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Undercar cleanup (11/21)
6/1/05 12:17am

greypoupon69

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Irving, TX - USA

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#1 -1969 Corvette Coupe Riverside Gold, black interior,MN,A/C,350/350,PS,PB,window cranks. #2 -2000 C5, black/black, 6 sp, Bose system & lots of buttons.

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Well, I don't know if Texas has a law on that, but I took mine to a car wash and used some of that "Glad Press and Seal." It seals GREAT! I sealed around the air filter/carb and around the Distributor (I have a chrome box over mine) box. Used the high pressure cleaner & the high pressure rinse, took off the Press & Seal, hopped in my car and took off.........no problem. I hope you find your leak!

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Undercar cleanup (12/21)
6/1/05 9:46am

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Coupe 74 - 454 Drive it like you stole it!

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Great feedback greypoupon69, exactly what I was hoping to see.

I will get to it in a week or two and let you know how it goes.

Concerning the leak, I'm pretty sure it is the transmission, as a found

some drops on the garage floors. Definitely red color and actually tasted a little bit like cherry coke! Go figure!

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Undercar cleanup (13/21)
6/1/05 8:31pm

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1975 C3 Red, T-Tops, Black Interior. All I need is time and money! Getting there!

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Tasted like Cherry Coke? Does that mean the trans operates sweet?

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Undercar cleanup (14/21)
6/2/05 5:16pm

greypoupon69

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Have you gotten any further on your tranny? The red color drops on your garage floor sounds like a tranny leak. Is the car hard to get in gear or is it acting up in any way?? I assume it's a 4 speed.

Kstyer, that was really bad......way too funny!! "Tasted like Cherry Coke? Does that mean the trans operates sweet?

I found a wire leading to my coil that looks like part of it fried in the middle. My car wouldn't start & I thought I had flooded the carb. Lifted the hood to check it out and found that wire. Got it started finally & noticed that section of the wire was smokin'. I'm not too electrical. What's the best thing to do? I'm not trying to mess up this thread......

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Undercar cleanup (15/21)
6/2/05 8:54pm

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I like brake clean too, but doesn't it dissolve, deteriorate some plastics? have to be careful spaying it... near your paint job

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Undercar cleanup (16/21)
6/2/05 9:54pm

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Find where the shorting wire is smoking, and insulate it. That should take care of it. If it's not a shorted wire, whatever the wire is feeding is shorting.

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Undercar cleanup (17/21)
6/2/05 10:00pm

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HURRICANE, UT - USA

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1978 L82 4 speed Black on Black vin12231 BDay Nov 7 1977 1966 327 Roadster BDay May 18, 1966 (next project)

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When I cleaned under my car I scrapped the heavies, took it to the car wash and hit it with high pressure and removed the rest with rags and some diesel in a spray bottle. I suppose you could use parts washing fluid in a spray bottle too. If it's really baked on and you can remove the parts, you could use oven cleaner. That does the trick too. Did that when I rebuilt my 72 camaro many years ago.

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Undercar cleanup (18/21)
6/2/05 10:19pm

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I didn't get to it yet, most likely mid next week.

It is not baked in, so I'll use brake cleaner and rags for the under car.

I'll do it by hand; since I have to get down there anyway to go figure out why my speedometer left me down. Cable to transmission could be loose or in need of a lube.

I'll finish it off with regular engine cleaner using low pressure at the car wash (with the electronic covered).

Thanks for all the tips.

I'll even take before/after pics!

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Undercar cleanup (19/21)
6/2/05 10:23pm

kstyer

Looking forward to them.

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Undercar cleanup (20/21)
6/3/05 8:50pm

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I never tasted transmiision fluid,to see if it tasted like CHERRY COKE.I only like COKE CLASSIC myself