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Why would you refer to instructions for POSITIVE ground? No American car has ever had positive ground (but British cars did). :beer

Is the original factory catalytic converter still installed? If so, it may be partially blocked and/or disintegrating right below your feet. :thumb

The boot isn't removable - I'd call Zip and have them send you the correct ball joints that don't have to be destroyed to install them. :thumb

Call Tom or Jay Maxwell at Capital Auto Restoration in Maryland, (301) 948-9481; they're the GURU'S for C1 wiper/washer systems (rebuild, restoration, parts, etc.). :thumb

The only aftermarket tail lights that will fit your '59 Corvette are the correct reproduction parts; you want the ones manufactured by "Trim Parts", not the ones imported from Taiwan; you'll be happy with the lights from Trim Parts. :thumb

Actually, the drive gear has 13 teeth, so one tooth will change the distributor housing position by 27*. If that will put the can too close to the plug wire support and coil, then you need to pull the distributor, remove the rollpin in the gear, rotate the gear 180*, re-install the pin, and...

Is it backfiring through the carburetor, or out of the exhaust pipes ("afterfiring"), and under what conditions? :beer

Get a Motive Products pressure bleeder - it takes longer to take the wheels off than it does to bleed the brakes; makes it a ten-minute job, max. They also have handy vented plastic bleed bottles with tether wires to hold them in position. :beer

Go to the section in the policy that describes what they'll pay in the event of a total loss and post what it says; if there's a bunch of wordsmithing that talks about "replacement value", "actual cash value", or "adjusted value" or any similar wording, you DON'T have an "agreed value" policy -...

Rebuilding the trailing arms (including bearings and front bushings) IS NOT a do-it-yourself job; it requires specialized measuring and expensive bearing setup tools and special tools for compression and flaring of the the bushing sleeve and retainers; send them out to Gary (GTR1999) or to...

If your brake pedal is near the floor and you can't pull it up to where it used to be, the problem isn't in the master cylinder - it's in the rear half of the brake booster, or in the mechanical linkage between the pedal arm and the pushrod that connects it to the back of the booster. :beer

No paint - the 461 intake finish is natural unpainted aluminum. :beer

No, it's not - "regular" insurers don't write "Agreed Value" policies - they write "Stated Value" policies, which don't protect you at all. Talk to Hagerty or Adam Boca at the National Corvette Museum - they write "Agreed Value" policies all day long, and don't require "professional appraisals"...

The hood release cable installation and routing should be shown in your Assembly Manual. :beer

The Corvette windshield is installed with urethane sealant, just like every other new car on the planet. GM NEVER used any of the cheap butyl tapes, which are usually found used as short-cuts by shops that don't know what they're doing (it's technically illegal to use butyl tape to install a GM...

If the wheel is installed/oriented correctly (drive pins on the adapter in the five small holes and lug nuts in the five larger clearance holes) and a film of anti-seize is used both on the spinner and adapter threads and on the angled mating surfaces on the spinner and the wheel, the wheel...

The upper is 120 ft-lbs., and the two lowers (attach the steering arm to the spindle) are 85 ft-lbs. :beer

The slotted holes at the hinge-to-door attachments deal with fore-aft and up-down adjustment, and the shim packs between the hinge and the door hinge reinforcement deal with in-out adjustment. All four hinges are identical (one part number). :beer

461 castings were machined for both 1.94/1.5 and 2.02/1.6 valves - depended on the application; when machined for 2.02/1.6 valves, an unshrouding cut was also taken adjacent to the intake valve for improved flow. Yours are the standard 1.94/1.5 version. :beer

Forget "Eddie". Another long-time respected Muncie/T-10 rebuilder is Ed Hartnett in Lansdowne, PA, (610) 623-9381, EH4speeds@aol.com. :beer