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Success! BRAKES ARE BLED AT LAST. There was a video on YouTube that exactly described my difficulty. The proprtioning valve was limiting the flow to the rear brakes (as it was designed to do) when a system failure occurs. You cant bleed until you have reset the valve. Following the youtube...

Still at it We got a new master cylinder, bled it, but we are still getting heaps of air. We have a leak somewhere. Arrghh!

Thanks GTR, i am thinking it will be worth replacing the master cylinder, the state of the calipers corrosion wise they were terrible. The car has been sitting alot too. Those kind of parts available here. Ive been looking at those weed sprayer type bleeders, what are the vacuum hand pump...

Oh we did not drain the master cylinder. We did not bleed it either.

My 79 had brake pedal to the floor, so my son and i investigated and found leaking rear calipers. So we installed new calipers, pads and rotors (as they were very worn) today. All great. Then we bled them, and bled and bled. We used over a litre of fluid. For hours. We could get firmness...

Hi there Ohio, Well my 'lil vette is from Ohio, but its just a few thousand kilometres away!! In Qld Australia, and I tell you its not cold here!! welcome to the forum, Peter :v

Hi Bill well its been consistently hot for a few weeks (about 35 to 38 where I live), but now we've been experiencing the aftermath of tropical cyclone Oswald, so instead of high temps, we're stuck inside due to pouring rain! I'm not complaining though, our house is not troubled by flooding...

Thanks i'm glad a couple of you like the colour. Its still the original paint, and its got a few blemishes now. the paint is a bit thin in places and probably polished a few too many times. It has those cracked or crazed marks in some of the more exposed ares on top of the guards (I think you...

some photos from my first show Hi everyone, taken a while to add the photos, here are some I hope you like, at redcliffe near Brisbane Australia thanks Peter:eyerole

Just an update on the beautiful car! Still running very well, and remains very low kilometres due as it garage sits a bit too much! I guess the symptoms of a sitting car is that everytime I do drive it something happens. Second last time the auto aerial decided to break and its motor would...

G'day Hib, If you have a vehicle over 30 years old, in Australia you can register it left hand drive. However it has to meet some Australian Design Rules (ADR) requirements, which means some changes. For vettes like mine its not too bad, just headlights and seat belts. Other american cars...

RHD conversions in QLD Hi M8, this is Peter from near Brisbane in QLD. There are a few RHD conversion outfits here, however I have no first hand knowledge on their quality or cost. I recommend you contact the corvette clubs, or post on their websites and ask. there are two clubs here locally...

A couple more photos Weekend at last but its too wet to drive the new machine today, the driveway is washed out and it may be living in the garage for a while. Had some trouble with the internet not responding, i would have added more photos, Peter:)

Didn't dream it did it! Hi everyone again. Look what's in the garage! Mission accomplished! A 1979 very original machine - pristine from the original owner and 29,000 miles! Everything untouched and a car that is a very young 33. Even had the original tyres (but not safe, they were replaced...

Still vette hunting Hi everyone, just an update on my australian search for a vette. I have ceased looking for a 70 to 72 as they are getting beyond my budget for anything I'd like to own. So I have shifted to 80 to 82 C3s. Looked at one today (an 80), took for a test drive, it was OK to...

Had a feeling it was a myth :coolThanks for the responses. It makes sense that the body has reasonable integrity otherwise no one would have bought them and GM would not have persisted. Off to a car show tomorrow , been looking forward to it as local vette clubs should be there. Hope all is...

Hi everyone, I'm a new CAC member so apologies if this matter has been covered before. I am from QLD, Australia and in summer it gets very hot and humid. Commonly days close to the 100F mark. My garage gets stinking hot during the summer months. I can leave the door open when I'm home, but...

Thanks everyone for a great welcome! Its really terrific to have such a great reception. Thanks for the help already I'll check out the links some aof you added for me. I loved some of the pictures you added too. As for the search, a nice gold or silver roadster (70-72) with airconditioning...

:v Hi, just joined today. Will have to work out the way to add pictures and things. But greetings from Sunny QLD. I am yet to own a corvette but I'm close to being able to get there now that I more or less have the means! US cars are very popular in Aust, especially the 50s/60s ones as...