Recent content by Bob Heine

Hi Paul. I have no experience with the '82 but I have had electrical gremlins in both my '72 and '87. The most common problem has been bad or weak grounds. One time it was the ground cable itself. The washer on the negative terminal on the battery cable was corroded. Pulled the bolt out of...

If you want to do the convertible conversion, you might want to visit Sports Cars Unlimited in Panama City. Their site has a page on the convertible conversion: David Steele , Panama City, Convertible Corvette Conversion If you want to graft the removable rear window onto your '82, you 'll...

Corvette separated from Chevrolet would be the perfect way to kill the Corvette as we know it. Once you make it a stand-alone brand, even if it stays under the GM umbrella, it's contribution to CAFE numbers is negative. Its cost structure is negative and its dealership network consists of five...

Anchors, You're right. Almost all of the Corvette parts vendors sell grade 8 replacement spring bolts with nyloc nuts. Many of them also sell longer bolts to allow you to lower the rear suspension ride height. Here's a link to one of Corvette Central's offerings...

A1Avette, It should be pretty easy to blow out the cooling lines. Near the top right side of your radiator there is a small 3/8" rubber hose connecting the transmission cooler inside the radiator to the hard line leading to the transmission. Disconnect that line and blow out the line to the...

For safety, it's OK to jack the car up from the center but you want to have jack stands under the frame before you start work on the spring. Once you have the frame supported, you can start the spring removal process. The Service Manual recommends a clamp on the spring but I use a large...

I hear you. I vaguely recall quitting before the hour was up. Retirement allows me to take my time so I tried again the next day. Detached the lines and was able to get both started. I have a small collection of 'modified' tools. Harbor Freight is sometimes my friend and I don't mind...

Fred, I believe I started by connecting the lines to the transmission -- that doesn't work. Then I tried connecting them to the radiator -- that was worse. It occurred to me that the lines must be for a different car so I took a break. I think I ended up snaking the radiator end through the...

Fred, The trans cooler lines are a breeze compared to the fuel lines. The hard part is getting them through and around the lower control arm area. Take your time and before you go bending and kinking the lines, know that they go in fine one way. Wish I could remember which one that was -- I...

Back in '78 a fair number of people bought those pace cars as investments. Looks like this one sorta paid off at $50,000. Of course, if you deposited $14,000 in a tax-free 4% investment you'd have $51,077.34 in 33 years.

I just measured my original liner. It is 6.25" from the lip to the bottom of the liner (measured on the outside). If yours is deeper, you might have the wrong liner but I'm not sure where you would find something like that. At one time there were insulated liners offered in the aftermarket and...

If that fan comes apart at normal highway speed, you are probably going to have damage to the hood. It's also likely that you'll have one or more holes in your radiator and some nasty chunks out of the fan shroud. Not sure how lucky you are but my luck would involve a $200 radiator and a $450...

Ron, Welcome to the forum! Others on the forum may have a better answer but I found it necessary to remove the dash to replace the bulbs. While going to all that trouble it's a good idea to replace all the other bulbs at the same time -- putting it all back together and finding another bulb...

There are two under the hood wiring harnesses. One harness includes the wiper motor, blower motor, ignition, starter and several other items. The second harness includes the alternator, all the front lights, temperature sender and horn relay. The Corvette parts suppliers carry the harnesses...

I agree with Hib. Unless you can put one of those barb flares on the tubing, I'd stay away from clamped rubber hoses. The fluid in those lines isn't under a lot of pressure but it does get quite a bit hotter than coolant. Two of these compression fitting unions can be purchased online for...