Another question...

[ZR1Vette]

With the auto HVAC system there is the light sensor on the dash (center and towards the windshield)>>
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/MRBLU/ZR1HVAClightsensor.jpg

Is there supposed to be a cover or cap or just as this pic shows???

And just to give a sneak preview... had the car professionally buffed out etc... 9 hours later and WOW...then I added Zymol Concours wax and then detailer...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/MRBLU/ZR1DetailedIV.jpg

Michael

[RICHARD TILL]

Michael, Thats the way the sun load sensor is supposed to look. I just double checked my 90 model to make sure. The manual says "this sensor measures the amount of heat generated from the sun shinning in the vehicle". Your car looks great.

[Arctic91]

I have a '91 and there is a small, black, bulb-shaped cover over the sensor. Not sure if that was a change from '90 MY...

[Arctic91]

Looking at your pic again... the base of mine mine also sits somewhat recessed in the top of the dash pad, where the base of yours looks to be flush with the pad. My guess is that yours is right for the year.

[Ccmano]

Your missing the black, bulb like, cover for the sunload sensor, which does have an effect on how and when the system operates. Mine was missing too. The system now works much better with the cover in place.

Paint looks great by the way...:thumbsup:

Hans
:cheers:

[902066]

The sensor on my 10,000 mile 90 looks just like yours [no cover].

[ZR1Vette]

Your missing the black, bulb like, cover for the sunload sensor, which does have an effect on how and when the system operates. Mine was missing too. The system now works much better with the cover in place.

Paint look great by the way...:thumbsup:

Hans
:cheers:

Thanks! Can you take a pic of what this cover looks like>>> if mine is missing then another search is on the way
Michael

[flyin ryan]

my 90 looks like yours as well. my 93 & 95 have the rounded top. i was led to believe there was a change somewhere along the way but from what Hans said...i don't know. i've had the temperature sun load sensor out a couple times before, i was pretty sure the way yours is, is correct...now i'm not so sure?

[kdmranch]

My 90 looks just like yours, no cover. My 91 does have a little black dome on it. I never noticed the difference before.

[bradslt5]

dont mean to hijack but how much did you get chaged by the detailer ?

[GOLDCYLON]

Thanks! Can you take a pic of what this cover looks like>>> if mine is missing then another search is on the way
Michael

From my desk drawer a spare and a look at both the top and the bottom. My 90 coupe had one and so does my 91ZR1. My guess is it fell off the sensor housing at somepoint. The heat load sensor has also been called the R2D2 sensor for obvious domed reasons. GC

http://home.earthlink.net/~goldcylon/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/heatload1.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~goldcylon/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/heatload2.jpg

[tomtom72]

2 cents more.....my 90, built in may of 90, looks just like yours Mike.....but I think that my dash was apart & the dealer lost a few things.....but fwiw, mine has no black bulb cover either.

:cheers:
Tom

[-=Jeff=-]

I am pretty sure my 90 does NOT have that...

















BUT, my 90 also has Manual A/C
:sign10:

[GOLDCYLON]

Lol what you dont have a thermal loaded hand that does the control switching for you?

[-=Jeff=-]

Lol what you dont have a thermal loaded hand that does the control switching for you?

no, I sold it on eBay... LOL

[Aurora40]

Mine is flat as well.

[flyin ryan]

maybe there was a change somewhere during the run. i thought Michael's car is an earlier one if i remember correctly? my 90 is 1706, pretty much halfway through the run & mine is flat, no cover/dome.

[BLACK90ZR1]

My 90 is just like yours, no cover. There is nothing in the NCRS manual about a cover on it, and I didn't lose any point for not having one.

[ZR1Vette]

My ZR is 90 #566... interesting there is one apparent pattern of having or not... 90's didn' the sometime in MY 91 started having... so looks like we 90 drivers go topless :)
Michael

[Jagdpanzer]

This could turned into a real cover up scandal
I can see the the healines now:
"Covergate Exposed"
"18 year old Corvette cover up scandal"
"The 1990 cover gap, worse than ever known"

[Aurora40]

Mine's #2517, made June of '90. It's possible this is the real reason the '90s were the lightest...

[RHanselman]

Mine's #2517, made June of '90. It's possible this is the real reason the '90s were the lightest...


:D

My 90 #2296 does not have one and my 91 #383 does...