Recent content by glen3107

To follow-up, the shop ordered another flare tool and it wouldn't hold the pipe either. While I was in the shop scoping out the work, I found that the brake lines go to the back of the car to the ABS unit. I thought that my only alternative was to have a new line made or go visit my friend at...

A couple of weeks ago, I had a shop do a brake job on my 87 C4. After driving the car over the weekend, I notice fluid on the garage floor under the car. I check the master cylinder and it was O.K.. I took the car out and after about 2 blocks, the brake petal went to the floor. I took the car...

It was repainted Black. You might call them and ask about matching the color. The Body Shop estimator is Chris Ward. His number is 281-446-3021 Extension 3. He's a good guy. They treated me fairly. :cool

About a month ago, I had a guy back into my Corvette at a gas station while I was pumping gas...... Well, his insurance got to replace my bumper and paint my hood. I didn't have a license insert installed before the accident. I had purchased one at a junk yard (red). The body shop did a great...

My 87 is Black and looks great especially at night. But I really love Yellow Corvettes, especially the light Yellow used in the 60's.:CAC

I found some hard 1/16" vacuum line at O'Reilys and some rubber 1/16" vacuum line at Auto Zone. I cut two 1" long sections of the rubber line and used them to splice in the hard vacuum line. It was a whole lot easier that I imagined. It took all of about four minutes to repair the line and...

Yes, it broke without any effort. Say, was the tubing that you used to replace the vacuum line a hard plastic, plastic hose or some other material? Also, how did you connect the sections together?

This afternoon, I noticed that a vacuum line (about 1/16") running just behind the alternator was cracked. Like a dummy, I fiddled with it. It was so brittle that a section about 2" long broke off. I went to the local parts store, but they didn't have a replacement for it. I looked in...

A couple of weeks ago, I was running near empty and the closest gas station was a cut-rate station. I filled up with premium. After driving about 2 miles, the car began to lunge when I excelerated. It continued to run rougher and rougher. My first thought was that I bought some gas with water...

Thanks Vigman for your advice. Seems like my car is more electrically challenged/challenging than I thought it would be when I bought it. I'll keep on looking. Thanks again. John

Went out to start my car two weeks ago and found the battery was dead. I put it on the charger and it would not take a charge, so... I went to my friendly Sears store and got a new battery (no charge, under warranty). This week, while stopped at a light, the car died. When it started, the dash...

In April, Houston has a annual "Art Car Parade". People show up with all kinds of "Artsy" cars (though I would never believe that a corvette would get the "Artified" till I saw the photo.). We've been going for about the last 12 years. The kids love it. We try to figure out what each car...

When we moved from San Diego to Houston a few years ago, we learned quickly that for the daily commute you had to have a vehicle that could negotiate streets filled with water. (When the weather person says the city has a 10% chance of rain, what they really mean is about 10% of the city will...

Me too! I think Corvette Action Center is the best forum on the web. I was really fortunate to find CAC while I was searching for my corvette. Because of the information in the knowledgebase and the technical information that you'all shared, I found the right corvette for me. What I like...

Well, the new key set worked for about a month. Today, the VATS kept the car from starting, with the new keys, about every other time (out of 6 tries it started right away twice). Luckly I had you'alls' advice and that of past posts that I found on the VATS problems. Today, I waited for...