head light sync
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Racer
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head light sync
OK.....can't seem to find any info on this: Are the headlights supposed to open / close in unison? I would think so....but I hate to guess. My RH opens a hair late......but both seem to operate powerfully and with little noise, so I am not sure if it's worth worrying about. I did take time to lubricate.
Le Mans Master
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by sjmaster
OK.....can't seem to find any info on this: Are the headlights supposed to open / close in unison? I would think so....but I hate to guess. My RH opens a hair late......but both seem to operate powerfully and with little noise, so I am not sure if it's worth worrying about. I did take time to lubricate.
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Racer
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81 engine compartment
Does anyone have a pic of a stock 81 engine compartment to post?
My air collectors and hoses to the two air cleaner snouts are missing.
Did 81 hoods have insulation??
Thanks in advance!!
My air collectors and hoses to the two air cleaner snouts are missing.
Did 81 hoods have insulation??
Thanks in advance!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Burlington wisconsin
Mine react the same way and are also lubed well. My passenger sidw opens slightly later than the driver side. I dont worry about it much as long as they open. Mine also clunk upon fully opening, a metal to metal clunk.
Burning Brakes
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From: Breckenridge Colorado
Originally Posted by cherrybombc3
Mine react the same way and are also lubed well. My passenger sidw opens slightly later than the driver side. I dont worry about it much as long as they open. Mine also clunk upon fully opening, a metal to metal clunk.
Mine act exactly the same except that there is no metal clunk upon opening.
Melting Slicks
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From: Connecticut
Originally Posted by cherrybombc3
Mine react the same way and are also lubed well. My passenger sidw opens slightly later than the driver side. I dont worry about it much as long as they open. Mine also clunk upon fully opening, a metal to metal clunk.
Hey......Just be thankful they open
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Burning Brakes
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From: St Augustine FL
If they open and close, you are golden. Mine girl winks. The right hand side opens after the left hand is almost fully open and same when they are closing. I just think my car is a flirtatous little B@tch. lol
Last edited by bluesilver82; Aug 10, 2006 at 04:36 PM.
Racer
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From: Brookfield IL
Everything else being equal, the driver's side headlight is closer to the vacuum source (upstream of the other one) so I would guess that one would operate a tad quicker. Is that everyone's experience?
Intermediate
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From: Livermore California
Originally Posted by sjmaster
Does anyone have a pic of a stock 81 engine compartment to post?
My air collectors and hoses to the two air cleaner snouts are missing.
Did 81 hoods have insulation??
Thanks in advance!!
My air collectors and hoses to the two air cleaner snouts are missing.
Did 81 hoods have insulation??
Thanks in advance!!
Straight from the garage downstairs....2 molded plastic pieces, 2 ducts. 81 hood has no insulation.
Burning Brakes
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From: Breckenridge Colorado
Originally Posted by ark80
Mine works the same way, left first then right, however, the motor must be running before they will go down. Is this normal or a sign of a vacuum leak?
Racer
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From: Brookfield IL
The leak is probably not in your canister-- it's probably an actuator or an actuator relay that is leaking. They have rubber diaphragms which are typically what will eventually start to leak as they age and harden.
The canister is just a plastic tank-- less likely to develop a leak unless someone pokes a hole in it or one of the hoses is leaking at the tank fitting.
The canister is just a plastic tank-- less likely to develop a leak unless someone pokes a hole in it or one of the hoses is leaking at the tank fitting.
Melting Slicks
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From: Oakbank Manitoba
The canister is made out of tin and is exactly the same as a coffee or tomato paste can. They do fail....pin holes develop in the bottom from internal moisture. They are outrageously expensive for just being a tomato paste type tin can.
Race Director
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From: Foxfield CO 1970 Convertible
Originally Posted by bluesilver82
If they open and close, you are golden. Mine girl winks. The right hand side opens after the left hand is almost fully open and same when they are closing. I just think my car is a flirtatous little B@tch. lol
(They probably unhooked one hose to get it to do this.)
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Wayne IN
Originally Posted by Z-man
You probably don't remember, but in the '70s, the Vette commercials on TV showed a C3 "winking" at women as they passed by. (They probably unhooked one hose to get it to do this.)
(They probably unhooked one hose to get it to do this.)
Burning Brakes
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From: Palm City, FL
Originally Posted by cherrybombc3
Mine react the same way and are also lubed well. My passenger sidw opens slightly later than the driver side. I dont worry about it much as long as they open. Mine also clunk upon fully opening, a metal to metal clunk.
Same exact for me