Thread: who knows chevettes?

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I just picked up an 87 chevette, great shape but it has a few issues.

the check engine light comes on intermittently. How do I get the codes out?

the brake pedal is way to close to the gas pedal. It is an automatic, so plenty of room to move it if I could figure out how to remove the pivot rod. As it looks, I might have to remove the dash to access a couple bolts which hold in the assembly. Way too much work. Am I missing something?

Every time I see the word Chevette, I think about the "Bad Seed" car that Steve Magnante stuffed a 500 inch Cadillac into.......
http://www.dieselchevette.com/PDF/thebadseed.pdf
Ran 12.33 @ 107 at LACR for a total cash outlay of $2271.

Pry the rubber pad off, sawzall the pedal narrower, then weld a piece on the other side so the pad fits back on. Cover the interior with stuff so it doesn't get welder burns.
Older EFI's are always flashing the Engine light. Either ignore it, or put some tape over it! They'll drive ya crazy trying to figure out what's making it come on, as long as it runs good, just live with it.

I moved the brake pedal over on my chevette; what I did was remove the snaprings that held the top of the pedal from moving side to side on the pivot shaft. Then i slid the pedal over to where I wanted it, drilled holes through the pivot shaft on both sides, and put in some cotterpins to keep it from moving side to side. Next I knocked out the 1/2" pin that the master cylinder rod clipped onto and replaced it with a 1/2" Grade 8 bolt so that it would reach to the master cylinder rod. I put the bolt through the rod first and then through the pedal so the rod would have a smooth surface to ride on. I put nuts on both sides of the pedal so the bolt wouldn't have any play and drilled a hole through the bolt shaft next to the master cylinder rod and put in a cotter pin to hold the rod in position when the pedal is being depressed. Finally I cut off the tab for the brake light switch and re welded it to the pedals new location.

A Chevette?? Wow, I didn't know that there were any left that hadn't been converted to Chinese built Maytag refrigerators.

What do you mean "converted?" I think that's what they were to start with.

I like the suggestion falconfan. I'll mabey look into doing it exaclty that way soon as I get some time to play. Already fixed the door lock on the drivers side rear door, put in an 'adjuster screw' to stop the brake pedal from popping the light switch out when my foot catches on the pedal, swapped the cat for a 'test tube', epoxied the dome light cover, reinstalled the AC control, etc. Now I am working on madmax nova.

'vettes had a version of the C-3 computer management system called the "cheap-3" IIRC they had no self diagnostic capabilities.
I also find it amazing there is still one running and even more amazing that you want to keep it that way. V8 that little pop can and cardboard critter.