In this post we will cover a 1963 Corvette door hinge detente spring replacement. It is quite common for the detente springs in a Corvette door hinge to break off and need replacement. This was the case with a couple of the springs on our Corvette. For this project a special riveting tool is required, […]
Having our Corvette fully disassembled and stripped we are ready for fiberglass repair and body work. One thing that will have to be done before any of this though is rebuilding door hinges. Rebuilding the door hinges is essential before any body work and fiberglass repair because the hinges will set the final location of […]
The situation; your trying to impress a date by taking her out in your 51 Chevrolet convertible . You walk her out to your car and to show her what a gentleman you are you try and open the door for her. The key word is try……… Nothing is more frustration than having your […]
In this post we show you how to clean the heater and air conditioning controls in a 1994 Chevrolet Corvette. The buttons would intermittently not work. This is a very common problem with theses Corvettes. Check out our post on the 94 Corvette stereo problem to see how to remove the trim and heater vent. Here is […]
The stereo and cd changer in our 94 Chevrolet Corvette was not working correctly this is very common problem with these Corvettes. We pulled ours out and sent it to Doc Don for it to be rebuilt. Here is how you remove it. Also check out out post on cleaning the HVAC contacts. First the shifter cover […]
With the heads remove we can see some previous repairs. One of the major signs that this cylinder head has been removed and repaired are these dimples around the exhaust valve. Someone did this to lock in the exhaust seat and keep it from coming out or lose. Here is what the head looks like […]
As we suspected the Dodge 4.7L truck has a blown head gasket. To be more specific it is the drivers side head gasket that was blown in two locations. The odd thing about this is that this cylinder head has been removed before and some pretty suspect work has been done. Both heads went off […]