hcbph

Yesterday spent a fair amount of time at a Chevy dealer that's a sponsor of our Corvette club. Had a mid-day show of probably 100+ Vettes, I helped around the lot getting cars in place.

Weather was great, accommodations too and with that many Vettes there was something for everyone.

2ooo-C5

Spent the day at Pueblo motor sports park running with the Porsche Club. 2.2 mile track with 11 turns. First time at that track. Had a great time.

Today I bought new brakes, new power steering pump, new lines, new fluids and other stuff.

QCVette

I put some new to me A-mold wheels with tires on my '96.

The car drives a whole lot better. The Cooper tires were horrible (loud, cupped, worthless in rain or snow, flat spotted bad every night, etc).

ElisTwoCents

Added some new wheels to her:

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QCVette

I had the '90 wheels on my white '94.

The '90 wheels have exposed lugs while the '88-'89 has a cover over the center section. The '90 wheels are my favorite C4 wheels. I put them on my '88, '94, 95, and '96. They even fit on my '99 C5.

They would look good on yours!

86C4Z51

Black wheels look great on a white car, Elis

csthews

Bypassed the heater core and in the process got a little antifreeze on the optispark. Have a fan blowing down on it through the night.

New tires coming in tomorrow. Going to enjoy them for a little while, then will begin the core replacement.

exitwound

This is a very random thing.. My '87 coop is rock solid, roof on or off. Not all Corvettes are the same.

Nokones

I hugged both of mine this morning.

thunder1951

I changed out the top radiator hoses and bypass hose, the T section was really rusted inside and out where the hoses came off, ran it on my wire wheel brush to clean it up. The new hose to upper radiator was about 3 in. to long so had to cut it to fit. I must have stuffed a dozen shop towels under the outlets to prevent the optispark from getting wet. I burped it by having the fill tank cap off and letting the air bubbles surface while letting it hit operating temperature. I hoped this worked for burping.

thunder1951

3798j

Installed Koni Reds (1080-1015, 1080-1016) on the '85. Very pleased. I've always liked the control on rebound that Koni's give.

jmgtp

Repaired the climate control buttons in my 94. Just took the unit apart and cleaned the contacts with q-tips and isopropyl alcohol. It went from not registering any button pushes to working absolutely flawlessly! All inside an hour and I'm amazed how cold the a/c gets. Its 92 in CT today and I went on a long drive, had to turn the fan way down to #4 otherwise it was too cold.

corvetteracer72

The steering wheel of my 85 was pretty beat up.
Yesterday took the time and recovered with new leather the whole wheel/horn and shift ****. Considering this was the first time I've done such a work I think it came out ok.

Hoser

Just acquired a 94 that had been outside most of its life and really "put away wet"(oddly the paint is good).
So this will help the refurbishing.
BTW..I had the dreaded high idle, low idle syndrome. I fixed it by replacing vacuum hoses and cleaning every underhood ground strap connection I could find. Voltage drops are critical on these cars it seems.

ElisTwoCents

Lowered the rear

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LINUS STEW

What part did you tap? I am having the same issue.

LINUS STEW

How difficult was that to do?

86C4Z51

Serviced my dead AC system with R-12a. I say dead but I knew it wasn't totally dead, had just sat for 4 years (ex-wife hostage) and the system went down. Did that about 12 years ago too. R-12a, you ask?

Easiest service on the car, I think. Spent a lot of time studying the options of finding R-12 (no joy) or converting to R-134a (expensive), then stumbled upon the R-12a kit on Amazon. About $75 later, I have ice cold air blowing from the vents again, and none too soon with hot weather coming.

Kit came with the adapter, gauge/hose, oil check, a can of stop leak and two more cans of coolant. I started with the stop leak, what the heck. Never got to the other cans, as the running pressure went to 38 and that's the target.

I hadn't serviced an AC system since working the Cessna dealership on Hobby Field in Houston back in the late 70s. So I studied a little (to re-activate the atrophied neurons in my cranium), asked a friend who happens to be certified, and in the end it was a very simple 10 minute job.

jechler

Put new plugs ,new wires ,new cap and rotor ,and a new water pump