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Instead of watching the dome light, watch the amp meter. It will show the load the battery sees. If the Ammeter goes negative with the switch it might be the window is stuck. Open the door and try to open the wwindow again.

Alt is not recharging the battery. I read 13.85V at the + terminal of the battery and at the Bat + on the Alt. Revving the eng gets no change at either terminal. My service manual says that there is a large resistance between No 2 term. on the Alt to ground. I read 14.8K. Thats not large. Any...

I have a '71 BB. Oil gauge reads 1/2 what an external guage reads. Tried to replace the fittings. No Joy. Can't find the fittings. Where do I find fittings for a '71 454 oil press engine to guage . Thanks

I have a '71. There is no sending unit. Oil is tapped off the oil filter and routed to the oil pressure gauge thru a black plastic tube. BE REAL CAREFULL WITH THE FERRELS , I CAN'T FIND ANY REPLACEMENTS. I have the same symptoms you describe. I found my gauge reading wrong. I teed in another...

THAT TOO you just don't want to do this job again

Heater leaking again. Changed out the core about 2yrs ago. Now both supply and return lines leak @ the core tank. Took the heater back to radiator shop [actual rad shop]. Tanks not strong enough to support lines. This was a replacement core of unknown manufacture [Mexico/China??]. You don't want...

Don't throw your original leaf springs away. Do a search on ride height or bolt length . The f-glass rear spring makes the rear higher .

Any one have one of these? Need to change the heater core in my '71. I want to get rid of the custom autosound . Who makes this radio? [KHE 200}]

I have had my '71 since the early '80's . It had a Firestone Wide Oval for a spare.Thought I'd use my best Goodyear Eagle ST {circa 1984} but it doesn't fit in the spare carrier.

What is a handheld vacuum tester. What do you use?

I had a spare. I've owned this car since about 1983. Can't remember the tires it had when I bought it. Gone thru 2 sets since. The spare was a Firestone Wide Oval. {'71 vette} I saved the best GoodYear Eagle ST for a spare. It doesn't fit in the holder. It is too thick. I might get it to fit , I...

UGH !!! Canada ... what will the Learned Ones save us mini minds from next? Norvel you forgot more than the regulators ever knew .

You think ethanol will be cheaper because "they" promised. I remember the gasolines [fuels] available here in the WORLD . I am not a chemist but I have 750Hrs flight time on a T-29 with R2800 engines. We ran 115/145 gas. "They" don't make it anymore. 1 gallon/tank would turn a Falcon into a...

Keep the maximum height of you radiator return hose as low as possible. Loosen both ends of the hose and twist it to obtain the lowest profile possible. Any air captured in a high spot [higher than fluid level in your expansion tank] formed by the return hose, will allow steam to form. This...

Electricty is closer to fluids then mechanics. Voltage is head pressure. Current is the gallons per min. Resistance is the width of the pipe[wire]. Tracing an electrical problem requires you to understand these relationships and use the ones you have available to you, as knowns. Example: You...

Thanks '73 , followed your link to a '69 L88. Got all the pix. What a screamer. It looks just like my '71 two top vert, LS5, 4 speed, sidepipes . The weather in the East was GREAT today. You can forget whatever my BigBlock would bring ; ITS NOT FOR SALE

I can't remember idle speed cold , think arround 700-800RPM . Warm is 650RPM

Jack ..... Have not checked my hardtop for a date code. I only check this site on the weekends. The hardtop on mine was vynal[sic] coated. Had to be origional. I had the top painted the same color as the body [was war b yellow]. Now both are the same shade of red , without the vynal. Its...

Jack.. have a '71 vert that was WBY. The glass on the hard top has a mark on the drivers side low,readable from the outside. The marking says Safty -"LOF"in a square- Flo-Lite AS-2 UT Solid...