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Old May 10, 2013 | 10:18 PM
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Yeah, mine has one tiny spot of surface rust under it. But it's nothing bad. I took my valve body out, made lots of red rain. So far so good, I'll post pictures in a bit.
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 10:38 PM
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Hey Matt, which car show are you going to this year? I'm planning to take both my bronco and my beetle to Ed Britz's show up at Coastal. The plan is to have the same friend who went last year, drive the bronco while I take the beetle. I'm a little nervous cause I don't even like my family to drive the bronco, much less my friends. Since it's only down the road I figure I'll teach him how to handle it, then he should be fine.
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 10:39 PM
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Are they both on the same day?
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 10:43 PM
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I don't know about algona days but the one I'm going to is on July 20th. The show I'm going to is going to have the raffle prizes and stuff back. I just need to get the $40 for both vehicles.
 
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I'll probably go check it out
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 11:07 PM
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It should be pretty cool. Plus coastal has some damn good beef jerky.
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 11:13 PM
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Yeah lol. Last year's car show was kinda pitiful compared to some of the ones I've seen.
 
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Old May 10, 2013 | 11:22 PM
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Yeah that's the mayor's doing. For some reason he has been taking things away from the show, which is why Ed decided to do his own this year.
 
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C6 valve body looks pretty clean, why did you tear it apart? In the first picture, it looks like the right radius rod bushing might need replacing.
 
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It shifts like a slush-o-matic, I bought a shift improvement kit for it, I'll be doing the mild one out of the two options. The whole inside of the transmission looks very clean. I also have a new N code servo to install with a different spring included in the kit. I noticed when the VB was bolted together, there was a blue tag that says NJ on it. Is that someone's initials?
 
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It shifts like a slush-o-matic, I bought a shift improvement kit for it, I'll be doing the mild one out of the two options. The whole inside of the transmission looks very clean. I also have a new N code servo to install with a different spring included in the kit. I noticed when the VB was bolted together, there was a blue tag that says NJ on it. Is that someone's initials?
No, that is the suffix on the VB part number, it was to identify them on the assembly line. My C6 had a nice firm shift for it's entire 119,000 + miles.
 
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Mine shifts alright for what it is. I had it rebuilt last year at some point. Considering its turning 35s and the gears in it, it does ok.
 
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No, that is the suffix on the VB part number, it was to identify them on the assembly line. My C6 had a nice firm shift for it's entire 119,000 + miles.
It may have shifted better if the accumulator valve spring wasn't broken lol.
 
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That could have had something to do with it. Be sure you adjust the 2nd gear band.
 
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