I thought these cars were supposed to be fun?
09-13-2015, 07:54 AM
#21
Race Director
buy a new 17 mm socket. now look into the bolt head end of it. see that angle to make it easier to go on the bolt? grind socket down till the wrench flats go all the way to bottom. now drive that on to the bolt. make sure you are positioned so you don't get more blood on that bumper if it slips...
09-13-2015, 03:56 PM
#24
Any old car can be a witch, and the new stuff IMO isn't any better. I figure if you can see the bolt AND put your hands/ wrench/ socket at the same time, you are doing pretty good! A lot of what I get involved in at work, you can't do both.
09-13-2015, 03:57 PM
#25
Team Owner
09-13-2015, 04:05 PM
#26
Sorry about the issues .
The old saying ...pay for,what you get.
I always advise people who like driving and riding better than turning wrenches to BUY UP FRONT ....buy the best car you can possibly afford ......buy a car somebody else has already bleed their bank account and veins dry.
I been there done my corvette restorations 30 years ago .....I'm into effortless fun . Minor repairs only .
The old saying ...pay for,what you get.
I always advise people who like driving and riding better than turning wrenches to BUY UP FRONT ....buy the best car you can possibly afford ......buy a car somebody else has already bleed their bank account and veins dry.
I been there done my corvette restorations 30 years ago .....I'm into effortless fun . Minor repairs only .
09-13-2015, 06:05 PM
#28
Drifting
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old vettes
Sorry about the issues .
The old saying ...pay for,what you get.
I always advise people who like driving and riding better than turning wrenches to BUY UP FRONT ....buy the best car you can possibly afford ......buy a car somebody else has already bleed their bank account and veins dry.
I been there done my corvette restorations 30 years ago .....I'm into effortless fun . Minor repairs only .
The old saying ...pay for,what you get.
I always advise people who like driving and riding better than turning wrenches to BUY UP FRONT ....buy the best car you can possibly afford ......buy a car somebody else has already bleed their bank account and veins dry.
I been there done my corvette restorations 30 years ago .....I'm into effortless fun . Minor repairs only .
09-14-2015, 07:29 AM
#30
Drifting
09-14-2015, 09:59 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Ron, you came to the right place. Everyone here has similar stories. Right now I only have four cuts on my hands. My fingernails need scrubbing every day. Sometimes I can spend half a day on my 72 and not accomplish anything. Sometimes I need to spend an hour or so just putting tools away because I can't find things anymore. And sometimes I think I am the only one who does these crazy projects that cost time, money and frustration. But around here, we know we are not alone.
When someone comes over and asks if the 72 restoration is finished, I just chuckle.
Corvette ownership is not a spectator sport..............
When someone comes over and asks if the 72 restoration is finished, I just chuckle.
Corvette ownership is not a spectator sport..............
09-14-2015, 10:55 AM
#34
Drifting
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fun
Ron, you came to the right place. Everyone here has similar stories. Right now I only have four cuts on my hands. My fingernails need scrubbing every day. Sometimes I can spend half a day on my 72 and not accomplish anything. Sometimes I need to spend an hour or so just putting tools away because I can't find things anymore. And sometimes I think I am the only one who does these crazy projects that cost time, money and frustration. But around here, we know we are not alone.
When someone comes over and asks if the 72 restoration is finished, I just chuckle.
Corvette ownership is not a spectator sport..............
When someone comes over and asks if the 72 restoration is finished, I just chuckle.
Corvette ownership is not a spectator sport..............
09-18-2015, 10:31 AM
#35
Burning Brakes
Nothing news worthy here. just another corvette owner.
I feel for ya. I am perfectly happy to get a tech to work on some things. even after I screw them up. I just show up with humility and say fix it, then hand my wallet over.
I tell people I bought a shop because it was cheaper than taking it to someone else s shop.
I feel for ya. I am perfectly happy to get a tech to work on some things. even after I screw them up. I just show up with humility and say fix it, then hand my wallet over.
I tell people I bought a shop because it was cheaper than taking it to someone else s shop.
I have been fixing the relatively minor, but time-consuming problems on my "new" Corvette. Today I finally gave up trying to figure out all of the cut and spliced wires that the previous owner Bubba Dumass did to the windshield wiper motor. I'll pay someone to pull THEIR hair out. So I thought I would do a relatively easy job of installing my new drilled and slotted disc brake rotors and upgraded brake pads. I have a little creeper seat on wheels and you can jack the car up so everything is at a convenient work height. Got the wheel off, got the old pads out and was starting to remove the two 11/16 inch bolts that hold the caliper in place so I could replace the rotor. It seems Bubba rounded off the corners on one of the bolts and instead of replacing the bolt, put it back on. ........and really tight. I tried to loosen it with one of my six point sockets and even that kept slipping. I got the socket really well positioned and had an extension on my wrench handle to give more leverage. As I was leaning on it even harder, the wrench slipped, I fell forward, smashed my face into the car bumper, broke my glasses and got a two inch cut on my eyebrow. After getting the bleeding stopped, I put all my tools away, went in the house and am sitting watching the Yankees with an ice pack on my face, three fingers of Jack Daniels in a glass and my trusty dog Cali at my feet. RA
09-18-2015, 12:32 PM
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The notorious 68 wiper motor and wiring.
Couldn't help but laugh (in total sympathy). I've run into the situation so many times it really is only funny if you have a morbid sense of humor... My wife has come to the garage too many times to find me hopping mad at some numbskull (to use a more polite term) that had my car before me and cost me 4 hours so he could save the 3 minutes it would've taken to do the job right. I'm inches away from giving up on sorting the wiper wiring in my '68.
Take a couple days off, read through some build threads to get a sense of the normalcy of your plight, then hit it again. Or, at least, that's what I have to do.
Take a couple days off, read through some build threads to get a sense of the normalcy of your plight, then hit it again. Or, at least, that's what I have to do.
09-18-2015, 02:35 PM
#38
Drifting
Had one of those caliper bolts on the 68 that was Bubba'd. Soak it with a 50/50 mixture of acetone and ATF and let it penetrate. Get a cheap 6 point 15mm impact socket and knock it over the bolt head. Put your impact wrench on it and give it a few quick raps forward then backwards and it should come out.
09-18-2015, 08:45 PM
#39
Drifting
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09-18-2015, 09:07 PM
#40
Drifting
Thread Starter
bolts
Had one of those caliper bolts on the 68 that was Bubba'd. Soak it with a 50/50 mixture of acetone and ATF and let it penetrate. Get a cheap 6 point 15mm impact socket and knock it over the bolt head. Put your impact wrench on it and give it a few quick raps forward then backwards and it should come out.
RA