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    Help! 1981 for sale look before skipping

    I have reduced the price to 8000 dollars. I have found out more people care about looks over running great.
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    Help! 1981 for sale look before skipping

    I can send more pictures what are you interested in, let me know. I will send more info and pictures. I am at work until wednesday and will give more info after that is there anything special or just a more indetail on the car
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    Help! 1981 for sale look before skipping

    Lots done to this vette, have receipts for all. Highlights are new GMZZ4 engine 350HP only 20,000 miles, a 700R4 transmission maybe 10 hours, new brakes, a full rebuilt front suspension, and the interior is 95% complete. Fun and fast you will love to drive this car. The only think left is paint...
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    81 fuel gage

    here's the latest I tried all the tricks you guys suggested and i thought the gage started working which would mean bad connection or wire, but when i filled it up today it went way past full like when you disconect the sender. I will drive it around a while and see what happens if the guage...
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    81 interiors

    I need a little help finding a part. I am replacing my t-top center panel and when i took the old one of i noticed that the velcro piece on the metal was not there, I have no idea what it is called or where to find one I have look at the common vette catalogs and nothing. Im not looking for...
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    81 fuel gage

    without relizing it i have been cyling it while working on it with no change
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    81 fuel gage

    i mit have bump it but this is the second gage with the exzact same problem
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    81 fuel gage

    is the little resitor the plastic piece on the back of the guage, where can i get one?
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    81 fuel gage

    I tried your idea when I pulled the sender wire off it went stright pass full i then hook up the test light and it did not move, I checked the ground it is good and i am getting a reading on the testlight so is it a wire problem or possible the circut panel behind the gages thanks for the help
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    81 fuel gage

    I am loosing my mind I have put in a new sending unit and gage, check the ground by the tail light(Is there another one i don't know about) but no matter what i do the gage only works the top half of the tank in another words when the tank is full the gage reads full but when the tank is half...
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    81 fuel gage problem

    My fuel gage reads full when i fill up the tank and as i am driving around go's down like it should but it is only reading 1/2 tank when it shows empty there is still 1/2 tank left I already replaced the sending unit. pleas does any one have any suggestions thanks
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    Question: 81 fuel sending unit

    First I want to thank everyone for there help. You can test the sending unit outside the tank just hook it up like normal and have a buddy move the float it will give you a general idea that the system is working properly. Someone (no idea who it could of done it) didn't notice that when I put...
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    Question: 81 fuel sending unit

    I pulled the sending unit back out and it does not look like it was caught on anything. I will check to see about the liner. Another question while I had it out I hook it up to see if it worked outside the tank and it did not work, the power and ground was still going to the sending unit but no...
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    Question: 81 fuel sending unit

    Thanks, I tested it again using the 12v test light and it showed full again I plan on taking it out to check to see if it is stuck on something in the next couple of days
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    Question: 81 fuel sending unit

    I just put in a new sending unit in a 81. All it shows is empty. I did the test with grounding out the sending wire, it went all the way pass full, plus if I just disconnect the sending wire it stays pass the fuel mark. I'm I missing something or just not getting it? I heard that the new...
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