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  1. tonyponykay

    Another screw up by tony's corvette shop ...

    mechanics...blegh ;LOLi've been to hundreds of mechanics and found that they all are either arrogant or dumb and couldn't find a hole if they fell into it...;LOL the worst experience I ever had was at F body in Maryland, wow, what a bunch of arrogant idiots...they did much the same to my...
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    Help! 16" tires for 1986?

    yokohama tires? in regards to the Yokahama for 16inch rims: "Try to locate a Yokohama Tire Distributor or Dealer. Yokohama makes the AVID H4s/V4s in 255/50/16 and they should be available worldwide. I got mine from an independent tire dealer in Michigan who personally owns a couple of...
  3. tonyponykay

    broken rear view mirror

    well, I got it back on there, sort of...lol My wife sanded the ball while I put on my force balanced front wheels. After about half of hour of sanding and checking if it went back in, bingo, it went back in, BUt, I don't know if it went all the way in or just part of the way in. I can see a...
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    broken rear view mirror

    did you ever get the mirror back on the ball? I ask because same thing happened to mine.. came off the ball... I know this is an old post, just hoping you're still around and have an answer as to how you got it back together, if you did. :w thanks tk
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    Question: Tach wire on an 81 Pics.

    if it's like my 1980 then the filter will need to be attached/mounted to a solid ground. when I changed my carb to edlebrock and put in the adapter for the accelerator cable, I lost that ground and my tach was jumping around all over the place every time I went over a bump. :chuckle Then I...
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    Help! Found insulation or something under my intake manifold

    mouse nest in garaged car? i agree that it probably a mouse nest, wierd its jammed up real good under there, doesnt seem to be enough room for the mouse too. looked at pics of other engines online, dont see anything it could be but a mouse nest thanks tony:w
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    Help! Found insulation or something under my intake manifold

    insulation beneath intake or rat's nest? no its not the silver wrapped insulation around egr tube. It's directly under the intake kind of towards the front of the engine, just back of the intake throttle body area... very wierd stuff, its coming apart and coming out a little. maybe...
  8. tonyponykay

    Help! Found insulation or something under my intake manifold

    87 convertible, found either a rat's nest or some kind of insulation between my intake manifold and the engine, injector bay area. Is this normal? I"m asking because i never saw that on my 88. And this insulation or whatever its is, is coming apart, its like some kind of asbestos or some...
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    Replacing spark plug wires on LT1

    had a 95 formula firebird lt1 what a pain in the ;LOL I'll never buy another chevy with an lt1 engine again :beer strong engine but what a pain to work on. that opti spark :bash they had to take off my powersteering and something else in there to run new wires and they ran some cheap...
  10. tonyponykay

    New weird sound.

    fuel line clanging on my 87 i had a bizarre clanging on my 87, matter of fact the guy that sold it to me said his uncle (who owned the car before him) sold it to him because he couldn't find the clanging clacking sound. So I searched and searched after it drove me crazy but after a really good...
  11. tonyponykay

    backspacing question 87 - 96 wheel

    thanks for the info ! :w thanks for the info... found new wheels for good price but those spacers are 200 bucks ... duno if it makes much sense right now still the info is great help thanks very much :w tony
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    backspacing question 87 - 96 wheel

    hi all, I'm wondering if 96 vette rims would fit on 87 convertible vette... here's the stats for 87: 1987 (base) front & rear 16"x8.5" 32mm (6.0" backspacing) Goodyear Eagle VR50, P255/50VR-16 here's the other: 1993-1996 (base) front 17"x8.5" 56mm (6.9" backspacing) Goodyear Eagle GSC...
  13. tonyponykay

    Seafoam in the crankcase works well!!

    maybe we can use that for Swine flu!! or I should use the PC term, H1N1:upthumbs 6 Florida Gators out from practice today with flu like symptoms :confused I'm freakin staying home ;LOL;help Gimme dat snake oil ;help tk:w
  14. tonyponykay

    What is your "other car"

    loooong thread !! wow you folks got some nice cars ..:) I just have my 2 corvettes, 80 and 87 convertible my wife has a Toyota Rav 4 dont have any more room in front of house ..haa :rotfl or I would buy something else I'm sure.. can't stop looking at Craigslist could use a 4 wheel...
  15. tonyponykay

    Seafoam in the crankcase works well!!

    ok so sea foam or no, or just transmission fluid? years ago, i had a friend tell me about transmission fluid trick, and i asked him what the heck he was smoking. lo and behold, he was right... sum beeeaa..... ok so i been thinking about sea foam in my 80 cause i've done about everything i...
  16. tonyponykay

    Howling

    well i hope you find it I certainly don't have experience enough to tell anything for certain, however, not positive those symptoms point to anything in the differential. going around a corner and howling... I'd be careful and make sure. I'm certainly no expert but sounds more like bearings...
  17. tonyponykay

    Howling

    43,400 miles ? how does a rear end wear out with that many miles on it?:confused I'd be checking a lot of other things first before I accepted this diagnosis. things like the tire carrier even, bearings, even tires can cause a wierd noise sometimes. I duno, maybe rear ends wear out that...
  18. tonyponykay

    Dreaded NO START HELP

    oooo opti fun ! changed opti in my 95 lt1 formula .. wow, lot easier in a vette, put in an Accel from Jegs, worked really good. glad to hear it wasn't your opti, too bad about your other car... sheesh, that's not so bad, I had my two cars crap out and my wife's car crap out on the SAME...
  19. tonyponykay

    what to put on sticking t-top weatherstripping

    rain rain rain and heat now my new t-tops are sticking to the body of the car when i try to remove them. Matter of fact, removing drivers side left a small residue of weatherstripping on the metal that I will have to clean off. I know there is something people are putting on their...
  20. tonyponykay

    Why do people tailgate Corvettes?

    haaa classic ref to: It happens to me almost every time I take her out. The other night, as I was going to pick up my daughter from work, this guy in a beemer plasters himself on my rear bumper. All I could see was face in my rear view. So------ I just gradually came to a complete stop, which...
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