TreborsRR
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Hello, I am new to the forums and am excited to find so many knowledgeable Mopar heads.
I have a 1973 Plymouth Road Runner that I purchased when I was 16, I saved my money for years before buying my first car and I was excited to own a muscle car. After driving it for half a year, my cousin and I decided to put in some time rebuilding it since the previous owner had sort of cobbled things together.
We got a new motor up front and started to work back to the rear end and the suspension parts when we started having trouble getting the rear end to sit straight. My cousin and I started to lose the free time we had working on it and the car found itself being stored in a barn for over ten years.
We have got it back into said cousin's garage, and we are going to attempt to get it back on the road this summer. I have a new rear end and leaf springs to install. The rear end is a 71-74 8 3/4" Musclepak 391 purchased from Moser Engineering. The leaf springs are a set I have purchased from Yearone the pair parts number is FDP19823.
I'm currently trying to track down a missing clamp for the top of the isolators that runs along the rear end. With the full set I do have though, the nub on the leaf springs fits through the isolator, but doesn't extend far enough to index onto the rear end. I have seen on these forums that some people get rid of their isolators all together, but I would like to keep them if I am able especially with how the rear sway bar mounts up.
I'm confused, and am hoping on clarification with how others manage to fit up their rear end with the "stock" suspension set-up. Do I have the wrong set of leaf springs? The service manuals don't give me the best exploded diagrams, but I am trying to track down the last clamp and get everything refitted so I can begin finishing the rest of the car.
I'll try to take some more pictures next weekend when I get some time to go to the garage to maybe better explain my dilemma.
Thank you for any help.
I have a 1973 Plymouth Road Runner that I purchased when I was 16, I saved my money for years before buying my first car and I was excited to own a muscle car. After driving it for half a year, my cousin and I decided to put in some time rebuilding it since the previous owner had sort of cobbled things together.
We got a new motor up front and started to work back to the rear end and the suspension parts when we started having trouble getting the rear end to sit straight. My cousin and I started to lose the free time we had working on it and the car found itself being stored in a barn for over ten years.
We have got it back into said cousin's garage, and we are going to attempt to get it back on the road this summer. I have a new rear end and leaf springs to install. The rear end is a 71-74 8 3/4" Musclepak 391 purchased from Moser Engineering. The leaf springs are a set I have purchased from Yearone the pair parts number is FDP19823.
I'm currently trying to track down a missing clamp for the top of the isolators that runs along the rear end. With the full set I do have though, the nub on the leaf springs fits through the isolator, but doesn't extend far enough to index onto the rear end. I have seen on these forums that some people get rid of their isolators all together, but I would like to keep them if I am able especially with how the rear sway bar mounts up.
I'm confused, and am hoping on clarification with how others manage to fit up their rear end with the "stock" suspension set-up. Do I have the wrong set of leaf springs? The service manuals don't give me the best exploded diagrams, but I am trying to track down the last clamp and get everything refitted so I can begin finishing the rest of the car.
I'll try to take some more pictures next weekend when I get some time to go to the garage to maybe better explain my dilemma.
Thank you for any help.