1987 Corvette Z52

[Basement Paul]

The Badger is right. But he's not accounting for my hatred of getting a new phone. I just hate the whole process. Ugh. I have the same hatred for new glasses, but I'm due for those too.

-BP

[Basement Paul]

The majority of yesterday's work was dedicated to getting the Lokar throttle cable in place. It took a solid two hours just to get it in place under the dash. I used the plastic sleeve, sacrificed from the original cable assembly, to get it attached to the pedal. Then it was a solid two man effort to get it mounted to the fire wall because the mounting threads are a bit too short. But we persevered.
Then we put the rest of the windshield wiper assembly back in place so it should function when necessary.
Next week the seat can go back in, the intake and coils can go back on, and if we're lucky, we can get the other end of the throttle cable cut to length and attached to the throttle body.

-BP

[Basement Paul]

The seat is back in place. And since I had most of the top end apart, I put new gaskets, or seals in this case, on the valve covers, intake manifold, and valley cover. Next week we should be able to finally get the intake back on for good, finish up the throttle cable, and work on some PCV tubing and brake vacuum hose. It's a little slower going as dad's broken tractor deck has been sucking up some Saturday morning time.

-BP

[Basement Paul]

Over the weekend the throttle cable got hooked up and seems to be functional at this point. I'm hoping the tiny little set screw is able to hold the cable in place during all the abuse. If not I think there's a backup way that should work.
Today I got a 1/4" tube nipple tig welded into my upper radiator hose assembly so I can attach my steam port hose to it. I also picked up a PCV breather like the one in my S10 to route the crankcase crud into, instead of back into the engine. I got both of these things accomplished at Hutter's.

I have also enlisted Camaro Bob to do some finish work on the fuel system, old engine wiring, and hooking up the Holley Injection system. I love Hutter's, but their rate is significantly higher than Bob's, and I believe the exact same outcome will be had. I'm hoping to get him the car in the next week or two.

-BP

[Basement Paul]

The Corvette went to Bob's last Thursday with the help of Kevin and his big car trailer. Hopefully the next 2-3 weeks will see it to driving completion. But I didn't set a deadline as I know he bounces around on some of his shop projects. I also ordered some John Deere counterweights this morning on Amazon. Once I get it back, I will work on getting the weight bracket assembled into the rear hitch. I thought the JD Green would accent my car nicely in the dirt.

More excitement to come...

-BP