Corvette To-Do List
I am adding a status to every task I need to accomplish. The status can be:
a) WAITING – not yet looked at; problem not discovered yet
b) IN PROGRESS – part(s) bought; currently in the middle of fixing
c) ON HOLD – temporarily stopped fixing or installing
d) DONE! – the problem has been repaired/new part(s) installed and the system is working fine.
Active To-Do List
- Install new door sealings. All replaced by now except the seals going around the doors. DONE!
- Install new door hinge sticks. Parts available, need to install. IN PROGRESS (driver side done, passenger waiting)
- Fix handbrake. Quite certainly the cable needs to be replaced or tightened. Brake works but is weak. UPDATE: Cable tightened and handbrake is still not very good. It seems like the handbrake pads may be worn. WAITING
- Apply rust and corrosion protection to the frame (without removing the body). WAITING
- Re-paint some of the oyster color interior components. WAITING
- New components to the engine (crankshaft, cylinder heads, intake manifold, carburetor). WAITING
- New exhaust system with headers. WAITING
- Buy and install new tail lights. DONE!
- Buy and install daytime running lights. WAITING
- New steering system. WAITING
- Fix front left and rear right brake calipers. DONE! (complete new SSBC brake set installed)
- Open and re-build differential. WAITING
- Fix and adjust door windows to seal completely and slide properly on their tracks. WAITING
- Fix windshield washer pump. WAITING
Archive (All Fixed)
- Fix the speedometer. (Solution: new driven gear)
- Fix the interior lights (roof lamp and floor lamps) so that they illuminate when the doors are open.
- Fix the dash illumination.
- Fix the license plate lighting.
- Small exhaust manifold leak front right of the engine.
- Cooling system pressure sometimes too high. Has blown the top radiator hose off the radiator a couple of times. (Solution: Pressure is normal, hose was wrong and secured incorrectly)
- Secure the floor carpet, install transmission heat seal cloth underneath the carpet.
- Corvette logo emblem on the passenger side fender is a bit misaligned. Seems like it has happened already during the body restoration that was carried out on this car in USA.
- Fix some paint damage on the lower side of the body below the doors, on the hood edges and T-top edges.