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Hi everyone,
I'm an oldie, but a newbie to this forum. When in my 20s, I had a 57, a 59 and a 62 Corvette. I miss the 59 most. If only I would have kept it all these years..................!
I'm a gear head and am looking to buy another Corvette, a used one. Probably a C-5.
Currently, I have a 1939 Ford Coupe with a 671 blown 350 SBC that I'm trying to get put back together. The Corvette I buy will be to drive and enjoy.
Buildnfly
I'm an oldie, but a newbie to this forum. When in my 20s, I had a 57, a 59 and a 62 Corvette. I miss the 59 most. If only I would have kept it all these years..................!
I'm a gear head and am looking to buy another Corvette, a used one. Probably a C-5.
Currently, I have a 1939 Ford Coupe with a 671 blown 350 SBC that I'm trying to get put back together. The Corvette I buy will be to drive and enjoy.
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Welcome to the forum!
I'm sure many of us are like you and wish we had held on to a few more of our cars. Some probably beat the 401K.
I'm sure many of us are like you and wish we had held on to a few more of our cars. Some probably beat the 401K.
Enjoy while you can.
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Found and bought a 2000 C-5
Thanks for all the welcomes!
Well, I did find a torch red 2000 C-5 convertible and bought it. I'm happy as heck. It looks brand new. I bought it from a dealer who deals a lot with Corvettes.
I am having messages related to the traction control and suspension mode so am going to clean the ground contacts and connections to see if that clears it up. I'm fully aware with ground gremlins from experiences with my other Corvettes. I hope it's not the modules as they are available or they can re-build mine but they are around $2K for both parts.
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Thanks for all the welcomes!
Well, I did find a torch red 2000 C-5 convertible and bought it. I'm happy as heck. It looks brand new. I bought it from a dealer who deals a lot with Corvettes.
I am having messages related to the traction control and suspension mode so am going to clean the ground contacts and connections to see if that clears it up. I'm fully aware with ground gremlins from experiences with my other Corvettes. I hope it's not the modules as they are available or they can re-build mine but they are around $2K for both parts.
Well, I did find a torch red 2000 C-5 convertible and bought it. I'm happy as heck. It looks brand new. I bought it from a dealer who deals a lot with Corvettes.
I am having messages related to the traction control and suspension mode so am going to clean the ground contacts and connections to see if that clears it up. I'm fully aware with ground gremlins from experiences with my other Corvettes. I hope it's not the modules as they are available or they can re-build mine but they are around $2K for both parts.
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4th Gear
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I had also read that bad ground connections were causing similar problems to what I am having. The problem is that the messages are intermittent so it can be hard to show a mechanic what it's doing.
Otherwise, I love the car. It looks brand new and drives great. I'm trying to clean out 1/2 my garage so I can get the car in it. At least it's covered. The other 1/2 has a 39 Ford Coupe hot rod, blown 350 engine, 4 speed, ford 9" rear, etc, etc.
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Man, I just hate intermittent electrical problems. They can be so frustrating, so difficult to reproduce and track down. Not at all like mechanical issues such as valve train, carbs, brakes, shift linkage, etc. Electrical can really cause terrible apathy for a project, I've suffered that with airplane refurb projects. And I had Air Force training & experience working on B-52 electrical systems.
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Holy cow.....B-52s. I can only imagine......
My discipline is Electrical and I'm an inspector on large industrial projects.
Having owned 3 other Corvettes I've seen ground issues. I will disconnect clean and re-connect the grounds per the recommendation of someone who posted a thread about grounds. It resolved his issue so maybe I'll get lucky and it will fix mine too
My discipline is Electrical and I'm an inspector on large industrial projects.
Having owned 3 other Corvettes I've seen ground issues. I will disconnect clean and re-connect the grounds per the recommendation of someone who posted a thread about grounds. It resolved his issue so maybe I'll get lucky and it will fix mine too