possible.stops.for today is to continue to Jacksonville FL. or even Daytona Beach.
BIG QUESTION:
Anyone know a shop familiar with C3s on our way?
we want to solve the idling and transmission problem.
we cannot drive into city traffic with this issues.
Orlando is.also close by.
We're also being cooked! The car has A/C works fine if it's off it seems the heater kicks in. I don't recall if the right wheel on the air system.controls the temp. I think it's broken.
Sorry for the spelling... I'm writing from the phone.
And thanks for all the good vibes!!
You can bypass the heater hose. You'll need a 5/8 to 3/4" adaptor (I think), and two hose clamps from NAPA. Cut the heater hoses near the engine, and join them behind the AC compressor. Or you could plug the two outlets, but you'll spill a lot of coolant.
So I guess you didn't read the part about Tom at Keen Parts wanting to get you a caliper. You paid 2 1/2 times the price of a caliper.
Go buy a screwdriver and adjust the idle speed, jeez.
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Hi El Mago,
The temperature sender wire is on the drivers' side, between plugs # 1 & 3 see if the wire came off.
Quick heat bypass:
To shut off the heat get 2 & 1/2 feet of 5/8" heater hose.
Run the hose from the water pump to the manifold temporally
The 5/8" hose will fit the 3/4" connection.
If you cut the existing heater hose get the molded ones as a proper replacement.
At the heater box use caution NOT to move or strain the tubes or you will need a new heater box because it now leaks.
So I guess you didn't read the part about Tom at Keen Parts wanting to get you a caliper. You paid 2 1/2 times the price of a caliper.
Go buy a screwdriver and adjust the idle speed, jeez.
Just for fun, Autozone, O'Reilly and Advance all list a left rear caliper in stock at stores all over Cincinnati for under $70 bucks. $190 and then give them kudos for finding one?
Also not sure why the shop and someone who owned an extensively modified Vette 23 years ago found it odd that all four calipers needed to be bled after a leak? Every C3 owner who does his own wrenching goes through the rite of passage when it comes to the PITA of bleeding brakes...raise one side, raise one corner, pressure bleed, vacuum bleed, gravity bleed, break out the ouija board.
F4gary I did read about Tom.at keen parts.
But I was in Cincinnati, Saturday 16:00hs!
I don't think he could have delivered the caliper in one hour.
Peterbuilt: Thanks for the great info on the heater block off
vaiirxpert: 15 years ago when I had my last Vette, I don't recall Napa, Advanced etc having C3 calipers. Still we were on another city with the car's wheels off and a caliper gone bad..
So yesterday after driving around 120 miles, arriving a Savannah the engine started misfiring. The idling and the hard kick when engaging drive got worst.
i started searching the forum and found a post of a member that serviced his car in Savannah (savgavette).
He recommended a shop that was 5 miles from where we where!
So we just went there. He had to leave the car. They'll start checking it today. Soon we'll know what happened and get all the problems sorted out to continue our trip.
C'mon. No offense but anyone that believes they can 'pick up' an unknown 46 yo car and plan drive it from cincinnati to miami without issues because the seller said it was "fine for the drive" must believe in unicorns also.
Really? Plenty of stories of this working out fine. The owner might not have known or it happened at stop after he bought. There is no telling when a seal will break.
I bought a 1980 in 2011 in Kansas City. Drove it home to Indiana the next day. A couple years later I drove it to Maryland. Couple years later, I drove it back.
Let me know when you expect to be passing exit 293 off I95. I'll have a cold one for you guys
Will do, as soon as we get the car back on the road.
Just came in from the shop.
Mr. Elton (the shop's owner) is going to try and set up the Rochester without doing major surgery. For starters the distributor vacuum was connected to the manifold instead of the carb.
He still thinks there's air in the brake circuit so he'll bleed it some more. That would be plan A.
If they can't get it right with the actual parts, we'll have to put in a new carb (Edelbrock) and since we're at it I might change the intake manifold. It has the original cast iron.
I'll do a search on manifolds, we have the stock hood to see what fits in there.
Will do, as soon as we get the car back on the road.
Just came in from the shop.
Mr. Elton (the shop's owner) is going to try and set up the Rochester without doing major surgery. For starters the distributor vacuum was connected to the manifold instead of the carb.
He still thinks there's air in the brake circuit so he'll bleed it some more. That would be plan A.
If they can't get it right with the actual parts, we'll have to put in a new carb (Edelbrock) and since we're at it I might change the intake manifold. It has the original cast iron.
I'll do a search on manifolds, we have the stock hood to see what fits in there.
I hope you are back on the road by now, and with a great story to remember.
A proper Q-Jet will outperform an Edelbrock carb. Search around the forum to see why and how. Make sure you keep it! You can send it out for a rebuild after you get home.
Did you move the distributor vacuum advance to manifold vacuum at the carb base? Ported vacuum is unlikely to work better for you, if you tune the ignition for street performance rather than 70s emissions.
Good luck! I'm looking forward to the happy conclusion of this saga.
Guys... we're back on the road on a rented car.
The Vette engine gave up.
The # 3 cylinder has no compression. They put a camara through the spark plug hole and the cylinider wall looks scratched.
Apart from a whole lot of neglected details that were't even taken care although we specifically asked to be checked.
We talked to the seller if he would share some expenses but it all went down to the "AS IS" form.
He did offered to pay the caliper repair done in Cincinnati as an extraordinary favor but we will not take that money because it's a matter of ethics.
It's so sad this story has to end this way. Bit we're out of money for a new engine and labor.
We left the car in Savannah and we'll have it picked up and trailered to FL.
