What did you do to your Mopar today?

[44070dart]

Gauges today, and clean up my wires.. a little paint work to clean up interior. To cold today but need to put a radio in glove box, ad relay and extra fuse block, stick a speaker up front. Tuff steering wheel tomorrow, then need to change anti-freeze and head to storage Nov 1.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Marked the bearing caps. loosened ring gear bolts. Pictures of gear pattern. Loosen adjuster locks then tried to loosen bearing cap bolts, were they tight! 1/2" drive breaker bar no go, bench would move and couldn't stop it and pull on B bar. Ok, start air compressor get the air wrench and socket out. First 3 bolts came off fairly easy. The last one 4 times waited until compressor shut off at max presser before it broke loose.
This is a 66 open diff and I'm switching to a cone type suregrip can I use 66 bolts or do I need the later bolts with the larger shoulder. Think I have a set but finding them as with most of things I don't use often. Gear pattern before disassembly .011 backlash.

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[kiwigtx]

Picked up my freshly rebuilt radiator a couple of days ago....ready to install in the A100....used the factory top tank, plus a modern Toyota bottom tank - had another one inch depth and more capacity. No transmission cooling - will run a separate fan assisted cooler.

Not cheap, but it now sports an extra row within the same space as the factory 2-row that it once was.
Also sitting up top is the cheapest part I ever bought...radiator cap for $1.94

 

[Richard Cranium]

Marked the bearing caps. loosened ring gear bolts. Pictures of gear pattern. Loosen adjuster locks then tried to loosen bearing cap bolts, were they tight! 1/2" drive breaker bar no go, bench would move and couldn't stop it and pull on B bar. Ok, start air compressor get the air wrench and socket out. First 3 bolts came off fairly easy. The last one 4 times waited until compressor shut off at max presser before it broke loose.
This is a 66 open diff and I'm switching to a cone type suregrip can I use 66 bolts or do I need the later bolts with the larger shoulder. Think I have a set but finding them as with most of things I don't use often. Gear pattern before disassembly .011 backlash.View attachment 669419 View attachment 669420 ......

Is that curious yellow?

 

[Fran Blacker]

Is that curious yellow?

No GM puke yellow compound.

 

[PP1RT]

Yesterday I drove the 68 Satty about 65 miles to fellow FBBO list member Dale and he took the power brake booster, master cyl, and brake pedal etc. off his parts car, so I could turn them in for cores on rebuilt ones. I am going to convert mine from non power drum to power drum. Beautiful day for a drive, and great to have a Mopar friend . You should see his collection of 68-70 B body projects.. drool- drool ! We also compared hood latches and header panels. ....................MO

I enjoyed getting together and shooting the bull while working!! Glad to see the parts going to a great guy on a cool project. I am looking forward to coming down and killing a day with you this winter.

 

[SSmoothie]

Removed the rear window.

 

[69B7RR]

Finished the brake pedal assembly. Evaporust, steel wool, matte clear for the housing, semi-gloss black for the pedal lever. Original pad still good & reused. Need to find or fab a release rod spring retainer bushing......

 

[Fran Blacker]

Any ideas on removing gasket material from 3rd member that's 50+years old, scraping is a joke. On the housing I use a wire brush in a drill and that was mostly successful but messy.
Is there any issues going from an 1966 open rear to a cone suregrip, like axle end play.
On my pinion there is a 70 with a dash, does that mean anything? I measured pinion depth using a .510" thick spanning cap faces with a hole above pinion. With the .510" bar it was 2.300" to face of pinion. I did this because I have another 742 bare housing and if I put a set of 3.55's in it I'll have a pinion depth to start with, in stead of a total guessing game.

 

[Riverdawg]

Whoa, I don't think I'd put pipe sealer on bleeder screws.

Something's not right if they won't seal without it.

...and now you're trusting the sealer instead of the metal.

I put stainless lines on my 73 and had no leaks simply assembling as normal with used OEM and rockauto replacement parts (Wagner or Raybestos brand).

The only thing I noticed was that the passage holes in the rear wheel cylinders were much smaller than those in the cylinders that came off. I'll likely rebuild the OEM cylinders eventually.

...and BTW I went with DOT 5. It still could use some bleeding, but it stops confidently.

Yeah, I understand what your saying about the pipe sealer. I'm hoping it was just that the new bleeders needed to get seated in the holes. I used DOT 4 in mine.

 

[idrivemopar]

I adjusted my steering gear mesh on my steering box, now she steers much better, a lot less wander at highway speed, was surprised it took 3/4 turn to get the play out of it, and it was a completely rebuilt, but all is good now!

 

[kiwigtx]

Paid the last of my bills for rebuilding the A100.

 

[oldbee]

Started cleaning out the 2nd bay of garage for eventual return of Bee from body/paint. Seems I have less room than before it left (?). Where the heck did I put snowblower 2 winters ago(?). AND , can the better-half adjust to backing in beside another car?!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Fixed my front right parking light/turn signal that was driving me nuts. Turned out that the socket wasn't grounding to the housing. Never seen that before.

Old cars, it's always something.

 

[oldbee]

Fixed my front right parking light/turn signal that was driving me nuts. Turned out that the socket wasn't grounding to the housing. Never seen that before.

Old cars, it's always something.

I keep saying--- grounds,grounds lol!

 

[71charger_fan]

Replaced the speedometer in the 1955 Plymouth Plaza with one from my parts stash that I had repaired. After 2 years of ownership, I finally have a working odometer and a steady speedometer needle.

 

[BDF6]

I just picked up my new rocker arm assemblys & push rods.
Will post a proper pic when I get them home which is about 3+ hrs & 180 miles...and worth every bit of it!

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[dadsbee]

Fired up the Bird for the first time since Nov '16. Couple squirts of gas in the carb and a few cranks and purring like it had been run the day before! Thought I'd better get my butt in gear and at least get her into the house garage so she's in queue to start getting it road ready for Talladega 2019... but Man, my wife's Challenger makes it look small!

 

[Cornpatch MO]

Took out the complete A/C system from under the dash and firewall out of the 68 Satty. And the control levers and switches. Also the radio, center A/C vent and all ductwork. Surprising how good condition and clean everything is. Will be replacing everything with a new Vintage Air this Spring................MO