Parts for 96 GS

[Michael M.]

I have friend with a 96 Corvette GS. He is looking for a few parts like lug nut covers and a tire pressure sensor. He believes both parts are GM discontinued. Is there any particular vendor that's better than others for this vintage Corvette? Thanks.for any replies. I have a 68, so I'm not much help.

[Joe L.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

I have friend with a 96 Corvette GS. He is looking for a few parts like lug nut covers and a tire pressure sensor. He believes both parts are GM discontinued. Is there any particular vendor that's better than others for this vintage Corvette? Thanks.for any replies. I have a 68, so I'm not much help.

Michael-----


The black lug nut caps are still available. GM #10028614. The tire pressure monitors are discontinued. I believe that Dorman Products makes a lot of these sensors but I don't know if they make the ones required for the 1996 Corvette application.

[Michael M.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Thanks Joe.

[Michael M.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Joe, can you post the part number(s) for the tire pressure monitor sensors in the wheels? Not sure if they're different for each wheel? Thanks.

[Michael M.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Joe, don't bother. I located these numbers off an Ebay listing. I think they're correct.

Blue - right front: #10161855
Green - left front: #10161856
Orange - right rear: # 10161857
Yellow - left rear: #10161854

[Joe L.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Joe, don't bother. I located these numbers off an Ebay listing. I think they're correct.

Blue - right front: #10161855
Green - left front: #10161856
Orange - right rear: # 10161857
Yellow - left rear: #10161854

Michael-----


Yup, those are the right ones and, yes, as you can see they are different for each wheel position. These are old technology tire pressure monitoring pieces dating back to just about the "beginning". Since they operate on radio frequency communication with the "receiver", they need to be different for each wheel otherwise the "receiver" wouldn't know which-was-which.

[Mike E.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Did those have a battery in them? I'm just wondering how they were powered? Holy crap... The list price for those were about $300 each!

Mike

[Pat M.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Since they operate on radio frequency communication with the "receiver", they need to be different for each wheel otherwise the "receiver" wouldn't know which-was-which.

Joe, I've always wondered why the receiver needed to know which-was-which. My 96 uses these dinosaurs and my message center only says "low/flat tire", it does not tell you which tire is low/flat. Is it that the receiver reads each signal on a unique frequency, since only one frequency could receive conflicting signals?

[Joe L.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Did those have a battery in them? I'm just wondering how they were powered? Holy crap... The list price for those were about $300 each!

Mike

Mike-----


There was no battery. They operate on a piezo-electric principle with the electricity generated by the turning of the wheel.

[Joe L.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Joe, I've always wondered why the receiver needed to know which-was-which. My 96 uses these dinosaurs and my message center only says "low/flat tire", it does not tell you which tire is low/flat. Is it that the receiver reads each signal on a unique frequency, since only one frequency could receive conflicting signals?

Pat-----


If you go into diagnostic mode, I believe it will tell you which tire is low and, in case of sensor fault, which sensor has a fault. As a practical matter, the real-time display only tells you that a tire is low and then you're just supposed to check all the tires. Most folks would do that anyway, even if the system told them which tire was low.

[Pat M.]

Re: Parts for 96 GS

Pat-----


If you go into diagnostic mode, I believe it will tell you which tire is low and, in case of sensor fault, which sensor has a fault. As a practical matter, the real-time display only tells you that a tire is low and then you're just supposed to check all the tires. Most folks would do that anyway, even if the system told them which tire was low.

Interesting, I didn't know that. The owner's manual under LTPWS simply says to check all four tires when the light goes off, which, as you say, I and probably most people did anyway. Thanks.