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Hey all, I got a WCFB and a compatable intake for it to put on my engine when I got it back together. I had a guy rebuild the carb, but I can't seem to get any gas flowing through it. I changed the fuel pump (waste of money) and all the lines, and it still seemed like it wasn't pumping gas...

Hey fellow L81ers, According to my build sheet, the car pictured in the upper left of this post turns 25 today! Yes, one of the last of the first run at Bowling Green, it is over a full year newer than Bill and Gail's. It's not the same 2 tone red it left the factory with (like JU's) or in the...

Can someone remind me of the procedure for setting solid lifters? I think it is - #1 @ TDC, set #1 and #6, rotate 90 deg., set #8 and #5, rotate 90 deg., set #4 and #7, rotate 90 deg., set # 3 and #2? .020 with feeler gague between the rocker arm and valve stem? Did I remember all that right...

Hi all, looking for some wiring help. I'm working on a vehicle with no fuse box, I need to know how to wire the alternator. I just got a 'newer' model with the internal regulator (so I don't have to mount one somewhere) I just need basic wiring to include switch, starter, coil, alternator...

Hi all, Craig32 here visiting from the C3 sector looking for some wiring help. I'm working on a vehicle with no fuse box, I need to know how to wire the alternator. I just got a 'newer' model with the internal regulator (so I don't have to mount one somewhere) I just need basic wiring to include...

Hi guys, Craig here visiting from the C3 sector. . . My neighbor showed me a set of keys last night that he found in a tool chest his grandfather (a body man) gave him. It looks like a pocket knife, with an early C1 on one side (53 - 55) and the other side had a Corvette logo that fell off. It...

Hi again all, I just changed the distributor in my project to a dual point, but after 20+ years, I forgot how to degree a cam. :eyerole If I remember right, it was something like 38 degrees before. The new dual point is mechanical advance, where the old one is vacuum. Anything special I need to...

If you're putting together a project vehicle with no heater, do you plug the heater hose outlets on the water pump and intake, or do you run a small hose from one to the other? Does this also cool the top of the engine, or can it be plugged? Also, on a 58 Corvette with two four barrels, where...

Question for the 80-82 owners - the front side marker lights are yellow and clear, the yellow apparently work with the lights AND the turn signals, what is the clear light at the bottom for? On one side of my car the light is missing, on the other side two wires are cut, so neither one works. It...

Hi all, I bought another door, complete except for interior panel and key lock. The window is electric and it is down, doesn't seem as if it works either. I can't get the motor out with the window down in front of it, and I don't think I can get the window out while it is down. Is there a way to...

OK, I've been wondering. . . our Vettes are 24 years old now, and it is currently winter - What does John Q. 81Vetteowner drive? Another Chevy of some sort? A very economical car to afford the luxury? 4X4? "I'll walk til spring"? Mind my own business?! I have a 2002 Monte Carlo - bought new...

Can anyone help me with a vacuum headlight dilemma? My headlights would not come up at all, either side. I replaced the driver's side actuator with a used one, now when I pull the light switch, the driver's side slowly begins to open. It makes it about half way open, then the other side slowly...

I recently purchased an 81 Corvette in need of some minor repairs. Among them, the power door lock plug on the driver's door was cut off and the wires were taped fast to the door. I purchased the repair harness, but the colors are of course different. Apparently I somehow activated the alarm by...