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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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How do I remove the Back plenum of my 72 coupe?
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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the what?
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by cajos
How do I remove the Back plenum of my 72 coupe?
I believe the rear plenum is bonded in and not intended to be removed.If you would remove it would have to come out from the inside.Do a search,here is one that shows the diagram-roll down aways.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ear+flow+astro
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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Why would you want to remove the plenium? The (Astro) vent has a rebuild kit. I rebuilt mine (72 coupe) As far as the fiberglass plenium, I just squirted the heck ot of it with a hose to clean it out. On less your doing some mods, A dremel is the best fiberglass tool. Just wondering

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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The plenum is bonded in place. The 2 doors and linkage can be unbolted and removed to rebuild them and replace their seals, and the 2 plenum drain tubes can also be removed and replaced easily by removing the hose clamps on the inside and removing the rivets in the wheel well.

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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With remove I mean "to remove them for rebuilding" Where are the bolts on this thing, spend an hour looking and couldn't find them!!
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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I believe there are either 4 hex head screws that go through the plenum door into j-nuts on the fiberglass plenum.
AIM, UPC1, Sheet F22. (71 AIM).
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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Thx, I don't have my AIM with me, it in my workshop, I will take a look at that page. I looked for a good view in the AIM, but couldn't find one.
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