I'm boiling part of my new Stingray, AMA

"gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun" (gbergey) 05/14/2016 at 23:16 • Filed to: Corvette, Stingray, rain, BC, Garage Queen

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Pulled apart the parking brake boot on my new 1974 Stingray, I’m boiling it. Hopefully the plastic will flatten out and I can glue a backing plate on it so it’ll slide instead of getting all bunched up.

Also, I need to figure out how to tension the parking brake cable....

ALSO, she got rained on today for the first time in the 21st century, she was a bit of a garage queen

crowmolly > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun 05/14/2016 at 23:22

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You might want to pick up a Corvette restoration guide. Just to have out in the garage to thumb through.

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > crowmolly 05/14/2016 at 23:36

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Right now it seems like straightforward stuff...

need to fix the parking brake, new tires, control arm, strut, and sway bar bushings, full fluid change....

crowmolly > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun 05/14/2016 at 23:40

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Up to you, but having diagrams, torque specs, etc is pretty handy.

My bird IS the word > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun 05/14/2016 at 23:48

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let me know how it goes, have to heat gun my bumper (has a dent) and Im curious to see how these old plastics respond to heat.

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > My bird IS the word 05/14/2016 at 23:55

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I alternated boiling it and sticking it under a flat heavy object several times, seems to be much flatter now.

I’m going to find a backing to glue on, it was folded over completely and is nearly broken in one spot

My bird IS the word > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun 05/15/2016 at 00:17

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Hopefully since mine had a molded shape to it it will just bounce back. I am doubtful.

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > My bird IS the word 05/15/2016 at 09:43

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Good luck... you might need to remove the bumper so you can get two flat objects and a deep C clamp around it?

My bird IS the word > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun 05/15/2016 at 14:45

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That would probably work in the spot its in. Gotta remove it anyhow