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I had to soak mine with PB Blaster twice a day for 3 days, plus some gentle taps with a brass or rubber mallet before it broke loose. Spray it down in the morning before you go to work, and in the evening when you get home. Also, make sure the parking brake is off.

Hello and welcome to CAC! Removing the rear rotors isn't hard. If a previous owner never took them off, they will be riveted on, so you may have to drill the rivets out. Ensure that you index the rotors with respect to the lugs so that you put them on exactly the way they came off - ie. the...

Although I have never dealt with them, GSDiva, one of CAC's moderators, works for these guys. You can send GSDiva a PM and probably get some of your questions answered. Sales Corvette Mike New England Toll-free: 877-427-8388 Cell: 617-872-8252 "Corvette Mike New England"

Here are the details on what I was talking about. This is a .jpg. If you want it in a .pdf, please pm me with your e-mail address. PS - I paid about a dollar a rod at a tool show, instead of the price shown here.

From the factory, the surfaces of the brake rotors were turned while the rotors were attached to the car in order to create a plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the wheel. That is why the rotors were riveted on. If you have the rotors turned on a machine off the car, or if...

I had the same problem with my '78 after letting it sit for only 7 months while I was deployed. I solved it basically the same way Bill75 suggested. I rolled her to the end of my (fairly short) driveway, put the car in first, held the clutch in, started the car, and by the time I drove into...

There is a product that is often sold at gunshows and toolshows and such. It's sort of a cross between a welding stick and an overgrown piece of solder. It is made for "welding" aluminum, pot metal, brass, copper - just not steel. You heat the work pieces with a propane torch and rub this...

Rotor runout is the amount of wobble in the rotor as it spins. You check it with a dial gauge. Unlike modern cars, the C-3's brake calipers are mounted solidly to the car - they do not slide left and right. Consequently they have pistons on both sides of the calipers - most modern cars have...

I think I'll put the car on jackstands and disconnect the speedo cable from the tranny and ease out on the clutch to determine if that is the source of the squeak. That would be easier than taking the dash apart. On second thought, I have to take it apart anyway to replace the turn signal...

I have a squeak in my front end that varies with speed. I could have sworn it was the left front wheel. I replaced the front wheel bearings. Honestly, the old ones didn't look bad at all, but I had already bought the new ones, and they weren't expensive enough to warrant making a trip back...

It's normal in my 78. By normal, I mean it always makes noise while the antenna is going up or down. I don't know if there is a filter missing or anything like that.

Since the car had an aftermarket modern radio in it, check the speakers. The old radios require speakers of a different impedance value (ohms) than the new radios. Whoever put the new radio in the car should have also put new speakers in it.

Thank you for setting me straight, JohnZ!

Welcome to CAC! I'm at work and going off of straight memory, but I think the torque on the front wheel bearing castle nuts is around 12-15 ft-lbs. There is a process for tightening them - something along the lines of tighten to the specified torque while rotating the wheel, then insert the...

Fight it through e-bay and paypal simultaneously. And write down every e-mail address linked to the seller. I had one bad e-bay experience, and the guy had one e-mail address assigned to his e-bay username, a second to his paypal account, and at least two others that showed up on correspondence.

I can't help you with consumer trailers, but I do know that my 78 Pace Car (low front spoiler similar to yours) fits on a U-haul car hauler trailer (even though U-Haul says it won't). If you're looking for a higher deck for snow-mobiles, maybe you can make a set of longer ramps to get a better...

I remember reading somewhere that the brake light sometimes needs to be "reset" by standing on the brake pedal as hard as you can to re-center the proportioning valve (assuming it is serviceable). My memory is foggy on this, and I don't remember where I read it so you should do a little...

If you don't have a welder, vice grips and PB Blaster are worth a shot. As for Craftsman tools - the warranty doesn't apply to "consumable" items. They will replace your hammer and rachets, but when it comes to drill bits and the like, you're out of luck. For stipped bolt heads on smaller...

Thanks John - I didn't know the differences between Mike's 70 and my 78.

"...blinded by the light..." Those look great - mine don't look near that good after an hour of elbow grease and never dull. PS - how do you like the Dunlops? PPS - My 78 PC is the same as yours - I have the flying tire logo on the rear panel, but not the decals on the doors (they're in a...