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Cleaning up my bench and there are various original used items from my 80 L82 vette. These are all wear out type items. My guess is it is all scrap iron. But before just tossing or posting it for sale or free, I thought I'd just ask if any of it might be of interest.
All these items have 90,000 miles of use. The stuff includes a harmonic balancer, parking brace cables, rear brake backing plates, catalytic converter mounting bolts, rear brake caliper mounting bolts, leaf spring bolts, spindle washers, etc.
Opinions?
My apologies of if I should have just posted this to the for sale forum.
My vote is scrap. I hare to throw things away but unless I was in the middle of a restoration (matching these against new parts) I would toss them. Start the New Year off with a clean bench
My vote is scrap. I hare to throw things away but unless I was in the middle of a restoration (matching these against new parts) I would toss them. Start the New Year off with a clean bench
Clearly you've talking to my wife . I've had the car since new, but am not in a restoration mode. Just changing things to have it be as I would like. And funny you should mention a clean bench - I started cleaning mine earlier which led me to create the post on the forum.
Interesting, I would have thought that would not be desirable after 90,000 miles or I would have just kept it on. Is it still useable or is it just that it is period correct for a restoration.
Hi Vince
Did you finally get the diff squared away?
Old parts, I have filled many 55 gallon drums with Corvette parts- all junk. If you have your car running and don't plan on building another one, toss them. The balancer can be rebuilt so you might want to hold on to that.
No, the diff still hums a little. The fix is an Eaton maybe someday. I still have the Toms 3.55 set sitting in the box.
I've actually spent very little time on the car the last 2 years. I got diverted working with my brother on our father's 1932 Ford Roadster hotrod. It hadn't been on the road legally since 1954. Driving it is a hoot - you do have to drive it every minute. The flathead sounds great. Fortunately we had it running while our father was still alive so he could hear it run. But we didn't get it fully drivable before he passed away. I'll tell you one thing, if you want to have some fun, walk into the NY DMV and ask to transfer registration using a 1954 issued transferable registration. They wanted the VIN! After they called Albany for instructions we got it done.
Also I haven't pulled the steering gearbox yet. But maybe in the next few months. The bolts are on there really tight.
The problem is I retired almost 2 years ago and somehow have less time than ever. It's mostly due to government paperwork.
On the balancer, getting it rebuilt is probably a good idea. I really don't like the replacement unit I got.
I recall your issues with the vendor and diff. It won't get better; gear noise can be set up or just the current gears made in China. Your Toms 355's are worth $600 easy today.
Witness mark take pictures of balancer before sending it out, been there years ago and was not shipped my part back until I produced pictures of my part.
I recall your issues with the vendor and diff. It won't get better; gear noise can be set up or just the current gears made in China. Your Toms 355's are worth $600 easy today.
Witness mark take pictures of balancer before sending it out, been there years ago and was not shipped my part back until I produced pictures of my part.
I figured the Toms 355's were my best investment over the last few years.
On the issue of witness marks, I'm big on that. In fact, when I sent my control valve and cylinder in to CSSB's (I think) to be redone I stamped vp on the parts. When they came back my vp's were there and they had even bigger ones added. I did the same when I sent my carb to Cliff Ruggles for a rebuild.
Interesting, I would have thought that would not be desirable after 90,000 miles or I would have just kept it on. Is it still useable or is it just that it is period correct for a restoration.
Hi Vince
Did you finally get the diff squared away?
Old parts, I have filled many 55 gallon drums with Corvette parts- all junk. If you have your car running and don't plan on building another one, toss them. The balancer can be rebuilt so you might want to hold on to that.
The rotors are great weights for woodworking. Four rotors for four corners of stuff I might be gluing together.
The rotors are great weights for woodworking. Four rotors for four corners of stuff I might be gluing together.
The rotors are still good after 90,000 miles. Likely as organic brake pads were the norm in 1980 and that is all I ever used since. Better to wear out pads than rotors. Yes, the metallic and ceramics do better in wet conditions, but once the car was no longer my daily driver, wet roads were no longer a major concern. And the car at fully braking is still better than any other car I've owned to date despite them all have more modern pads.
It includes covers replacing the timing chain and gears. Both the chain and cam gear were shot, and since the balancer was off it seemed logical to replace it.
I have not checked the price of scrap iron in some time. On Long Island, some will even come to your house (and give you less) to pickit up.
Steel and iron was low for the time I had all those drums. I saw it was up to about $180 a ton the last I checked. I no longer have the storage space I once did and got rid of the drums altogether. Today, I will return the old parts if the customer wants them otherwise, they go into buckets and on to the local recycling center. No cash return on them but no cost to get rid of them. If I drove to the scrap yard and wrecked my tires in the yard it would not be worth it.
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. I've had the car since new, but am not in a restoration mode. Just changing things to have it be as I would like. And funny you should mention a clean bench - I started cleaning mine earlier which led me to create the post on the forum.
