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Howdy Crebo, I'm here at the MCAS in Beaufort. Golf. Hmmm, well. The last time I had went golfing was in high school and I got kicked off the course - never went back until this 4th of July weekend a month ago. Crazy thing is I kinda liked it - and I was hitting everything straight even...

Nicely done - thank you for the pics and description. Culprit

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I'm not going to talk much on this subject because I don't want to add to any confusion or confuse myself, but I will post some pictures of my '78 documented with the FE7 Gymkhana suspention from the tank sticker. The pictures show a rear sway bar and a spring with 9 leafs (or 8 if you don't...

Illojik, It is true that all 82 Vettes were produced with auto trannies. All other Shark years you could get either auto or manual. If you go to the model center here on the CAC (follow tech center tab to model center to year to options and production) you can find out exactly how many Vettes...

Stallion, do you have the factory t-top covers? If they're like mine, the back side of the snaps are exposed on the inside of the bag. That might be what scratched the tops. Go to Lowes/Home Depot/equivalent and you can find little green felt circles with a peel and stick backing. Use these...

Thanks 6shark9. Does the radio operate a power ant? Guess I'll do a little more homework. Culprit

I guess I know what movie I'll be watching tonight. I remember the car, but can't picture the wheels. Culprit

That good news! How'd you finally get it open? Culprit

6shark9, I'm interested to know why you don't like the Custom Autosound USA-5 radio - I was just about to order one with the CD changer and some modern speakers since the new radios won't work with the older speakers' impedance value. Thanks, Culprit

The body work looks great. Nice job. Yellow has always been my favorite on Sharks with the Daytona mod - but that's just one man's opinion. Culprit

Thanks Bud. I'll go to NAPA and check it out as well as try to do some reading up on the subject. I might be stubborn and set in my ways, but I'm open to learning and gathering the facts then making an informed decision. Those of you using synthetic, how far do you go between oil changes...

Cruzer82 brings up a good point. I don't use synthetic so I can't speak from experience, but I have been told that if you want to use synthetic oil in an engine you have to start using it within the first 3-5000 miles of engine life, and that once you go to synthetic you shouldn't go back to...

Why don't you guys like FRAM filters? I've been using FRAM oil filters since I started chainging oil with my dad when I was 8 or so and I have never had a problem with any of them on any vehicle for several hundreds of thousands of miles. I like them even bettern since they came out with the...

Here's another dumb question - what's the difference between posi-trac and a limited slip diff? Culprit

Here's a pic of what the bad u-joint looked like when I got underneath to have a look. All that shiney metal was the u-joint eating itself to death. And you can't see it in the picture, but I also saw a fine dusting of shiney new metal filings in the grease and road grime around the joints...

TR, I agree with everyone above about the floor jack and jackstands. And never get under a car that is only supported by one thing. Example - if the whole car is up in the air on 4 jack stands put something else under there to catch it if it falls. Many people put a couple of wheels under...

Late last week I had a metallic chatter/squeak type of noise coming from the right rear wheel. It turned out to be a u-joint that had gone bad. The needle bearings inside two of the 4 end caps were pretty much non-existent leaving the joint arms to rattle around in the end cap chewing up metal...

Thank you Thanks for the help everyone. I couldn't open elseyj's link from work today for some reason. My negotiation skills must be improving because I was able to talk that crazy flange into handing over the u-joint after all. Okay, so maybe there wasn't much talking involved. Just the...

140 bucks?! I found the part on Eckler's web site - for $140!! I was expecting about $40. I'll keep looking at some other suppliers, but I think I should re-enter into negotiations with the old part - and this time try to be a little more persuasive than I have been thus far. flange Culprit