austin, tx help?
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Heel & Toe
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From: Austin TX
austin, tx help?
I am having issues with my ignition on my 95. I do not have a trusted mechanic to take my vette to and I do not want to pay $1300 for a tune-up thru some unscrupulous mechanic so my question is - Does anyone have any experience with a good, reliable, honest mechanic that works on vettes in the Austin area?
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Le Mans Master
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From: eastern NC
You can pm Gary "big_G" of Austin Corvettes over on the C3 Forum... He's one of the most knowledgable and helpful folks over there. If he can't help you, he would certainly know who can.
Good luck... GUSTO
Good luck... GUSTO
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by misterpwn
I am having issues with my ignition on my 95. I do not have a trusted mechanic to take my vette to and I do not want to pay $1300 for a tune-up thru some unscrupulous mechanic so my question is - Does anyone have any experience with a good, reliable, honest mechanic that works on vettes in the Austin area?
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
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Heel & Toe
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From: Austin TX
Well, first my car would seem to miss above 4500 rpms under load and occasionally would not start. A freind of a friend had a guy who supposedly did awesome LT1 work so I took my vette to him, bought an optispark and asked im to replace it and do a tune up. 3 weeks later, he gives my car back and it has a really roug idle, seems to miss at any rpm and does not have any power. I checked the wires and the order is correct, but after paying 400 for the opti and giving the guy about the same to do the work, I am down about $1000 and am worse off...
Thanks for the info!
Eric
Thanks for the info!
Eric
Safety Car
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by GUSTO14
You can pm Gary "big_G" of Austin Corvettes over on the C3 Forum... He's one of the most knowledgable and helpful folks over there. If he can't help you, he would certainly know who can.
Good luck... GUSTO
Good luck... GUSTO
Gary has good knowlege of Corvettes, and has good people working for him as well.He's on North Lamar, by the BMW Motorcycle dealership...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by misterpwn
Well, first my car would seem to miss above 4500 rpms under load and occasionally would not start. A freind of a friend had a guy who supposedly did awesome LT1 work so I took my vette to him, bought an optispark and asked im to replace it and do a tune up. 3 weeks later, he gives my car back and it has a really roug idle, seems to miss at any rpm and does not have any power. I checked the wires and the order is correct, but after paying 400 for the opti and giving the guy about the same to do the work, I am down about $1000 and am worse off...
Thanks for the info!
Eric
Thanks for the info!
Eric
Procedure for getting your error codes:
1- key out of ignition
2- Short the 2 pins together
3-key in ignition-turn ignition on-but no NOT start engine
4- first code will be C12- not error-sequence of error codes starts after this....
4-Error codes will begin to sequence and dispaly where your gas gauge is
5- write them all down
6- ignition off
7- remove shorting wire
report back error codes on this forum and we'll take it from there.
Advanced
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From: Pflugerville Texas
Originally Posted by Joe90
Gary has good knowlege of Corvettes, and has good people working for him as well.He's on North Lamar, by the BMW Motorcycle dealership...
Need to add, if you hit Chuy's you've gone too far.
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Heel & Toe
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Austin TX
There was no error code or CEL even when it would not start or run after push start.
Thank all of you for your input, I will be PMing or calling Gary today to see if I can't get my car over there!
Thank all of you for your input, I will be PMing or calling Gary today to see if I can't get my car over there!