couple quick questions.
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couple quick questions.
Question one... My drivers side seat, lumbar supports don't work. The motors make noise, but you can hardly hear them. The passenger side is loud, but works.
I know the nipple breaking on the bladder is a common problem, and i also found the "reddevil" fix.
I haven't pulled the seats apart to look at the bladders to confirm that they are broken, but I am concerned the issue lies somewhere else because of how quite the motor is...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...vil-style.html
question 2.... Not to start a huge debate or anything, but what is everyone's opinion on changing the tranny fluid? Car only has 71000 miles on it.
I am a little weary because on my LT1/4L60E camaro I changed the transmission fluid, and had to buy a perfomabuilt transmission less than a month later....
I know the nipple breaking on the bladder is a common problem, and i also found the "reddevil" fix.
I haven't pulled the seats apart to look at the bladders to confirm that they are broken, but I am concerned the issue lies somewhere else because of how quite the motor is...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...vil-style.html
question 2.... Not to start a huge debate or anything, but what is everyone's opinion on changing the tranny fluid? Car only has 71000 miles on it.
I am a little weary because on my LT1/4L60E camaro I changed the transmission fluid, and had to buy a perfomabuilt transmission less than a month later....
Last edited by vice726; Apr 18, 2015 at 05:43 PM.
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Its an automatic transmission.
I would also like to mention that the seats come apart a lot easier than expected, the bladders appear to be fine. I couldn't see or feel a kink in a line anywhere. Ill make final judgment when I actually pull the seats out, but that leaves me to believe it issue is with the motor...
In which case I will probably just not have lumbar support on side of the vehicle.
I would also like to mention that the seats come apart a lot easier than expected, the bladders appear to be fine. I couldn't see or feel a kink in a line anywhere. Ill make final judgment when I actually pull the seats out, but that leaves me to believe it issue is with the motor...
In which case I will probably just not have lumbar support on side of the vehicle.
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No reason changing the tranny fluid should damage the tranny. I changed mine at about 12K miles (car was bought used and I just wanted all new fluids in it) and the tranny works perfectly.
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I didn't wait for 100,000 miles on my 04. I changed all the fluids, except the brake fluid in 2013, one year after I bought the car ( did the brake fluid in 2014). The Vette had 56K on it when I changed the tranny fluid. I didn't think there was anything wrong with the auto tranny but after changing the fluid, I noticed that when I accelerate hard, then back off the pedal, the upshifts of the transmission where much smoother. I'm glad I changed it.
