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I have installed a few windshields a few years ago and always used the non hardening 3M 8509 compound but I had a hard time finding it a couple years ago so I used the 8609. That stuff is the urethane type that is used for late model stuff that use no gasket nor any window trim. Unfortunately...

Hello, I have had this steering column for years and am not sure of what it fits. It is a floor shift design at least 1971 and newer. THIS IS NOT A SALES AD ! It looks a lot like an A body column by the firewall plate. Here is a side by side. The column on the right came out of a 74...

I’ll start out by stating that this is part fact finding and part project. The direction of this hinges on what information I can glean from others. In short, I need some help. Our cars had some great features but one thing that the GM guys had that we didn’t was a tilt steering wheel. It seemed...

I spent my life as a Carpenter but have been a car guy even longer. Quite awhile ago I learned that you really limit yourself if you have to rely on others for welding things. Old cars with crash damage or rust will need repair. You can get on the list and wait your turn or find a way to do it...

Cam plug depth. Yeah, not a real exciting topic but I'm curious. Here is the depth I had in my 440/493, as noted when I pulled it in 2022 to rebuild. You can see, the edge of the plug is near the edge of the hole in the block. When I knocked in the new plug after getting the engine back...

Hello, I am slowly coming around to making the switch to a roller cam for my 440/495. I thought in my travels here and there that these require a special timing set where the cam sprocket has a Torrington bearing. Is that true?

I have a well seasoned front bench seat that was standard in the low line 1970 Chargers. If I recall correctly, the seat frame also fits the Belvedere, Coronet and Road Runner models. As you can see, it has headrests. The tracks move fore and aft just fine. Obviously the left upper...

I'm contemplating a switch to a roller cam in my car and I've wondered about the springs. How does one determine if a valve spring is still good and what the rate of it is? A Google search turned up this...

The one that I use is a Hewlett Packard and about 4 years old. Restarts don't seem to help, clearing cookies doesn't either. The wife thinks that laptops wear out and need periodic replacement and since she works for a software corporation, I would tend to believe that. Being a car guy though, I...

Hello, I have several core ThermoQuad carburetors that are good candidates for rebuilding but I have never actually tried going through them by myself. I have rebuilt Holleys, mostly the 600 and 750 CFM versions. Holleys are easy for me but that may be because I started out with them way back in...

Lets say you have two camshafts with identical specs except the lift. Same duration, same intake centerline, same lobe separation but one has say .480 lift and the other has .520. What does the additional lift do for performance? A quickie Google search has evolved (or DEvolved) into...

Just a heads up for California forum members that may need parts for their A body project: This car clearly isn't mine. It is too far for me to drive to check it out. I am not posting this to benefit myself, this is just to notify others of it's availability. Cheers!

Here we go.... Years ago I had a 318 in a Duster that was a S-L-U-G ! I tried all sorts of things to improve it but it was still slow. I pulled the timing cover to find that the cam sprocket and crank sprocket did not line up at the 6:00 firing position. With the crank at 12:00, the cam...

I'm in need of a couple of wiper motors, the two speed type. Who makes a decent reproduction?

I have a few cars here that need door locks. A couple have ignition keys but no door locks. I know that I can buy lock sets but I am wondering if there is another way. With the variable quality of aftermarket reproduction stuff, I wonder what can be done to "re-key" a lock cylinder. Can a...

I'm considering all options for this car: Currently, it has it's original 383 with a MP 280/474 cam and it isn't that impressive. It has a decent 727. I want to retain an automatic transmission of some type. I've thought of a stroke kit from the 440 source, I've thought of going with a...

A month ago my 13 year old nephew said he wants a classic car and wants my help to build it. I have a 71 Duster up the hill that I had planned on building a Plum Crazy Duster 340 clone to make a few bucks but this thing with the kid is so much more important. I’ve always wanted to have a kid to...

I have a few spare axle shafts on my rack in the shop... The only reason that I saved most of them is because they have the right side adjusters on them. Only 4 of the 17 shafts are the 68-70 B body length so I'd like to see about removing the bearings and flanges of the other ones here using...

I have a 67 Dart with a 360 and a 904. That 904 was in my red Charger when I bought the car in 2000. The 904 currently won't upshift to 3rd but is otherwise just fine. It goes into gear fine, reverse works as always too. I've had Chrysler automatics that lost 3rd and reverse at the same time...

I recently took in a load of parts including a couple of 383 engines and a 440 crankshaft that was supposedly cut down to fit a 383 block. I'm not 100% clear on how this works. Are the main journal sizes different between the B and the RB series engines? The longer stroke 440 crank is obviously...