Battery Removal
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Battery Removal
I am a new Corvette owner. Bought a 1995 in Dec 2013 from a friend who bought it in Arizona in October. Polo green conv, 41,000 miles.
How do you remove/replace the battery? Chilton's manuel does not address it. On a charger now, but will replace in the spring.
Never in rain or snow. I drove it from his house to mine on mild wet pavement. Now she is in a garage until April when all the salt is gone.
How do you remove/replace the battery? Chilton's manuel does not address it. On a charger now, but will replace in the spring.
Never in rain or snow. I drove it from his house to mine on mild wet pavement. Now she is in a garage until April when all the salt is gone.
Burning Brakes
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Actually very easy. I changed mine out yesterday. Remove the side panel - 3 torx head screws in the wheel well (turn the wheel to the left to get the tire out of the way), one bolt on top. There is another screw at the bottom of the panel that is difficult to access. I left that one in. You need a long extension to get to the battery hold down bolt. After removing the hold down, the battery slides out.
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The lower bolt (10mm) under the gill panel needs to be loosened but not removed. Look for it in the gap between the gill panel and the rocker panel. You'll need a fairly thin wrench. Once that bolt is loose, the panel slides outward. If you leave the panel on, there is a good chance you'll break it, and the battery will be harder to remove anyway.
Melting Slicks
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The lower bolt (10mm) under the gill panel needs to be loosened but not removed. Look for it in the gap between the gill panel and the rocker panel. You'll need a fairly thin wrench. Once that bolt is loose, the panel slides outward. If you leave the panel on, there is a good chance you'll break it, and the battery will be harder to remove anyway.
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My '94 panel has plenty of room for a standard sized 10mm wrench. No grinding necessary. Apparently GM started leaving more wrench room for necessary panel removal in the last years of the C4.
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The only problems I see in the video is this bonehead doesn't know to turn the front tire for allen wrench clearance
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