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1 vote for orange Once you get it on the picker... 2 rattle cans should do you .Then as it's drying you can write up your punch list of things to do... Is the engine bay cleaned up??

Put on the heat sheild ... and call it good.....Don't " NEED " a rebuild if the car is running properly... I would snug the bowl bolts front & rear.... they tend to seep after a bit

Well you learn something new everyday The polarizing film on the front was sun baked...... 87 C4 Instrument Cluster Problem - Corvette Forum : DigitalCorvettes.com Corvette Forums So I was incorrect... but it still involves taking the whole cluster apart...

John you read my mind the first thing I did when I got the goodies was to sort out the adaptors & spinners for D/S P/S and mark em.... THEN cleaned the threads with WD-40, wiped them down, used the air hose and did the anti seize...... My one time hammer is hammered.. and I did buy a new #5...

I'll bet This " cluster " has been taken apart and someone " tried " to repair it..... I've done a cluster or 2... the " pink pearl" erasers ( that make connection from the PCB to the LCD ) are mis alligned, warped. dirty or gone... Have a pro repair this.... this is not really a DYI.... Mike

More parts Aluminum GM rockers ordered 327 461 intake on the way Jegs new Holley ( repro " correct " replacement ) ordered. Need to find ( somewhere in the garage _ ) The rear block breather & potatoe masher

Oh yeah Go Mark GO...... Once you hear the engine fire for the first time, you'll need surgery to remove that grin... What ever you do , do not stop... keeping inertia on these projects is difficult... I see SO MANY " resto projects " where the owner started.. and life got in the way... So...

WOW I didn't know that~ Distributor Gears- Car Craft Magazine and <tbody> I just wanted to post this incase anyone else out there needed the info. In my sons 400 that we just built, the machine shop told us, along with just about everyone else we talked to and from articles we read, that we...

Hi pressure power washer Got about 40% of the spoo off~

Stolen from another site ECM monitors the fan switch on the high pressure line which opens at 220 psi and when it does, it grounds the Main Relay. Air flow cools the charge and when the pressure drops to 190 psi, the switch contacts close dropping the voltage signal at the ECM to 0. With...

The BEFORE Beat down

Mikey The pin didn't " fall out " it was mashed back in ( mushroomed ) enough so it wouldn't go back in all the way... That spinner was ON and took high strike force to just budge it... The PIN to me is just saftey ( read paranoia ) LOL Mike

Do you have the AUX fan http://members.shaw.ca/corvette86/Cooling%20Fan%20Control.pdf http://members.shaw.ca/corvette86/Component%20Location%20View%2086.pdf Remove the Hi pressure switch connector & see if the fan comes on

The ECM shoud have a pull up resistor I wouldn't test it with a test light though, If it's a old school test light it will pull to much current an LED type or meter should be fine... I do not have my 88 shop manual anymore ( Sold the car ) .. but if I remember the fan control is on the High...

Nailed it LOL So looks like I needed a ~5/32 cold roll pin which is .1562 After digging in my parts assortments... no luck I was going to cut a drill bit, but that's to hard,, if it gets jammed.. I'll NEVER get that out... And it hit me... 10 penny nail .152 and a 1 wrap exactly of tape...

Oh and was the distrib lockdown bolt tight & in place... Only 1 gasket on the intake manifold ? (I have no idea who makes that manifold... maybe the boss the distrib sits on is to tall so cam to crank is not lined up properly )

Thought's Shooting in the dark here The oil pump is going.... ( seizing ) have to spin it and get a feel of it.. ( oil pump prime tool ) Something up top is the distrib ( bearings, bushings or cap rotor and or tach cable gearing ) is doing same... Car sat to long dry and something rusted (...

Don't cha just LOVE other peoples work ? I find the following to be true on a average car... If the body is great the engine , drive train is crap.. If the suspension is good the interior is crap... If ALL the parts are in the box, they aren't... If the workbench is a clutter... so is the car...

Update Broken pin drilled out ( seems like .a .156 pin X 1.25 ) , wheel off cleaned center hub & cap of WAY to much RTV that didn't bond. New RTV applied & curing ( 24 hrs ), will mount the wheel back on in ~ 8 hrs... All parts for replacement on order, but I'll bet it will not arrive today...

Major F up So first trip to work yesterday with the KO'S on board... to work OK... Coming home ,not so much.... I heard a weird noise coming from back right... pulled over everything SEEMED fine... but there was black goo on the rim... Upon close inspection the chrome cap was not glued on...