1981 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO width

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CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 1981 4.G Owners Manual Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine • To lengthen the center seai lap bett,place the latch plate at a right angle to
the belt webbing and pull on the latcn plate. The belt

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CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 1981 4.G Owners Manual Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The GM Child Love Seat is not recommended for use in the center front
seating position of this vehicle because it may Interfere with quick ac

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The GM Child Love Seat is not recommended for use in the center front
seating position of this vehicle because it may Interfere with quick access
to all front seat belt buckles in an emergency.
To make it easier
to install a GM Child Love Seat in the rear seat of this
vehicle, at least one pre- drilled hole for the top strap anchor bracket has been
provided in the filler
panel between the rear seat and the rear window . It will be
necessary to pierce the trim panel (covering the metal panel Itself) with a hole
that corresponds
to the pre-drilled hole. T 6 find the hole, enter the trunk and
examine the underside of the filler panel. See the booklet that comes with the
Child
Seat for details on locating and mounting the top strap anchor bracket.
When the child
Seat is placed in the car, use the seating position most directly
in front of the anchor bracket and secure the seat using the top strap and the
car lap belt. In using any infant or child restraint system, be sure to read and
follow all instructionsoninstatlatlon and use that come with .the restraint
system.
When not in
use, leave the Love Seat, or other infant or child restraint system,
in place
and restrained by the car's seat belt. If that is not possible, store the
restraint in the trunk to help keep it from being thrown about and injurying
people in the car during a suddlen maneuver or an accident.
Children
small enough for the GM Infant or Child love . Seats described
above, or other such infant and child restraints, should be restrained by
such means IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. Although the following measures may
lessen the chance
andlor severity of injury fn an accident or suddlen maneuver
for such
small children , they simply cannot do SO to the dlegree that specially designed child restraints can. Take care as follows ~ a child is ricing in the
vehicle without a General Motors
(or other) infant or child restraint system:
1 . Infants who cannot sit
up· by . themselves should be restrained by placing
them in
a· bassinet, preferably cQvered and padded. Place it crossways in
the vehicle (widthwise) on the rear seat.
The bassinet should be securely
restrained with the vehicle 's regular seat belts. Another method is to place
the bassinet
so that iI rests against the back of the driver 's seat. again
crossways
in the vehicle .
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CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 1981 4.G Owners Manual Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine AI Ihis lime your lires mayor may nol have a grade. These grades will be
molded on the sidewalls of passenger car lires over Ihe nexl seve

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine AI Ihis lime your lires mayor may nol have a grade. These grades will be
molded on the sidewalls of passenger car lires over Ihe nexl several years
according to a schedule established by the Nalional Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the tire manufacturers.
While the lires available as standard or optional equipment on General
Motors
vehicles may vary with respect to these grades, all such tires
meet General Motors performance standards and have been approved
for useon General Motors vehicles.
All passenger car tires must conform to Federal safety requirements In addition to these grades.
You should
replace your tires when:
I. The lires are worn to a point where 1.6 millimeters (2/32 inch) or less
tread remains, or the cord or fabric
is showing . To help you detect this,
your tires have built-in tread wear indicators that appear between the tread
grooves when the tread is 1.6 millimeters (2/32 inch) or less. When the
indicators. appear in two or mors adjacent grooves at three. spots around Ihe tire, the tire should be replaced.
TREAD WEAR INDICATORS
lOAD RANG[
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2. The tread or sidewall is cracked, cut or snagged deep enough to expose
the cord or fabric.
3. The tire has a bump , bulge or split.
4. The tire has a puncture, cut, or other injury that can't be correctly repaired
because of the size or location of the injury.
Wheel Replacement
Damaged wheels must be rePlaced. For example, replace wheels if they are bent, cracked , or heavily rusted , or if _ wheel nuts ohen become loose. Also
replace wheels which leak air (except" some aluminum wheels which can be repaired-- see your authorized dealer).
Do not use bent wheels which have been -straightened, and do not use inner
tubes in leaking wheels designed for tubeless tires. Such wheels may have
structural damage
and could fail without warning. When replacing wheels for
any reason, the
new wheels should be equal in load limit, diameter, width,
offset. and mounting configurations to those
originally installed on your vehicle.
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CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 1981 4.G Owners Manual Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SECTION 7
SPECIFICATIONS
These specifications are given here for information only. Before using them,
see
the cautions and other instru

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