Place your voltmeter + to the Battery neg. terminal. Place the voltmeter - to a good clean metal spot on the block. Crank the engine. Ideally the voltmeter should read zero volts. Current through the ground cable should produce zero volt drop if the cable and all connections are good
The gas small is bad when the tank is full ? Gets better as the tank empties ? I was missing the lower part of the seperator and it reeked of gas until the tank got below 3/4 full ..............
adjusting power assist brakes
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Answering the light issue, if all the lights are off you would not think bulbs. Probably "a" bad ground. Just for grins, jumper the neg lead of the battery to the center instrument cluster [bezel] metal . Pull the light switch on . All instrument gauge lights should illuminate. If none glow then...
Ithink the key to this one is....... It continued to run even when i took the KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION........ I think you'll be able to measure 12V from the neg [-] lead of the battery to the engine block. You have an open in you ground wire[s] Take a jumper wire and physically ground the...
steering
Jim Shea .............. had a lot of dead /bump steer. tightened the "gland" nut at the steering in box . Night & day difference.
http://jimshea.corvettefaq.com/?page_id=4
steering
You need to read Jim Shea's tech papers on corvette steering . I followed his advise on in car adjustmemt on my '71 . Night & day difference ........... http://jimshea.corvettefaq.com/?page_id=4 Keep selecting the menu on the right till you find corvette. Shea is a GM steering GURU
I took my qcarburb to a good carb rebuilt shop that had equipment to dail in the "idle mixture " along with the overall mixture through the proper jets to produce the factory 365 hp @ 460 ft/lbs. That was 5 years ago . She runs well in the heat of summer but my god she LOVES the Fall !!!!!
Google ....... Jim Shea. Ex steering Engineer at the Saginaw plant. I used his advise and my 41 year old steering is dead on. Used the in car adjustment.
If you pulled down on your emergency brake cable while pulling the e-brake handle you apply the max brake availale. You adjust the emergency brake shoes from the star adjuster at the bottom of the inner brake but the E brake is applied from the top. See the star expands the lower part of the...
If you pulled down on your emergency brake cable while pulling the e-brake handle you apply the max brake availale. You adjust the emergency brake shoes from the star adjuster at the bottom of the inner brake but the E brake is applied from the top. See the star expands the lower part of the...
Last response on the heater core
You just said the magic word MEXICO. I've done this job 3 times. Once to replace the origional and then to repair the mexican replacement that leaked at the in/outlet tubes tank; then install the repaired unit from a radiator shop in the neighborhood. Seems...
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