What did you do to your Mopar today?

[threewood]

Pulled my LCA's to swap in urethane strut rod bushings. Found out a new LCA pivot bushing was pulled out so I replaced that while I was in there. Back together now. I was getting a pull left during braking and the stock bushings looked smashed a bit.
And I have been searching high and low on a rear end clunk clunk. Pulled evything out of the trunk....still there. Tightened trunk latch...still there. Fiddled under the car, looked like the e brake cables may be the cause but I won't know until tomorrow.

 

[71charger_fan]

Found a Honda-application heater hose that, with trimming, could replace my ancient looped heater hose on the 1955 Plymouth.

 

[themechanic]

Replaced the turn signal switch.

Upgraded to a better PC in the garage. My Mom wasn't using the home theater PC (HTPC) I built for her (she's 79 and kept forgetting she has it) so I swapped it to the garage in place of my ancient PC that barely connected to the internet. Now I actually have a computer in the garage I can use instead of having to go in the house, wash my hands, wake up the office PC and look things up.

 

[MOPOWER871]

Went for a drive to visit our Vietnam Memorial out here on Long Island N.Y.

 

[oldbee]

Cleaning up the trim while car is out for repaint. 40+cosmoline under the scuff plates,lol; nobody will see it, it stays.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Started #@%&*! 65 Dodge no better than last time. Guess .024" on idle fuel restrictor's to small.

 

[oldbee]

Started #@%&*! 65 Dodge no better than last time. Guess .024" on idle fuel restrictor's to small.

Do we need to start a new thread here? I'm 'old school' here & just remember this stuff from magazine articles. ( before Internet)!

 

[themechanic]

What do you mean oldbee?

 

[Fran Blacker]

Do we need to start a new thread here? I'm 'old school' here & just remember this stuff from magazine articles. ( before Internet)!

Oldbee I'm using and article from Hemmings Muscle Machines Dec 2015. Probably restricted metering block IFR's to much.

 

[oldbee]

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Oldbee I'm using and article from Hemmings Muscle Machines Dec 2015. Probably restricted metering block IFR's to much.

LOL, haven't had a metering block in my hand for 30+yrs. Now if you had a pic of a 200+# diesel radiator,etc.

 

[Fran Blacker]

After yesterday's disaster of 65 Dodge still not running right with carb mods today was go over the carbs. Removed them drilled the IFR's to .028 from .024. Closed primaries and made sure they were cracked the same. Ditto the secondaries, been screwing with them to add more air and keep primaries closed a little more to keep transfer slots covered more.

 

[Brandy]

fabbed up a inner fender close out panel..

 

[oldbee]

Snow tomorrow? Fired up the old 'Kero-Sun' that my dad had to check it out. New,last year wick from " Miles (something)". Worked like a charm. This thing is like 30yrs old and I like to keep old stuff working. Brings back memories. 10,000btu.

 

[oldbee]

For 'fran' and others, I always thought secondary "crack-open" on the throttle plates was a "no option"(?)if you needed more idle air you drilled a hole in each primary throttle plate(?).

 

[Fran Blacker]

What's the difference. I'm not drilling holes in the plates (they could be replaced?) there 3116 carbs from Nov 64 haven't been drilled.

 

[oldbee]

Fran we may be thinking different things at the moment? I always set secondary plates at stock & went from there, although not nearly an expert! I was thinking more air for primary plates at idle(?)

 

[Fran Blacker]

I've seen the drilling holes also. Just trying different things.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Snow tomorrow? Fired up the old 'Kero-Sun' that my dad had to check it out. New,last year wick from " Miles (something)". Worked like a charm. This thing is like 30yrs old and I like to keep old stuff working. Brings back memories. 10,000btu.

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Was using a 250,000 btu heater. Working in the garage while heating, bad move. Was getting headaches, carbon monoxide poisoning symptom. After that heat garage so walls and such were warm and not be in there . Then open garage to let fresh air in shut door and blast heater for a few mins good for 2 hrs . Have use the heater for years, garage to crowded.

 

[Cornpatch MO]

After yesterday's disaster of 65 Dodge still not running right with carb mods today was go over the carbs. Removed them drilled the IFR's to .028 from .024. Closed primaries and made sure they were cracked the same. Ditto the secondaries, been screwing with them to add more air and keep primaries closed a little more to keep transfer slots covered more.

So, Fran, are you saying it is OK to have the secondary transfer slots not visable from the bottom side of the throttle blades when the throttle is at rest-closed? My primary slots show a little less than .040 at idle, but the secondaries show none. My book does not address that in the secondaries. ( Holley- mechanical secondaries) I was debating on drilling 1/8" holes in the throttle blades to create more vacume to draw fuel out of the slots, but it idles well and has best vacume with the idle mixture screws out only about 3/4 turn from being seated instead of 1 1/2 turns out. If it ain't broke, don't fix it???..........................MO

 

[Cornpatch MO]

I am beginning to think, a person should not use mechanical secondaries carb on a heavy (4000 lb.)car with a 4 speed. Maybe instead, a vacume secondary and experiment with the spring? Mash the go pedal at RPM below about 1800 rolling start, and I get a bog, above that RPM , and it goes like a striped ***** *** ape!
Opinions?...........................MO