Water pump HELL!!!!!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Ponce Inlet FL
I find beer works well, along with alot of patience. I guess I just don't get in a hurry anymore.
I love the commercial idea. Frizzle, you should be in pictures.
I think there is more than Beer drinking over there to come up with the ideas you have.
I love the commercial idea. Frizzle, you should be in pictures.
I think there is more than Beer drinking over there to come up with the ideas you have.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rockland County NY
New Belgium Brewing Co. in Ft. Collins Colorado. I'm unsure of how far out they market it. If you like an amber ale, it's good stuff. Guaranteed to make changing a water pump more tolerable. 
Guaranteed to make changing a water pump more tolerable. 
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Pro
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From: Jacksonville Fl
1: buy a 18 pack with cooler. (any beer will do as long as it is not light)
2: get some good rock n roll going. (like REO Speed Wagon)
3: get started (invite some friends or someone kid who wish to one day work on cars)
PS.
Make sure the kid is 21 or older before giving beer.
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From: Jacksonville Fl
How about a dead battery in a gate parking lot, and I'm only a 1/4 mile from where I work. Now here is the real kicker, I was having two problems. One being no one answering there phone at 1:23 am. Two When someone did answer they did not have Jumpers.
OK that is all a cake walk. This is the really real kicker, I was on the wrong side of the road to break down. Bad area to be in period.
OK that is all a cake walk. This is the really real kicker, I was on the wrong side of the road to break down. Bad area to be in period.
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From: Wichita Ks
If it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all. A dead battery at 1:30 in the morning is bad enough and throw in a bad location and you have a real mess on your hands. Glad everything work out in the end. 
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A water pump/Opti replacement was my first initiation to the wonderful world of Corvettes. My C3's ('79) heater core has sprung a leak - I've bypassed the heater core for now but am planning to rebuild the heater/AC plenum and replace all of the dry-rotted vacuum hoses.
That promises to be a job almost on the scale of replacing a C4's heater core...
And I do live in Fort Collins, a scant 3 miles away from New Belgium Brewing company. Liquid re-inforcements are always just one refigerator away for me,
That promises to be a job almost on the scale of replacing a C4's heater core...
And I do live in Fort Collins, a scant 3 miles away from New Belgium Brewing company. Liquid re-inforcements are always just one refigerator away for me,
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From: Gaithersburg MD A member since 2007 but then the computer crashed and then the car crash loss of memory X 2
Uhhhhh....no offense, but it ain't that bad of a job. Try doing the timing chain while you're in there.....or a heater core. That will make you feel better about swapping the wp. I suggest taking a break from it and coming back later. In the meantime, I've found consuming alcoholic beverages helps. I'm partial to beer. Fat Tire, to be specific. 
Two water pumps on the 93 LT1, Kept one of the cores and just purchased a rebuilding kit so I always will have a rebuilt one in stock.
2 optisparks on the 93 LT1.
2 heater cores on the 93 LT1
The heater core went south on the 92 LT1 I just got, 2 weeks ago on the night I was driving it home. The smell of Prestone was un-mistakable, the fogging windshield in 95 degree weather was a dead give away as well. Put in a by-pass but bought the core.
And now the AC has turned into an auxillary heater on the 92.
I don't usually drink alcoholic beverages, prefer Coke Classic, however when I'm ready to do the heater core on the 92 I think I'll send the "Kid" out for a 6 pack or two.
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From: Gaithersburg MD A member since 2007 but then the computer crashed and then the car crash loss of memory X 2
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From: Southside of Western Norte Americano State of Confusion, ColoFornia
St. Jude '13
A water pump/Opti replacement was my first initiation to the wonderful world of Corvettes. My C3's ('79) heater core has sprung a leak - I've bypassed the heater core for now but am planning to rebuild the heater/AC plenum and replace all of the dry-rotted vacuum hoses.
That promises to be a job almost on the scale of replacing a C4's heater core...
And I do live in Fort Collins, a scant 3 miles away from New Belgium Brewing company. Liquid re-inforcements are always just one refigerator away for me,
That promises to be a job almost on the scale of replacing a C4's heater core...
And I do live in Fort Collins, a scant 3 miles away from New Belgium Brewing company. Liquid re-inforcements are always just one refigerator away for me,