warm weather!!!

[Karl]

We have warmer days coming and I will be so happy to get my car out of the garage!!!

Tomorrow morning i'm getting a 4 wheel alignment!!!

[Paul Workman]

We have warmer days coming and I will be so happy to get my car out of the garage!!!

Tomorrow morning i'm getting a 4 wheel alignment!!!

Ah...lucky U!

I still have a 100 yards of a foot of snow between the Z and the road.

[efnfast]

it was 2 below at my house this morning. My poor car hasn't been started all winter.

[Gunny]

Snow is not the problem here but rain & wind accompanied with sudden weather changes make things "interesting".

Yesterday, it was nice enough and the temp hit 81 ... so I took the ZO6 for a nice spirited outing ... even hit triples a few times. Came back to the house, cranked the ZR-1 and headed out for some more spirited runs. Noticed the nasty clouds starting to boil so headed back to the house but got caught in a sudden squall with 60+ mph winds. OUCH!!! Yesterday's 80's dropped to 35 this morning and today has been dismal (true, I'm not battling snow and zero temps, but it's still abnormal and definitely not fun). I can hardly wait for spring so that I can practice dodging hail & tornadoes.

[efnfast]

Well, it was sunny and my solar panels were cranking. Generated 109KW today

[Karl]

Paul,


I have about two feet of snow piled up behind half my garage door.

It will be gone tomorrow!!!

[Vette73]

Here in the Northeast its the same crap...Coldest Feb in the last 80 years....Still managed to take out both vettes every week or so.....
Lets hope the mercury hits the 50s soon......

[GOLDCYLON]

I have no comment ;)

But the summers are a bear

[Corvettes White]

Once every two years I deal with a smog permit. And once maybe every two years it gets below freezing at night. Nice 82 today. Daughter went to the beach.

[Paul Workman]

Once every two years I deal with a smog permit. And once maybe every two years it gets below freezing at night. Nice 82 today. Daughter went to the beach.

Yes... We hear in da frowzin nawth ENVY you!! (Gotta run. Another dang POLAR BEAR is pawing through the trash again!!:p)

[tonywy]

The roads here in ne pa are so bad I'm not sure I want to take anything out.

[efnfast]

It is absolutly beautiful here today. I was hoping to back Bertha out of the garage, run her and give her a bath. It's not going to get above freezing today. It's March 7 for God's sake!

[GSJoe]

Well, it's obvious that quite a few of us in this group have experienced a long and ugly winter and we're tired of it. I've been wondering for weeks where the "Carolina Blue" for which I left upstate NY 12 years ago has gone. This has been the worst winter I've ever seen here in Charlotte, NC. For the past two weeks or so the temperatures here have been more like early January than almost spring with clouds and then more clouds. During this time we've had rain, freezing rain (really a bad thing here since no one knows how to drive with black ice on the road) and then snow. My ZR-1 and my 911 Porsche sit in the garage, both with their battery on life support. Fortunately the heavy rains of two days ago have washed away the salt put on the roads during the recent snowfalls. If things dry out over the weekend as promised I will try to exercise both of my babies a bit. In short, I long for blue sky and summer temperatures NOW! I also hope the weather in Bowling Green in May is warmer than it was last year. Last May I needed cold weather clothing for Friday evening's hotel parking lot gathering that I hadn't brought with me. Do you suppose enough complaints to the Almighty--and I don't mean Al Gore--can bring us the weather we so want? I don't think it will hurt to try.

[Karl]

Well looks like I will be changing my master slave or whatever it's called. Clutch pedal went right to the floor. I checked and the reservoir was low. I added more brake fluid and that didn't help.

[Vette73]

" Global warming"....Actually that's what cause more precipitation in the winter "snow" because of the excess moisture in the atmosphere ...High taxes,high prices and lousy winters are now a big part of living in NY...

Got a chance to take the Z to the Atlantic city auto auction last Saturday...270 mile round trip....
There was a black/black 90 ZR1 with 100 miles there ...Guy was asking 60,000...
Forgot to see what # it was.....

[Arctic91]

It's officially above freezing at my house... and it's not even noon. We haven't seen that happen in a while, and higher temps are in the forecast for next week. Calling for mid-40's tomorrow, so garages will be open and both cars will be running as soon as we get back from church.

Scott

[GSJoe]

Well looks like I will be changing my master slave or whatever it's called. Clutch pedal went right to the floor. I checked and the reservoir was low. I added more brake fluid and that didn't help.

Karl, did you bleed the system after adding the brake fluid? If the reservoir was empty and you depressed the clutch pedal in this state you need to get the air out that you took in. These days I bleed from the top using a tool I made from a rubber stopper, a small piece of copper tubing that fits into the hole I drilled into the stopper and my MightyVac suction tool. This actually is the new Chevrolet bleeding recommendation which I first found in my 2011 C6 shop manuals, and it is also out there in a service bulletin. I find it to works quite well. By the way, I believe Kent-Moore Makes the stopper-tube tool I mentioned for GM, but it costs about $70. I made mine from pieces I bought at Lowes for about 70 cents! Hope this helps.

