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Actually there are at least 2 places in TX I would be concerned about - maybe 3. All I can say is check the parts or rebuilds you get. This has nothing to do with TX either, my buddy was just up here from TX and thinks I should move there.

One thing to note, some of this thinking actually is carried over to some of the vendors out there. I could run down a list of things I find with arms, boxes, and diff's that others thought or just didn't care about doing that were outright dangerous. The fact someone thinks their particular...

Yeah I know but I like the way it came out. I did it by hand with scotch brite wheels.

A lot of places are gone now, but some bad shops are still out there. There was one in FL a few years ago that had a bad rep for ripping off guys by selling the junk, like cores as rebuilt. The guys first name is Carl. I have had SS calipers lock up from bad DOT 3 fluid that was like mud. The...

The older cars had them on the LH fender if I recall. A new set of tires really makes a difference. I had old dried out 60 series tires on my 69 manual vette years ago. Even though I rebuilt the steering box it was tough to steering in parking situations. I was going to switch over to the power...

I have heard the pros and cons of using DOT 5 for years. It seems to work great for some but I never used it and never recommend it. As Mike said the cottage industry on sleeving corvette calipers exploded about 1978, some got very rich from it. However sandblasting and using JB Weld is not the...

Muncies speedo for corvette is on the passenger side. Here the tail has been removed and you can see the drive gear shrunk on the main shaft. 69-70 used a plastic slip fit gear with clip. TH400 on Drivers side Different drive and driven gear for each gear ratio Some of the BW Super...

I noticed when the packaging and part number changed a couple of years ago 2 bottles were required.

Yes I agree change out the diff oil. I use Lucas 85-140 and 2 bottles of GM additive in my builds. You can use 90 wt gear oil if you like. You most likely are not going to break anything, this is an inherent problem with the spring pack/clutch posi design. Stock posi's are setup on the...

There are many who run slip fit bearings and typically are the guys who will break them down yearly and regrease them, check them, etc. In that situation you can regrease the bearings. However I do not advise slip fitting the rear axles to bearings, either inner or outer. These are the drive...

You are basically going old school, no computer. The last year a vette used a mechanical drive Tach was 1974, starting in '75 they were electronic and pretty good. There was a tap and filter for the dash tach but I'm not sure if it will work with yours. You'll have to check into that. Lars was...

The newer greases are better but you must leave some room for expansion. Many have tried the bearing packing tool and they do not work. Also bearing setup is critical, while the bearings are not high precision machine- tool bearings they should be setup with minimal endplay. The spec is 001-008"...

Very good advice. I could list a lot of vendors and vette shops that I had to correct work on. Your best bet with your new vette, drive it. Let the surface rust sit there for now. See how much you like it and put miles on it. If it's typical vette you will soon know what areas need to be...

Ball bearings fail, the original front bearings were known to come apart. The Bearing retainers will wear a groove on them from the throw out bearing. It's hard to put a shelf life on a mechanical item. These were pretty good trans but made for the power of the day, today guys push double or...

If the trans shifted fine before and all you did was pull the shifter linkage and cover then it should be reasonable to figure out. The shifter forks are the same. There are 2 combs and a spring on the cover. To remove the cover & install put it into 2nd gear to allow the fork to clear the...

Well as I said I don't plan on debating but will only add, in my case anyway, I just replaced all 4 tires 1.5 years ago. I replaced them not because of wear, but age.They had about 10k miles on them at 30 psi and the tread was equal and not even 1/2 life but they were 8-10 years old. So could I...

If you need help with the box let me know I can walk you through it. If you have access to a 0-30 in/lb dial TW you would be better served to pull the box and make the adjustment on the bench. You can run what tire psi you want but I run mine all at 30 psi without any wear or steering issue...

Your car is setup as they all were and the PS, if correctly functioning, will certainly move the steering without issue with either 20 psi or 30 psi. Yes tire wear and feel will be different or if this was manual steering but there is a problem there. Steering boxes use usually too loose...

Typically it is caused by old rubber lines that closed up, just like our arteries! However if you replaced them within the year they should be ok. Are they dragging to the point where the rotor hat is hot? Maybe your parking brake adjustment on that side is too tight or stuck? How did you set up...

You got that right Mac. I could post some interesting pictures of units sent to me to correct, that were supposed to be done correctly by some of the big boys in this business. All were poorly rebuilt, if you can even call it that and all were driven by greed and/or lack of experience.