Recent content by GT6Steve

Friends, I am perplexed I have a carb problem that has me stumped It came on suddenly. One afternoon I could not run at the just off idle transition. Car revs freely in neutral but won't move under load. Stalls and balks but then runs freely when on open road. I immediately suspected the...

Were any of our guys at Buttonwillow Raceway Park this weekend? There were some good looking cars in attendance.

Amigos, my 81 C3 was apparently delivered with the gymkhana package. 770 Lb rear spring is what my doddery memory dredges up. The car is dramatically lowered by at least an inch or maybe 2" Long ago I purchased a VBP fiberglass spring with a number ending in 330. I can't believe it's a 330...

I've been searching the Assembly Manual and not found an answer, hence turn to the experts. Was there some kind of radio support frame behind the flimsy plastic gauge panel on the C3 (81) cars? My stereo has a big piece of rollbar padding supporting it and I'm suspecting that's not how the...

Anybody have any tricks or suggestions? My front speakers are apparently original and apparently shot so how tough is it to replace them? Next day..., got it. It was easy through the top. Not what I expected LOL

I have a bad U-joint in the 82's left halfshaft. Can I get away with just dropping the bottom link to get enough slack to remove the halfshaft? Thanx in advance, I'll be undoing bolts until it becomes obvious LOL

After a multi year restoration my 81 sat idle for three years. Loathing a trip to the DMV coupled with real life crap kept it parked. Few weeks ago I determined it was time. Bought some new tires, changed the fuel and charged the battery for it to spring to life! It seem overjoyed to be...

When I turn off the ignition on my 81 I hear some nice sounding beeps from somewhere behind the passenger seat. Is my car telling me something with these tones?

Just rolled the 81 out of the garage for a douse. It looks gorgeous after all of my days, months, years of work. So why don't I give a rats ass about buying a battery to drive it. Is this marriage?

This is clearly an "other cars" question but yet germane to us all. I'm working on an old (66) Jaguar that has a trunk mounted Air conditioning evaporator with the rest under the hood as normal. They've got rubber hose tied to the chassis all the way to the trunk to make it all work. My...

Talking with a fellow about his 79 he tells me he's taking his hood to a paint shop to be painted on the underside. Part of the expense is going to be scraping and prepping where the underhood insulation is applied. I don't ever recall any evidence of felt under my 81's hood. Was it there and...

what about thye air hose from the cold air duct to the air cleaner on the 81 C3? Is there a ready easy replacement out ther? Dyrer pipe from lowes or somesuch....:drink:

Greetings Amigos, I just bought a set of solid T-Tops for summer in Vegas as the smoke glass T-Tops were a bit difficult in the Mojave. I've searched the site and noted the efforts to eliminate the factory headliners. That said, what's the dealwith the silly assed velcro like substitute the...

Hey Guys, years ago I had a windshield shade banner that said in reverse "SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT". Ignoring the fact that we've much more assholiness these days, anybody know where I can get another one made?

IS anyone running an electric fuel pump on the C3? I've lost another mechanical pump and am getting sick of their weaknesses (while ignoring the strengths). My major gripe is cranking the engine excessively to get fuel to the carb for the start. An electric pump has it filled by the time the...