[FU]

The warmer weather is very much appreciated after this miserable winter. Now about those pot holes. Some pot holes around here are rim benders for sure.

[Karl]

Karl, did you bleed the system after adding the brake fluid? If the reservoir was empty and you depressed the clutch pedal in this state you need to get the air out that you took in. These days I bleed from the top using a tool I made from a rubber stopper, a small piece of copper tubing that fits into the hole I drilled into the stopper and my MightyVac suction tool. This actually is the new Chevrolet bleeding recommendation which I first found in my 2011 C6 shop manuals, and it is also out there in a service bulletin. I find it to works quite well. By the way, I believe Kent-Moore Makes the stopper-tube tool I mentioned for GM, but it costs about $70. I made mine from pieces I bought at Lowes for about 70 cents! Hope this helps.


I did not bleed the system. I went to la fitness and worked out.

Where is the bleeder screw or valve?

I will check my service manual for the procedure also.

Thanks!

[GSJoe]

I did not bleed the system. I went to la fitness and worked out.

Where is the bleeder screw or valve?

I will check my service manual for the procedure also.

Thanks!


Karl, the bleeder screw is on the slave cylinder under the car, to answer your question. The problem, however, is you'll probably go crazy trying to get the air out of the clutch in the old fashion way with it. Pumping and opening works for brakes, but it doesn’t work so well for hydraulic clutches. The clutch system is inherently different. Suck it out as I suggested or push it out by opening the reservoir and pushing new brake fluid up through the system using from the bleeder valve. (Pushing fluid up from the bottom is currently the first-fill procedure used at the plant in Bowling Green.) It is quick and efficient for getting the air out. Some back-yard mechanics like me will use a turkey baster for this, and ezbleed even makes a device to do it. Check it out here: http://www.ezebleeder.net/ For me, I do it all the time at the top with my MightyVac. My godson's '90 ZR-1 has leaked a bit for years. He forgot to check it on several occasions. Result: no clutch due to air. I usually have him "up and running" again with my MightVac in just minutes and we don't have to crawl under the car.

[XfireZ51]

Karl,

I use the Ranger Method for C6Z of replacing the fluid. Fill the reservoir about 1/4 full, then pump. Also a syringe or turkey baster would be helpful. After pumping about 50times, check reservoir and see if there is any black fluid. If there is, there suck out the fluid, then replace w new, again at about 1/4 reservoir. Pump pedal again. Repeat procedure until no black fluid shows up. Then top off the reservoir. Keeping the fluid clear helps maintain the master and slave in good condition.

[Karl]

Looks like the turkey baster method worked!!!

One question, is the reservoir full at the line without the little black hat, or is it full with the black hat in the reservoir?

Im guessing full with the black hat in the reservoir?

[XfireZ51]

The black cap should be flat, not extended. Just fill the reservoir to the MAX line.
Every few thousand miles, just check the reservoir for the color of the fluid. If it's looking opaque, time to replace. Fluid cheaper than replacing cylinders.

[Karl]

The black cap should be flat, not extended. Just fill the reservoir to the MAX line.
Every few thousand miles, just check the reservoir for the color of the fluid. If it's looking opaque, time to replace. Fluid cheaper than replacing cylinders.

There is a rubber hat/sock that goes into the fluid reservoir. I will take a picture of it later and post it.

[XfireZ51]

There is a rubber hat/sock that goes into the fluid reservoir. I will take a picture of it later and post it.

Karl,

I know what you're talking about. It's rubber under the reservoir cap. That rubber should be flat, not extended.

[HIZNHRZ]

Karl,

I use the Ranger Method for C6Z of replacing the fluid. Fill the reservoir about 1/4 full, then pump. Also a syringe or turkey baster would be helpful. After pumping about 50times, check reservoir and see if there is any black fluid. If there is, there suck out the fluid, then replace w new, again at about 1/4 reservoir. Pump pedal again. Repeat procedure until no black fluid shows up. Then top off the reservoir. Keeping the fluid clear helps maintain the master and slave in good condition.

Learned and did this regularly on my C6 Z06. Started doing it on my C4 ZR-1. Not as easy on the C4 as the C6 but very doable and works great.

[Karl]

The rubber sock

http://s5.postimg.org/pjmgm8g2b/20150308_185926.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/pjmgm8g2b/)

The rubber sock in the reservoir
http://s5.postimg.org/99wajc5eb/20150308_185905.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/99wajc5eb/)

[efnfast]

Karl, that rubber boot folds in on itself so it's only about half as tall. Then as the level goes down, the boot fills the gap so air doesn't have to.

[Karl]

Karl, that rubber boot folds in on itself so it's only about half as tall. Then as the level goes down, the boot fills the gap so air doesn't have to.

Makes sense thanks!