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Most important is to block the front wheels! (When jacking up the front, the rear wheels are blocked by the transmission, but when lifting the back, the front wheels must be blocked from the "outside")

I put my jackstands in front of the front wheels, just next to the sway bar mounts. When I tried different positions, this didn't cause the body to flex as much. (But it also depends on what part of the car you will be working on.)

Does the 1st gen camaro and nova front shocks fit the Vette? I'm looking at these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2449732990 but I'm not sure about the application list, as far as I know the KYB # should be different (KG4550).

Yes but how do you get the lightbulbs? What have kept me from getting into this is that it seems like the whole dash needs to be taken down...

Same problem here. But I have never tried to find the problem either...

tiguido, Pull the tach cable from the distributor, and spind the cable inside with your fingers. If the tach needle moves fine, then the problem is propably inside the distributor.

Ah, ofcourse! Thanks!

Here it is (spindle arm). Well, it looks from the picture that the end is pointing slighly upwards.

No, I'm talking about the spindle itself. The "arm" on the spindle that connects to the tie rod end. I had the spindle apart, but now I forgot which arm that belongs to wich side... The other parts of the spindle is marked R/L, but not this one.

Thanks, but it is not visible in this picture. What I am talking about is the outer part of the steering knuckle assembly, that attatch to the tie rod end (just behind the tire).

I've forgot how it was mounted, and there is no good picture in the assembly manual: Should the end (where the tie rod end connects) be higher or lower than the mounting bolts? (i.e should the end be pointing upwards or downwards)

What is the correct torque for the steering knuckle/arm/caliper bracket assembly bolts? (one short and two long ones) Also, are the two lower ones (the long ones) supposed to have washers? I cannot find a picture of this in my assembly manual. Thanks /Johan

Why not electrical? I use this on to heat my shop (3-phase 400 volts).

Ok, got the pistons out (and a large squish of brake fluid in my face...). Found that the calipers was ss sleeved, so thats good news. Pistons w/seal look like this (photo), and I assume they are the lip type, correct? (the seal is not an o-ring, but u-shaped)

No, the pistons aren't frozen, I can move them back and forth. (And the brakes did work great, I just discovered a little leak when I tore down my suspension) But my question is what holds the pistons there? Is It just the outer seal that holds the piston in place, and should this pop out when...

Well I dont have access to air, so I just tried to pull... hard... but no result. Is there a trick, or should I just grip the piston and pull as hard as I can? Can the o-ring type replacement seals and pistons be fitted to calipers without ss sleeves? Redoing them to SS means sending them to...

Someone please straighten this out to me... I have my front calipers off and split, but have not yet removed the seals. How can I tell what kind of seals/calipers that are used? Are there three different types of calipers; original, O-ring and SS-sleeved, or does SS always have o-ring seals? The...

I just used a regular rust-preventing paint applied with a brush, and covered that with a layer of gloss black spray paint (wheel paint actually, supposed to be more durable). Nothing fancy, but it looks ok.

$16 per bushing?? Are you going with poly or rubber? The rubber ones can be a bit tricky, but if you are using polyurethane they are pressed in by hand, no need to do that in a shop. You just need a small drill to get the old rubber ones out.

Yamafan/SteveL: Seem like you used the same method, and i'll be trying this when re-installing. Only thing that concerns me is the diameter of the rod, it must fit thru the shock-mount hole, right, so then it must be rather thin i guess, or? (I wouldn't like it to snap...) Well, I havent made...