Resurrecting the '85

Well, the turd made it to werk & back yestiddy, and here today, so I guess it's gettin closer! Still has a slight miss in it, but nuttin like it was wid da bad infectors. Now, I just needs to replace da sparkle-plugs and wars, and hopefully take it and the '74 for inspection sticker Saturday.

I put the water pump back on Cadzilla last nite...started putting H2O in, and... one of da dadgum gaskets fell out without me noticing...yup...sob is leakin. Now I got to tear the B@$#%h back apart tonite....

Wow Joel.  A project like that (if I ever dared undertake it) would take me weeks!  And then, I'd lose motivation.

looking great joel. all the little stuff sometimes is the worst part. hate that when them gaskets jump out so fast you don't see them. at least this time it should go faster as you had practice taking it apart already. hate doing work twice so i know how you feel. 

Well, if ya'll have ever seen the set-up for the water pump/coolant cross-over on a Northstar, you'll know it ain't the brightest idea Dave ever had...
Dave Hill, that is...yup...same engineer that did the C5!!!
The water pump itself screws into the cross-over, similar to the fuel sending unit retainer on our cars. Problem is, it takes a special tool to do it with it in the car....I ain't got that tool, ain't gonna buy one either.

I had the thing apart and back together last nite in an hour and a half, and driving it shortly afterwards. Mama is happy now...at least about Cadzilla, anyway!
She stills wants to get the '85 finished, too.

Wow, the '85 looks very sharp! Great job taking car of it.

      

I finally got the turd running on all 8 holes!!

New infectors, plugs, and pluggin wires. It stopped rainin long enough this evening to get the wires and sparkle plugs in, and she's purrin like a kitty again!
Woo Hoo!! Time to shred the new tars off of it!

She shore do look a durn site better now Uncle Jed! Now ditch that thar accordian style coupler an go smooth fer some easy HP...

Fer ya guyz that er skeered o that Optispark I gotz a machinist made shadetree puller fer rent when y'all getz ready ta pull that rascal outta thar. (Unless y'all wanna pay some big ol bucks ta da GM boyz... I jest done one in May on a 94 an she weren't no fun. But hit shore is better in driven a while an da car stoppin. Then gettin the trailer ta go getz da car!!!


[QUOTE=Adams' Apple] [QUOTE=SFVette] Dear Dr. Adams:

I lie awake at night, unable to sleep for worrying about when that Optispark distributor on our '96 might take an unwelcome bath. Which it most certainly will, if and when the water pump ever fails.

Because--as you, an eminent Corvettitologist, no doubt knows--the General, in his Infinite Wisdom (!@#%*!*!) carefully and deliberately placed the electronic distributor on these C4's directly right below said H20 squirter.

Is there any medication you can prescribe that can provide relief from this terrible living nightmare, and will allow me to get some much-needed shut-eye?[/QUOTE]



T, the 96 optionspark is the best of all of them. The cap was modified, and runs vacuum thru it, to help keep the moisture down. They do last MUCH longer than the earlier oopsy-spark. Your's should be good for a while, yet. btw...it's not just the water pump dripping that can cause moisture in them. Just severe high humidity can do it, as well as washing the engine, or, horrors, driving thru a water poodle. [/QUOTE]