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  1. 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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    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...
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    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...
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    confused about offset and wheels that came on my 87

    hello, bought my 87 convertible couple weeks ago, been hearing a squeaking sound off and on, usually on bumps... finally determined that the outside edge of the front wheels are rubbing on the wheel well.. :confused:confused anyway, been reading about offset and backspacing, think I have it...
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    welding or other fix for a/c aluminum pipes?

    hi all, bent my ac pipe, the aluminum (i think) one that takes a 90 degree turn and goes into the compressor, right in the 90 degree angle it sprung a small hole and all my r 134 leaked out. hit it with some jb weld, but within a day and night, the new r134 leaked out as well. anybody got...
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    Help! all air comes through bottom vents/heater vents

    including a/c (which i finally got working), switching to vent, the air still comes through the bottom vents that are hugging the center console, nothing even out of the lower side vents, dash vents or front defroster vent. took console apart and found a black and yellow vacuum tube hanging...
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    horn button/collar

    it doesn't say on my AIM or my tech manual CD how to actually attach the horn button and the collar that goes around the button to the retainer that clips into the circular collar on the steering column. there are three little studs on the collar that line everything up, but it did not come...
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    Question: mystery vacuum leak, worse when I turn lights off

    when i turn the lights on, the minor vacuum leak that I am trying to narrow down, virtually dissapears, and my lights do come up and work fine. then when i turn the lights off, ooo i gota rumble fumble vacuum leak that messes with the engine for a little while, till after a few minutes it...
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    Question: while working on pillar post, found bunch of eeek

    well, pulled off the pillar post to put new weatherstriping in there and the entire side of the window frame came off with it, exposing some rot in whatever they used for sealer way back in 1980. question is: anybody know what i can use to seal that aluminum window frame back to the window...
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    Help! big mistake, broke off stem of oil pressure in block

    ;shrughi, wonder if anybody has an easy way to fix a broken stem of oil pressure sender in the block of 1980 350 in my corvette. :eyerole:bash all i can see is to take the intake manifold off, distributor out and even then, since it broken in the block, i don't know if i can get to the piece...
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    Help! stock spring weight on 1980 vette?

    Hi everyone I have just bought my 4th vette (over the years) and its a 1980 which I want to rebuild. This will the first vette that I have rebuilt. I am wondering if anybody knows what the stock rear spring weight was on these 1980s because I want to buy a new monoleaf composite spring and...
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