Amiro
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Heyo, Rob here. I drive/work on a '76 vette, and a 96 Yamaha Seca II. I've had the corvette for a couple years now, and I've probably touched, worked on, or replaced nearly every system in the car. I don't have a ton of experience to draw from, but I'll help out wherever I can. I go to an auto shop for a couple hours a day to further my education on this.
I live in the Seattle area of WA, and have a decent interest in drag racing and auto cross, but nothing too terribly serious. I prefer to cruise around in a streetable vehicle, but don't mind if it's just barely streetable. I could hardly care less about numbers matching and such.
I have a huge list of things that I need to take care of on my car, or would like to do at some point, and I guess I'll get started on them here. Hopefully if I make a list, I'll put some effort into getting things off it.
Driver's side window regulator is stripped out
Weather sealing/trim on rear window is missing
Passenger window switch in barely functional
Dashboard is cracked
Aftermarket speakers were cheaply installed
Center console is loose
FIXEDSomething on the outside of the transmission case is rattling around
FIXEDDiscovered something loose on top of the transmission case that isn't rattling around, but still needs to be tightened
SORTA FIXEDBelts squeal over ~4500 RPM, considerably less bothersome
Speedo cable needs to be lubed
Tach was disconnected
Shiftlight needs to be installed
Proportionating valve (metering block?) leak needs to be fixed
Need to make the headlights come up with just the lightswitch, not the switch tucked away under the steering column (that's the way it's supposed to work, right?)
Fix the hole someone nicely punched in the the side with the back of their trailer
New center caps for a couple of the rims
Touch up, or redo paint
Customize interior
5 point belts?
Build blown motor
Fix oil leaks (wouldn't be a priority if I just build the new motor!)
FIXEDConfirm whether or not the tranny leak has been fixed
Fix the emergency break
I'm sure I'll think of more things to add here.
Things I've done recently:
Front and rear suspension was gone thru, ball joints and bushings were the only things that showed enough wear to warrant replacement.
Put in a new tranny from Keisler after breaking my super t10
Misc Carb work, jets, 50cc accel pump.
Minor tune up stuff
Now, I don't know if anyone here works at Keisler, or has had any experiences with them, but it was definitely an experience. I bought the tko500 package, and they were pretty quick to put it together and ship it. It took a couple weeks, maybe 3 to get it, and that's a bummer when your only car is down, but not as bad if you're just doing a project. We put it all in, which was definitely a tight fit, but they provided a lot of resources with the tranny and it was done fairly quickly. I drive it a bit, take it home, and notice the next morning there's a river of tranny fluid in my parking spot. Not good, right? So we check it all out and determine that the transmission yoke is missing a cap on the end of it, you can see right through to the tranny splines on the tailshaft. We get a new yoke sent out from Keisler, then ship it UPS ground, it looks great, has the cap that was mia, and we put it in and it's all good, right? Well, new river of tranny fluid, and again, no cap on the yoke. There's probably two of them somewhere between the shop and my place. Keisler doesn't know how this could happen, but sends out another yoke with some JB weld on it. We take one look at it, and the JB weld doesn't even go over the outside of the cap, so we don't see how it could stay on there, but toss it in anyway. The cap is still intact, and I'm not complaining. Keisler handled the whole thing well, paying for the shipping and not charging for the yokes and such. But a very odd experience having two caps come off. They look like they should have been pressed in or welded. Oh well, thanks guys, it was a little frustrating, but not too bad. And I mean, how many things are not frustrating to some extent with these old cars?
I live in the Seattle area of WA, and have a decent interest in drag racing and auto cross, but nothing too terribly serious. I prefer to cruise around in a streetable vehicle, but don't mind if it's just barely streetable. I could hardly care less about numbers matching and such.
I have a huge list of things that I need to take care of on my car, or would like to do at some point, and I guess I'll get started on them here. Hopefully if I make a list, I'll put some effort into getting things off it.
Driver's side window regulator is stripped out
Weather sealing/trim on rear window is missing
Passenger window switch in barely functional
Dashboard is cracked
Aftermarket speakers were cheaply installed
Center console is loose
FIXEDSomething on the outside of the transmission case is rattling around
FIXEDDiscovered something loose on top of the transmission case that isn't rattling around, but still needs to be tightened
SORTA FIXEDBelts squeal over ~4500 RPM, considerably less bothersome
Speedo cable needs to be lubed
Tach was disconnected
Shiftlight needs to be installed
Proportionating valve (metering block?) leak needs to be fixed
Need to make the headlights come up with just the lightswitch, not the switch tucked away under the steering column (that's the way it's supposed to work, right?)
Fix the hole someone nicely punched in the the side with the back of their trailer
New center caps for a couple of the rims
Touch up, or redo paint
Customize interior
5 point belts?
Build blown motor
Fix oil leaks (wouldn't be a priority if I just build the new motor!)
FIXEDConfirm whether or not the tranny leak has been fixed
Fix the emergency break
I'm sure I'll think of more things to add here.
Things I've done recently:
Front and rear suspension was gone thru, ball joints and bushings were the only things that showed enough wear to warrant replacement.
Put in a new tranny from Keisler after breaking my super t10
Misc Carb work, jets, 50cc accel pump.
Minor tune up stuff
Now, I don't know if anyone here works at Keisler, or has had any experiences with them, but it was definitely an experience. I bought the tko500 package, and they were pretty quick to put it together and ship it. It took a couple weeks, maybe 3 to get it, and that's a bummer when your only car is down, but not as bad if you're just doing a project. We put it all in, which was definitely a tight fit, but they provided a lot of resources with the tranny and it was done fairly quickly. I drive it a bit, take it home, and notice the next morning there's a river of tranny fluid in my parking spot. Not good, right? So we check it all out and determine that the transmission yoke is missing a cap on the end of it, you can see right through to the tranny splines on the tailshaft. We get a new yoke sent out from Keisler, then ship it UPS ground, it looks great, has the cap that was mia, and we put it in and it's all good, right? Well, new river of tranny fluid, and again, no cap on the yoke. There's probably two of them somewhere between the shop and my place. Keisler doesn't know how this could happen, but sends out another yoke with some JB weld on it. We take one look at it, and the JB weld doesn't even go over the outside of the cap, so we don't see how it could stay on there, but toss it in anyway. The cap is still intact, and I'm not complaining. Keisler handled the whole thing well, paying for the shipping and not charging for the yokes and such. But a very odd experience having two caps come off. They look like they should have been pressed in or welded. Oh well, thanks guys, it was a little frustrating, but not too bad. And I mean, how many things are not frustrating to some extent with these old cars?
