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Just wondering why the 81's with 4 speeds came with steel springs while the auto's came with fiberglass. Anybody know? Any issue with changing over to fiberglass/composite springs on a 4 speed car? Thx, Ron

I need to replace the antenna cable on my 81 vette. For those of you that have done that, do you have any helpful hints, especially with getting the cable thru the grommet in the rear fender well area? Looks like that could be a bit tricky. Thanks and have a GREAT THANKSGIVING! Ron

Recently had my carb rebuilt and when setting it back up, my mechanic said there was a vacuum leak in the headlight system. He hooked his "smoke machine" up to the line and smoke came out the front of 1 actuator, and out the filter of both headlight relay valves. I'm assuming I probably need...

I'm installing a new CD player in my 81 vette and have cut a bezel and fit the "cage" that holds the new radio. What I'm wondering is if I also need to fit some sort of brace on the back of the radio to fix it to either the floor or firewall, or if the cage in the bezel is all that I need...

I've got some leakage and play where the transmission yoke comes out of the housing and connects to the driveshaft. In looking at previous posts, it appears that the driveshaft can be dropped by removing the straps from the yoke, pushing the yoke forward, and the driveshaft backward, and then...

Just trying to figure out exactly which transmission was used on 81's. Was it a Borg-Warner T10? Super T10? Any help greatly appreciated. Thx, Dawg

Previous owner replaced rear compartment door frame and doors but did not attach the doors to the frame. Should the doors be glued or screwed to the frame? Was thinking that screws may make door removal easier if it was ever necessary. If glued, what type of glue would be best? Thanks, Dawg

I'm looking for lots of miscellaneous parts to fit an 81 vette: Metal retainer clips used to hold vents in center cluster from 79-82 center bezel. Light guide/Deflector and nuts mounted to center bezel to light AC Controls Rear compartment door straps Power Seat Switch Passenger Side Visor...

Local forsale ads has an ad for a tinted Lexan insert for 79-82 Corvette rear windows. Ad says it can be removed for cleaning, etc. I'm thinking that this might be a nice way to tint the rear without affecting the rear-window-defrost, but Ive never heard or seen these before. I've got a...

After repairing my power antenna and getting it working right, and then replacing the radio with a new one, I wasn't happy with the radio reception. To troubleshoot it, I hooked the new radio up to the antenna in my truck using an antenna extension cable and reception was great. I hooked the...

Just had a great experience over on the c3 general side with resolving an antenna issue, but remembered Sensei's suggestion to try to use the L81 forum more, so here goes. When using the turn signals, both left and right will activate fine, but neither side will cancel with the steering wheel...

After MONTHS of shoppng and reading forums, I just got an 81 and am working thru all of the bugs. The power antenna was non-functional. A previous owner had cut the wires at the antenna. After removing it, I was able to determine that the motor works when power is applied (thanks to previous...