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bagpipes

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Newbie to the forum here and I'm looking for a thread by "hunt4cleanair".

I'm looking to begin prepping my garage etc for a body off for my '77 and came across a hyperlink that isn't available anymore. It read "A very nice body off documentary. I got thru the first couple dozen pages. Photos are great and the narrative describes problems encountered and how you worked to solve. Anyone contemplating a body off would be well advised to browse through your log to think thru how best to address body removal with limited space and equipment. Obviously, desire wasn't lacking. Good luck in the future and hope you find that time to re-assemble." http://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5429

I am always searching for info as I try to prevent being blind-sided by an issue that I wasn't anticipating. (I know it will happen, I just like to prepare as best I can.)

Cheers and thanks in advance for any info re that thread and how / where to locate it if it exists somewhere.
 
johng

johng

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I remember spending many happy hours (no actually weeks) reading this thread before I bought my car. I couldn't believe how Ben was prepared to keep on tackling task after task, over such a long period of time, but without obviously cutting corners or skipping things to get the job finished. Later once I had bought my car and started to restore it, I found out how you get sucked in to just doing this little extra bit "while I'm at it" and suddenly several years have flown by! Would be good if you could get this transferred to the new site Rich.
 
Rich

Rich

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James Vette said:
It may seem like a long time ......................
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You have a point there, James. The thread on the old site was going for 8 years before the old website ceased (that's not to say that the restoration has been completed)!!
I'm trying to get that thread moved over to here.
 
Roscobbc

Roscobbc

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johng said:
Oh no you don't, we are talking about 40 year old cars here. My rev counter has packed up this week!
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My car is in the 50+ year old bracket, the rev counter on mine is mechanical...........makes you wonder if mechanical is more reliable than electronic - perhaps easier to understand than electronic - easier to repair?
 
johng

johng

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Yes Ross, maybe easier to understand what's gone wrong. Mine is almost certainly either the filter or the circuit board, both easy to replace just a bit costly if I guess the wrong one and end up doing both.
 
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

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johng said:
Yes Ross, maybe easier to understand what's gone wrong. Mine is almost certainly either the filter or the circuit board, both easy to replace just a bit costly if I guess the wrong one and end up doing both.
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I think it's usually the circuit board. I had to change mine, (about £40 if I remember right) the biggest problem is getting the tacho out on our early-design dash cars.
 
Chuffer

Chuffer

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johng said:
Oh no you don't, we are talking about 40 year old cars here. My rev counter has packed up this week!
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At 40 years old I guess you have a late model C3 ? In which case check the connection off the distributer to the Tacho . It might be that simple . My tacho didn`t work one time on fire up and found I had dislodged the dizzie connection when I had been tinkering under the hood .
 
johng

johng

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Chuffed, my avatar is a clue to the year of my car. Unfortunately I don't think it's that simple, the tacho does zero with ignition on but then shows between 3000 and 4000 rpm once the engine starts. I think it is the board, which is quite easy to replace on the later cars.
 
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

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johng said:
Chuffed, my avatar is a clue to the year of my car. Unfortunately I don't think it's that simple, the tacho does zero with ignition on but then shows between 3000 and 4000 rpm once the engine starts. I think it is the board, which is quite easy to replace on the later cars.
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Thats quite a high rpm at idle :ROFLMAO:
 
Chuffer

Chuffer

CCCUK Member
johng said:
Chuffed, my avatar is a clue to the year of my car. Unfortunately I don't think it's that simple, the tacho does zero with ignition on but then shows between 3000 and 4000 rpm once the engine starts. I think it is the board, which is quite easy to replace on the later cars.
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Didn`t get the clue , but as you say it cannot be a wire come adrift if it reads when ignition is on , even if incorrecty .
 
Ben

Ben

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Hi all. Thanks for your email, Rich.
It's too difficult to move threads from the old site to this new one, so unfortunately they'll have to stay there. I have just fixed all the broken images though.
At some point I'll start working on the Vette again and then I'll start a new thread here. I might do a quick recap, or copy/paste the more interesting updates from the old thread to give everybody a bit of background.
For the last few years though we've been committed to restoring our house instead of one of the cars :-(
Bagpipes, if you've got any questions about the body-off process feel free to ask. I learnt some things the hard way!
 
Fat Jogger

Fat Jogger

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Hi Ben - lovely to hear from you. Sorry the car isn't finished yet, but I get it. "While you're at it" coupled with "doing important life stuff" kind of clashes, doesn't it? I fitted my new gearbox last spring (lockdown project) and for a variety of reasons after a bit of use I'm now mid-way through engine rebuild. And I'm really not doing it at the level of detail you are.

Stick with it, Bud. You'll get there.

Regards,
FJ
 
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