Recent content by pdege

Dear Bubba, I'm having electrical problems and found a place where 7 wires are twisted together. Looks like the connection is kinda loose. Will carpenters glue solve the problem?

Well, I gave up. The service manual arrived and supported my decision. The car was highly modified by Bubba. No real additions but plenty of subtractions. Lots of wires with no terminals, broken terminals, or simply just cut. I traced what I thought I needed and neatly bundled the rest. A...

Finally got the check engine light in. I jumped the 1st 2 contacts (the ones with no barrier between them) and nothing! The light just continually burns, no dots no dashes no code!!!

If my ECM is dead I plan on replacing the carb and dist. Here's what I'm thinking: Summit Hei blueprinted dist @ $85 Eldebrock 1406 or Summit remanufactured Qjet---don't know which is a better choice What do y'all think?

If I can ever get to the check engine light and I get a bad code is this what I should buy: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8035981807&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

Do you mean drive the vette there or put the computer in my dependable car and drive it down?

I just purchased an 81, still waiting for the service manual. Previous owner removed all emissions stuff. While driving it home you could tell there was a miss that seemed very much like a timing issue. Put the light on it to discover an initial timing at 22 Adv! Ran it up to 2100rpm and no...

Just bought an 81 and at idle the tach seems fine. As you accelerate the tach begins to climb but stops at approx 1300-1400 rpm. You can imagine my eyes when I saw the tach at that mark while I was going 65! What should I begin to check?