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This project has been on hold. I had the car on jacks and was ready to start disassembly when the Camaro tranny started its problems. I plan to change the u-joints on the halfshafts first. The clunking is deifintely the halfshaft hitting the yoke on the center section. I am guessing these u-joints a...

How cold is it now? Do you need those studs yet?

I went to 3 auto parts stores and NOT 1 had the pads. AutoZone, Ace Auto Parts, and Advance Auto Parts. I finally ordered them online from AutoZone. I guarantee that if she owned a Malibu the parts would be in stock. But it is nice to be able to order the parts online. Autozone had a master cylinde...

Well I replaced the throwout bearing as the old one looked real worn out. Put it all back together and it was a little better but the clutch still does not disengage all the way. The hydraulic clutch reservoir was almost full so I can't believe it is leaking. Either my clutch fork is bent, the "...

Sounds like you need beefier rocker studs.

Yes it is. I am having a little sticker shock on the junkyard trannys and have not found anyone to go to Canfield yet.

Well my daily driver just became a small project. About a month ago the 2nd gear synchro went out. Tried to order a new synchro and fix it but found out the synchro is part of one of the shafts. Once I knew the tranny was junk I decided to nurse it until fall. Until today that is. On my ride home to...

Unfortunately, it's a single to the muffler, and duals from there. But it does have a real nice tone, esp. for a bone-stock 305. And it all looks brand new, from the Y-pipe on back. Looks pretty good. That graphic on the side doesn't look bad. Probably not worth the trouble to remove it. You know, ...

The N. Carolina DMV responded to my request for information. I can now safely say that this car found its first owner in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was titled on 2/12/75. According to these records it had six owners in North Carolina. It had 94811 miles on 11/15/88 – it currently has 99,900 and c...

Besides the obvious tragedy of all the people who died or lost all their stuff - what about the classic cars that didn't make it out? http://www.thegroovybean.com/HURRICANEKATRINA/c3beach10.jpg The pic is from a member of a Corvette forum I am on. It is not his car - rather one he spotted on his way...

Adjusted the steering gear box – what an improvement! I had more than an inch of free play in the steering wheel, now there is practically none. It only took 2 minutes to do. Fixed the leaky header on the passenger side. The bolts holding the y-pipe to the cast iron header were slightly loose, and w...

Anyone have an old clutch fan? My Vette needs a 17.5" diameter fan. It has an 18" flex fan right now and it sounds like a giant hair dryer, not to mention it is hitting the shroud when I floor it from a dead stop. The fan I bought at Randolph is too big, and cutting one down just does not ...

Basement Paul wrote:which I'm intending to sell quickly once I do a couple little things...

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Update 8/22: As expected the rims arrived on the 17th. The paint on the rims is acceptable and they were basically rust free. Put the tires on them and installed them on the car that night. Each had a small ding in the outside edge of the rim. I corrected one with a hammer and a drift – the other di...