Recent content by LanceB

Hello all, been awhile since I have been here. I have an 81 I have had for about 14 years. A couple of years ago (pre kids) I had dual exhaust installed with no cats. There is no testing in my state of KY. I have since purchased a home that has an attached garage and I have to air it out...

"As you can see, a correctly set up Q-Jet will fire and run very nicely, even with no choke." Funny you mention that. I haven't had a choke on my 81 qjet in years and it runs pretty good. I even drive it in the winter too if the roads are clean. Funny story on how that choke got removed. We...

I bought some weatherstrips to replace my mirror ttops weatherstip which is crumbling awhile back. I got cold feet after reading about some people that reported seeing hairline cracks appear in their glass tops sometimes several months after replacement. I replaced the ones on my brothers 77...

My 81 goes dead all the time even if I don't drive it after just a couple of days. I assume there is a slow drain somewhere but I have not been able to locate it. I finally got a battery quick disconnect and undo it even if I am walking into the grocery. Its kind of a PITA to reset radio...

I can see a spring in that area (that is near the lever you pointed out that I push that opens the door?) but a lot of lithium grease makes it hard to tell if its broken until I spray out with brake cleaner. Not sure if I want to spray brake cleaner with mechanism on the car. Mechanism needs...

I found a piece of what I think is this in the bottom of the inside of the door: 1968-1982 Corvette Door Latch Mechanism Repair Spring|Power Door Locks & Lock Mechanisms|Zip Corvette Parts=& Could this spring be the source of my trouble? Surely this little spring doesnt keep the whole door...

YESSS THANK YOU!!! Sorry for the play by play guys. I honestly don't think I could keep this old vette for 10 years if it wasn't for this website! Now to either replace this thing or see if it can be reconditioned.

Someone please tell me I don't have to drill through the fiberglass or anything crazy.

Been fooling with this thing for several hours now. Door panel won't come out without door open so no luck that way. I keep looking at the passenger side and trying to move the same parts on the driver side with a screwdriver and a clothes hanger. It just won't come unlocked. The outer door...

Window seems to be just working all of a sudden. I tried to lube the door lock mechanism up while it was still in the car (I know I now should have taken the assembly out) and it seemed to be working well. I had door sag so I had a body shop put a new pin and bushing in it and it has opened...

Well everything worked out. I ended up grounding the new black wire from the harness to the chasis, I blocked off the black wire going into the box and connected the red wire to the red one still running though the box. I talked to my brother in law (who used to install stereos years ago) and...

I am replacing my 1975s stereo with a new CD player. I have my new harness and everything seems pretty straightforward. The harness wires and colors are all the same except what I am seeing for the red and the black wire. The current harness' black and red wires go into a little black box...

The screwdriver from the top got it open....seems to be opening and shutting now. I assume it needs lubed up and it maybe just binded up. I do have to "slam" the door on the driver side to get it to shut tight, which I really hate to do. Thanks for the help.

Thanks for advice. well all of a sudden the window started working. I have no idea why but it seems like when it is all the way up, it locks up so that sounds like something motor related? The bigger problem emerged on Friday and now my driver side door will not open from the inside or the...

Hello all. OK I gave up on my AC years ago...but that deal requires to be able to get my window down! It quit working on Friday. Where would you start searching? I am sure its the power window motor but hard to say without taking stuff apart I guess. For some reason the drivers window was...