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Wow I didn’t know that was a bot. Crazy.
What’s the benefit of bots answering questions on here ? Is there people creating accounts then setting up some bot with the credentials ?

Never mind my last post , you guys hit it in the head thank you. I put on a new ground wire to the ground connection on back of bulb and it’s perfect now. Thanks again .

Thank you everyone. Does anyone have a pic of the new wire they attached for ground to the headlight bucket ? Do you mean to the wire harness on the back of the bulb or the actual steel bucket the lamp sits in ?

Hi everyone hoping for some assistance.
62 corvair convertible.

My drivers side headlight had been dim since I got it. Today I decided to get all new headlights. I hooked up the passenger side and drivers side low beam and same problem driver side is very low.
Cleaned all wiring , applied grease ...

I use Venmo all the time. My tenants pay rent with it, I give money to my kids with it, never had an issue and it works great. There is no protection if you send money to someone there is no way to get it back , same goes if someone sends you money , they cannot reverse it or charge back. When it’s ...

I ended up getting the recommended Maxxis MA-1 Performance P185/80R13 90S , ordered from Walmart, they were shipped and arrived in 2 days.
Monroe put them on and got a fresh NYS inspection since the old tires were from 2001 and pretty dry rotted.

I was getting some squealing around bends and that ...

We recently did an alignment on the 62 monza which worked great. We had to adjust the steering box to get the wheel straight because the last owner that installed the steering box did not line up the steering wheel.

After it was done, the alignment is good now, but I noticed a little grinding when ...

thanks that page is really helpful

I have the 175 80r13's on the 62 monza conv.
Would love to go up a little but not sure what would fit on the same wheels, I dont want to have to buy all new wheels and tires.

Has anyone upgraded to larger tires on these stock wheels without any rubbing issues ?

Thanks,
Vic

The 62 had a sticky gas pedal since I got it.
I bought a new return spring which helped but didn’t fix it completely.
Took apart the full linkage , cleaned and greased everything. That helped but it was still sticky.

Ended up making this.
It’s just a 3$ screen door spring from tractor supply ...

There’s a lot of jokes from the older fellas, the one I heard the most is , i bet it’s easy to get parts since nobody wants one.

It’s all fun.

I bought this car about 2 months ago , since then you guys all have been such a help with getting it road worthy. Just wanted to say thanks. It had throttle problems , leaking like crazy, ignition issues , etc.

I replaced all push tube orings and rocker orings.
New plugs and wires.
New cap and ...

Everything is fixed now , between the plugs (yes the gap change made a difference) then we just adjusted the timing and then adjusted and synced the carbs, and now she runs like a dream

see what I mean. its definitely conflicting info. I set it to .032 and it seems to be running good. Eventually I'll bump it .035 and see what that does. I know that at the plugs pre-gap .028 it ran like crap.

Thanks. Well, I will tell you, Im learning with these cars, small stuff counts. I was having some rough running, popping carb issues after putting in a new cap and rotor, new plugs, and new wires.

I bought the NGK BR6HS plugs as recommended by multiple people. Its pre-gapped to .028

I just pulled ...

Hmm. Thanks but that’s neither one , I’m going to try it wish I knew the right size