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General help with my 72 Corvette Stingray
craigh:
The hole is normal part of the duct tube that goes to the drivers side ball vent in lower dash.
You can see the remnants from the stick on seal tape that goes around that duct where it pushes together that is meant to seal it together where it joins.
It is not pushed in fully, that's why it's showing up like that.....however after 40+ years the parts don't always go together as well as they should. (To be honest they probably did not go together perfectly when new :)
The tube is held in place at both ends by pressure and there is a bracket with a screw that mounts near the bottom edge of drivers dash, next to under dash light and odometer reset knob.
Remove the screw and you can move the duct around a bit more. then bend bracket to fit again once happy with position.
See if that helps.
Speedvette:
Cheers Craig.
I tried to super glue it together yesterday while holding it together by hand but the glue just wouldn't hold. I'll be going down the street tomorrow so I'll try and get some double sided tape and seal it up that way.
In regards to the seats. I sent an email to Willcox Corvette and all they can send is a picture of what the seats look like, not really too helpful in my opinion as the colour might still not match the interior. I'm hoping their supplier might be able to send me a sample through the mail but thats probably a long shot.
Got a problem with the alarm too, not working at all. Do these alarms have a fuse somewhere?
Thanks all for your help so far. More questions will come no doubt.
Cheers.
bfit:
clean the duct in the area to be joined with acetone. its very potent crap so lots of ventilation when your using it .
use plumbers silastic ( as it is air harding )
sikaflex make some good products as well,
you will need to keep the joint together over night to make sure it will stay there.
Bfit
craigh:
I would not try and glue or silicone the duct parts together, feel free to put some tape over the hole but consider ...... You may have to remove the cross over tube at another time when you want to get to wiring, drop the steering column, update the duct balls etc etc.
As for your seats my 71 is Bridgehampton Blue and I purchased new seat covers and foams from Wilcox corvette (made by Corvette America) Perfect match and I think it was royal blue, check my build thread for details.
Check this site
http://corvettec3.ca/interior.htm
Looks like the blue code is the same for 71 and 72 even though in 71 it's called dark blue.
Do you have any pictures of the current blue seats.
Speedvette:
--- Quote from: craigh on March 03, 2016, 05:16:51 PM ---I would not try and glue or silicone the duct parts together, feel free to put some tape over the hole but consider ...... You may have to remove the cross over tube at another time when you want to get to wiring, drop the steering column, update the duct balls etc etc.
As for your seats my 71 is Bridgehampton Blue and I purchased new seat covers and foams from Wilcox corvette (made by Corvette America) Perfect match and I think it was royal blue, check my build thread for details.
Check this site
http://corvettec3.ca/interior.htm
Looks like the blue code is the same for 71 and 72 even though in 71 it's called dark blue.
Do you have any pictures of the current blue seats.
--- End quote ---
Yes my interior code is 412, presuming yours is the same. Looked at your build thread and it is an impressive one at that. Your original seats look identical to mine, in fact your whole interior looks the same. I would like to buy the seat covers this weekend as Willcox Corvette has a sale on which could save up to 20%.
Here's the link if anyone's interested.
http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/3788489-willcox-weekend-sale-carpet-dash-pads-door-panels-and-seat-cover-specials.html
Lastly I have noticed the external blue for 70 and 71 is called BridgeHampton blue. The blue for a 72 is called Targa Blue. And the blue for 73 is called Dark Blue. My question being, are these colours essentially the same colours? I ask because I ordered some touch up paint however the maker of the paint didnt have a listing for Targa Blue, so he made it up from his listing of Dark Blue being the 73 colour.
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