Welcome to the Corvette Forums at the Corvette Action Center!

Search results

  1. M

    Rivets........how to get them out??????

    Trying to get the drums off of the rear and heard that there are rivets holding them on. WhyHow do I get these out? Heard something about drilling them, but they are big and probably thick. So how do I do this? Are they aon the front too? OMG What a crzy thing. Are they neede when the drums...
  2. M

    Attention all yellow vette owners

    HAVE A '73 COUPE AND IT IS NOW AN CHEAPO RED COLOR. WANT IT TO BE YELLOW/DARK SADDLE INTERIOR. PLEASE SEND ME YOUR YELLOW VETTE PICTURES OF C3 ERA AND YOUR PAINT CODE. THANKS EVERYONE FOR HELPING OUT.;help
  3. M

    can't get my rear rotors off

    Have a '73 vette and I need to adjust the parking brakes. Of course, the rotors do not have the holes drilled to be able to adjust them. So, I drilll one out and they must be frozen. Terrible trying to drill them while on car. Trying to take calipers off to get to the insides and of course the...
  4. M

    Help! Replacing a 3 speed Auto with?????

    In my '73 vette, I have the turbo hydra matic 3 speed tranny. With a 350 crate engine and getting lousy gas mileage. Have the Eldelbrock 600 and they say I should get between 18-22mpg. But I only get about 10-12mpg. Questions: 1. All of you with a 350 and auto trans, what kind of gas mileage...
  5. M

    1973 front center grill needed

    LOOKING FOR THE CENTER GRILL FOR A 1973 VETTE. JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW..... ONLY A 1973 CENTER GRILL WILL FIT THIS VETTE. SO, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ONE AND IS WILLING TO SELL IT ........CONTACT ME AT : vagabondslr42@aol.com Thanks
  6. M

    Differential question

    I HAVE A 1973 COUPE WITH A CRATE 350 ENGINE WITH NO POLLUTION STUFF. I recently fixed my tachometer cable so now I know what I am turning at what speeds. I thought that my vette came with a 3:08 rear. But now I am questioning this. At 50mph I am turning 2000rpms. This leads me to believe that...
  7. M

    Wanted for 1973 coupe vette

    AM LOOKING for a gauge/radio bezel that will fit the new cd radios. maybe you bought one and don't like it. Need a new front bumper that is not cracked for the '73. Need the center grill for that too. Thanks vagabondslr42@aol.com:W
  8. M

    Power steering valve

    I have a '73 coupe and I think that the power steering valve is bad. How do I know for sure? How hard is it to replace and can you walk me thru the disassembly and assembly? I do I know it is not the ram? i DO KNOW IT IS NOT THE BALL JOINST When taking a turn the car seem to oversteer and not...
  9. M

    Bad noise in rear when putting in gear

    I have a 1973 coupe that when I put it in gear (auto trans) I get a loud clunk and the car lurches. Pretty sure that it is not the universal joints. I hear it when I have the car jacked up and turn the wheel by hand. Is this something I can fix or better to leave it to a mechanic. Any fair and...
  10. M

    Parking brakes adjustments

    For the life of me I can not figure out how to adjust the parking brakes pads. I know how to adjust the cable. I can not find the so called slot to stick the end of the screw driver to adjust. Any pics would help too. Also can not figure what I am doing wrong to take the guage cluster bezel out...
  11. M

    crate 350 in a 1973 vette

    I am at my wits end with this motor. After finding out I have a 350 replacement engine with a Eldelbrock 600 carb, I can not get it to run correctly. When I time it to 12deg. btc it runs very rough, but not so much at idle. But to give it a few rpm's it is very rough running.....burbling and the...
  12. M

    Edelbrock Carb Adjustments???

    MAN o MAN........adjusting this edelbrock 600 on my 350 is a pain in the butt. Still can not get the excessive exhaust smell gone. Had a great mechnic adjust the cab so it would pass inspection, but it does not seem right. Even tho the engine seems to run smooth, thru the exhaust system it...
  13. M

    Can Not Get My Center Console Off

    Trying to get the radio out of the console along with trying to fix my clock. Took all of the screws out, removed the wiper control and still could not get it out. Yes the bottom nuts are off. Popped out the top but could notget it out. Radio nobs and are off. Seems to be hanging up in the...
  14. M

    GM 350 with Edelbrock 600 keeps stalling

    Hello to you all. Have a problem....just got this '73vette coupe and already having engine problems. It is a 350 with the edelbrock 600 carb. Finally, got it to pass emisions test from motor vehicle. It was throwing out way to much CO. Took it to my favorite mech shop and they adjusted the carb...
  15. M

    Distributor not working with Tach

    Just bought a 1973 coupe that has a non working tach. Upon checking out the distributor, I find that it does not have a mechanical way of turning the cable for the tach. So what shoud I do in order to have the tach working. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks ;shrug
Back
Top Bottom