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Yes, I tried a "high strength" RTV intended for bonding. Some RTV's specify they're for sealing, rather than bonding, and those are low strength. That RTV lasted for about three months, then started coming apart. My first clue was the sound of an air leak at the top of my windshield. It's...

After reading the detailed information about the Lord Fusor 116 adhesive, I decided that's not the right stuff. It's designed as a hard bonding agent that can be ground and filled with body fillers for painting. The thermal coefficient of expansion (c.e.) of acrylic is about 4.5x10(-5)/*f...

Chris, take a look at the two bolts in each of your upper "A" Arms. Do the rear bolts have zero shims? To get more caster, these bolts need to have fewer shims, so if they already have zero shims, you've got a "challenge". Notice that there are large spacers on these two bolts, which are...

I don't think we should bad mouth the Corvette engineers for the acrylic top. They designed a beautiful car, and mine is coming up on its 30th birthday! Since we don't hear of many de-bonded tops, they did something right. My "stress test" was certainly outside of the design specifications...

Thanks, ecss. This is some good stuff! Is this what Corvette used to put these cars together? Sounds like you've got an inside track to the adhesives engineering field. The guarantee is for metal to metal, in un-stressed applications, so it's not quite bullet proof. I think I...

That's a rather wierd answer from your alignment guy. The camber adjustments and the caster adjustments use exactly the same shims! These shims must be selected carefully to get both the camber and the caster within specs. Sounds to me like someone is getting lazy, and not wanting to spend the...

I know there are companies that rebuild acrylic roofs by replacing the roof panel on your frame. My acrylic panel is in good shape, but it has come un-bonded from the aluminum frame on my '84. I can't be the only person to have this problem, but so far, my attempts to re-bond my roof panel...

Take a good look at your sway bar bushings. Are they urethane? Urethane sway bar bushings are notorious for squeeks, and this is most noticeable under the conditions you are describing. I like to use marine (boat trailer) wheel bearing grease, because it is more water resistant than most lubes...

Turn Signal Can't believe somebody hasn't already answered this question. First, let me welcome you to this forum! There's a great bunch of helpful people here. If you haven't figured it out by now, the front turn signal/parking lights are tricky to find. I'm presuming you're talking about the...

Junk, have you really seen worn out brushes? From the looks of the brushes in my '84, they should last well past a million miles! These motors only run for a few seconds at a time! Twe, do you have an early '87? These headlight motors have the manual control knobs on the bottom of the...

Removing the rear bumper is a pain, too! It's not necessary. There are a lot of small bolts you can't see! The inboard lights are pretty easy to get at thru the license plate hole. You might have to remove the back-up lights if your arms aren't slender. The outboard lights can then be...

Saturn I thought Saturn was intended to be the "new way" that GM would be designing and building cars!

You found the big pieces. As you take your engine apart, you'll find all the little pieces, too. And they'll be in the strangest places!! I'd call you Mr. Lucky for discovering this problem before your engine blew!! :happyanim:

Okay, how do you explain tire sizes? What's a 315-50-17? Talk about a mixed up language!!! Where did that come from? :upthumbs

Ahha! I always wondered what they meant when they asked if I wanted to get a tune-up!! This forum is so educational!! :rotfl

gibbsrc, since you are a new member (5 posts), you may not realize that you are apparently rejecting the assistance of an outstanding Corvette expert, Hib Halverson (4,260 posts). There are thousands of '85 Corvettes that work just fine without current limiters on their window heaters! My FSM...

First car engine was a Ford flathead V8 in H.S. auto shop. We were only supposed to take it apart and put it back together, to learn what all the parts were. No budget for anything (except solvent)!! Honed cylinders, ground valves, set valve gaps by grinding the ends of the valves...

When I was trying to figure out why I was occasionally blowing my rear window defroster fuse, I was wondering the same thing: Is this a marginal design? Since mine is an early '84, this didn't totally surprise me. How about it guys? Is this a common problem? Since I'm in Southern California, I...

Is your defrost timer working properly? It's not supposed to run long enough to get anything that hot, certainly not the strut rods! My '84 would pop the fuse occasionally. I couldn't find any reason, so I disconnected the defroster in the passenger side mirror. Decided I could do...

Are you replacing the spring to change the spring rate, or because of a failed spring? I replaced the rear spring in my '84 with an '86 (softer) spring. The new spring had so much more arch I couldn't get it together without putting a floor jack under the end of the spring, but then I didn't...