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I never ran up on a spec that gave a minimum, so when I did mine I started out setting the body6 right on the mounts. This was after replacing the #2 mounts and rocker channels. I then shimmed the #1 and #4 positions to get the door gaps as close as I could. The body sat flat on the #2 and #3...

Last time I did this I used a cheap wrench and cut it down with a hack saw;LOL

You musy be living right, it just so happens I have an 81, And all the electrics in color that you will need. First up is the gauge diagram You need a voltmetr or a test light, if you don't have one you can make it with a brake light bulb and a piece of wire. Check the 20 amp gauge fuse, it...

:thumb I agree, get a shop manual specific to your year. What year is it? I may have the schematic or can get it for you. There is a fuse for all the gauges on the fuse panel, first place I would check.

PB Blaster is some very good stuff, it sticks to what you squirt it on ans soaks in pretty good. Other than that a pair of vice grips or an angle grinder with a 4" cutoff wheel might be the answer. Joe is right, once you get started....:boogie

If the thing will not come out what your going to have to do is use a cutoff wheel and cut the end off the strut rod to get it off the mount and bushing. Then peel off the rubber and use a chisel and vice grips to peel the bushing sleeve off the mount shaft. Then some more PB Blaster and heat...

My 81 only has front switches too, I think its the same switch for both alarm and lights, I don't have the Ctsy light circuit on line so I'll have to put it up tonight

Thats a good shift kit. How many miles on that tranny? The next real upgrade shoud be a 2004R, it has a better gearset plus overdrive in 4th. But that TH350C is a very good unit as long as the clutches are not toast. Just put the shift kit in and see what you get, I think you will find the...

Which Transmission? I don't think I would worry much about the pressure switch set point. The control circuit for the lockup is controlled thru a couple of points, the pressure switch is just there for part of it

I got a complete setup for an 88 vette off ebay, all I had to do was make a smog pump eliminator pulley. Got belt, all the pulleys abd brackets, PS pump and compressor for $300

So whats wrong with your existing shifter? There is a cockscomb spring that rides in a detent in the tranny itself that actually locates the shift points inside. 1-2-3 in the shifter Handle just slides thru.

There are a couple of products out there, CRC Contact Cleaner is a pretty good one available at most electrical houses, not home depot. Then protect them with a product called Correx, you can find it at Marine stores. A small wire brush will help.

Here is a vac diagram detailing what hoses to delete for emissions stuff. Removing the EGR will require fabing a plate to cover the hole in the manifold. You will need plugs for the exhaust manifold pipe from the air pump unless you replace the manifolds. You will need 2 new bolts for the...

I remember those Firestone 500's from back then, they had a nasty habit of shredding at highway speed

Do a little search on Home Made Lizard Skin. Its a paint on insulation material you can make foe $25 or buy it for $200. Its very good stuff to lay down first. I would then follow with a Dynomat type product, or Nuprene and then the carpet kit. The Lizard skin and nuprene would cover the entire...

OK, you have a couple of things going on: Check out the check valve on the vacuume line that feeds the headlight system, its probably bad, thats why the headlight acts up when you turn it off. Next is the Master Cylindar. It is probably leaking. Onlt real way to know is to bleed the brakes, do...

The shroud on electrics do the same thing as on a mechanical fan: it forces all the air from the fan to come thru the radiator instead of going around the fan. The Dewits rad is expensive but it is a very fine unit. There are cheaper aluminum units out there, Northern, there is a guy on Ebay...

I agree with Barry's recipe. My version is aluminum radiator with dual 12" electric fans on a DCControl PWM controller. The hi volume waterpump is a waste of time on a street motor if the other cooling components are working correctly.

You got very lucky and came out ok on the deal. 81's are pretty much just annother vette anyways, Original motor don't mean to much on them. Drive and enjoy

COngrats on the car, now you need some real books. You need an AIM (Assembly Instruction Manual) and a shop manual specifically for a 75, check Ebay. The hose from the intake around the compressor to the water pump is heater hose, should go from the intake to the heater nipple on the firewall...