Well i finally bought another c5. '98 with high mileage (122,000). I caught a flight to buy the car, the drove it 17 hrs home. The only problem I knew of with the car, was that the horn didn't work. I've now learned that:
the ebrake doesn't work
both door panels are peeling
has a broken exhaust hanger
the a/c is draining back into the passenger side of the car
I have at least one bad tps
Have a bad case of the sticky clutch
The gas door only opens from the manual release
I have the corvette seat rock
Every morning i get to see "pull key wait 10 sec."
some days i get "service column lock"
and every other day i get "service active handling" and "service abs"
have a bad belt tensioner

I know that its an old car with a lot of miles. I bought it for a cheap price also. I do most of my own work, so fixing most of these things isn't that big of a deal (just need to find the time). I just wish I would have known these things before I bought the car. I've bought most of the parts that I need, but still have a few I can't figure out. Searching this forum has been a big help though.

Can anybody give me advice on the dic messages that i'm seeing. Mainly the active handling/abs ones.

 

start by pulling the codes, does the '98 have the ebcm out back or in front of the p/s pump? '98 ebcm location was changed midyear

 

c1286 and c1287, dunno where my ebcm is. How do i find out?

 

Sorry you are having so many issues. Hope you can in fact repair most of these yourself.

 

Sneak a peak at the rear differential, you will see a housing with brake lines running to it if it is in the back. Otherwise, it is directly in front of the alternator. It is about the size of a motorcycle battery.

 

For the traction control/abs. This came on my car in 2 circumstances. First there was a drop in voltage in the wiring. That was simple, found the problem spot and ran a new wire from there to the computer. Wire looked fine but it wasn't working. Next problem was a couple weeks ago when there was air in the brake system the same codes came up again. After switching the rear calipers that I put on wrong and bleeding that went away! Good luck...my question to you is why did you still buy the car or complain for a lower price before driving off or just leave period with all of those problems.

 

EARLY 98 EBTCM on DIFF!







late 98 to 2004 EBTCM

 

thanks for the pics, its in the front. I cleaned all the grounds up front, but it still does it occasionaly. To answer you question IDM, this was cheapest c5's I could find. I had the bank cut a check, then I flew to florida and bought the car. Then I drove it the 17 hours back (where I found most of the problems).

 

how many do you have lol?
I found several problems with mine too after I got it from dallas and drove it back to florida. It was sure fun sorting it all out

 

good luck

 

Re: A/C draining in passenger side, check this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ighlight=udder

 

the whole 90 degree hose is missing on the a/c drain. Could that cause my leak?