1966 Corvette L72 Light Refresh

[napa68]

Slowly creeping to a finish on this stage. This car has proven to be a fighter. The gas gauge is now working. The replacement I received was NFG, so that had me double and triple checking all of the continuity and resistances again. Luckily, a friend over in Eagle River had an NOS gauge in his stash.

Furthermore, the wiper motor that came in tested good on the bench. It was acting all sort of funny in the car. The major sign, it would not park. So that came apart to only find the small spring was missing for the park solenoid. There was not even any evidence it was in there (like to broke). So, I dug through a spring assortment I have here, and was able to "engineer" it to work. Shazam! Works just like it should now.

Lastly, USPS managed to lose a couple of items on mine in the last couple of weeks Of course, one of those items is preventing me from finally securing the gauge cluster into the dash. The other item they lost for a week was all of the paperwork and images I sent in to Al Grenning for his CCAS Validation's on the engine deck, trim tag, and POP. Luckily, that surfaced and was delivered on Friday.


Just killing some time today, I decided to play around with a light steam on the carpets to see if I could get any sort of improvement. Nothing notable to report there. Still really nice original carpets in this car nonetheless, and don't want to risk going backwards using any sort of carpet cleaner.

[Tuna Joe]

Originally Posted by napa68

Slowly creeping to a finish on this stage. This car has proven to be a fighter. The gas gauge is now working. The replacement I received was NFG, so that had me double and triple checking all of the continuity and resistances again. Luckily, a friend over in Eagle River had an NOS gauge in his stash.

Furthermore, the wiper motor that came in tested good on the bench. It was acting all sort of funny in the car. The major sign, it would not park. So that came apart to only find the small spring was missing for the park solenoid. There was not even any evidence it was in there (like to broke). So, I dug through a spring assortment I have here, and was able to "engineer" it to work. Shazam! Works just like it should now.

Lastly, USPS managed to lose a couple of items on mine in the last couple of weeks Of course, one of those items is preventing me from finally securing the gauge cluster into the dash. The other item they lost for a week was all of the paperwork and images I sent in to Al Grenning for his CCAS Validation's on the engine deck, trim tag, and POP. Luckily, that surfaced and was delivered on Friday.


Just killing some time today, I decided to play around with a light steam on the carpets to see if I could get any sort of improvement. Nothing notable to report there. Still really nice original carpets in this car nonetheless, and don't want to risk going backwards using any sort of carpet cleaner.

Great car! Trying to learn here.
What would/could happen to the carpet if you were to shampoo it?
Thanks

[napa68]

Originally Posted by Tuna Joe

Great car! Trying to learn here.
What would/could happen to the carpet if you were to shampoo it?
Thanks

I've had mixed results, and feel I have damaged the rugs in previous cars. I gotta admit, I have become a bit of a connoisseur about certain original items, carpets being one of them. I can thank Tim G for causing this disorder I have not given up on improving the rugs, but I can live with them the way they are.

As a side note, Tim G is also responsible for my fetish revolving around non DOT tires, original shocks, the aforementioned carpets, fasteners, and a gaggle of other items that defy common sense to a reasonable adult. Seriously though, Tim is a wheelhouse of knowledge and certainly has upped my game. Most importantly, just a great guy and a genuine friend