What did you do to your Mopar today?

[Budnicks]

Car looks pretty good Pabster, I go for a drive in the country almost every day...LOL...

 

[Ron 73]

Great photo pabster, Your car looks great with the cool back ground setting with the fence!

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Pulled the radiator out of the '67 to paint the upper tank, the polished brass just doesn't go with the chrome valve covers. Of course while the front is open, and I finally found the timing tape I bought 2 years ago, I pulled the balancer and cleaned it up and shot it with some fresh paint, then stuck the tape on while the it was still tacky. Hopefully it will stay on for a while. Cleaned up everything I could get to and will change out the fuel filter and get it back together tomorrow to be ready for the trip to Carlisle.

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

Put on some valve covers and replaced my broken speedo cable, big thanks to Herb's for having the correct one.

Just waiting for my new master cylinder.

 

[Ron 73]

Put on some valve covers and replaced my broken speedo cable, big thanks to Herb's for having the correct one.

Just waiting for my new master cylinder.

BM, First it looks great! I wanted to ask after i seen these, Did you paint a old set of valve covers and do this? I cant remember seeing any like these and instead of buying new ones, I have a set and was thinking of trying it myself just sand blasting them and painting them the same color as the car? Im just not sure if you could get them cleaned up enough to make the paint stick.. i cant see any reason why the paint wouldn't stay on them, but it doesn't hurt to ask someone whos done it, i don't think anyway lol.. I don't have the original ones or id use them but yours looks good!

 

[Sonny Black]

did a cruise night ...1st time (for Sonny) at this location....
lot of people checking out the '63
...it was a sea of chevys, who didn't know that would happen?:icon_neutral:

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

Thank's Ron, These are eddy's signature series steel covers.(summit racing) I decided to give them a try since my cast aluminum Mopar performance ones got cracked at the end holes.

I don't see why you couldn't blast and repaint your covers just get them clean with painters prep - decreasing and wax remover and you should be good with a good primer and paint. As a matter of fact I have to clean up my 383 blast it and re paint it so when I do if you haven't done yours yet I'll put up pics.

BM, First it looks great! I wanted to ask after i seen these, Did you paint a old set of valve covers and do this? I cant remember seeing any like these and instead of buying new ones, I have a set and was thinking of trying it myself just sand blasting them and painting them the same color as the car? Im just not sure if you could get them cleaned up enough to make the paint stick.. i cant see any reason why the paint wouldn't stay on them, but it doesn't hurt to ask someone whos done it, i don't think anyway lol.. I don't have the original ones or id use them but yours looks good!

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

Put in a new master cylinder last night test drive this morning. New CARDONE MS bought with discount code from rockauto $31.00 not bad, touched it up with some duplicolor adhesion promoter clear and then some gas tank silver cleaned and cleared the bolt studs so they will keep clean and new looking for awhile. Works great, about an hour install between screaming kids and nagging wife lol

 

[99ss]

Swapping the water pump and rad on the beamer... it gets me one step closer to working on the Plymouth is why it counts..

 

[Ron 73]

Thank's Ron, These are eddy's signature series steel covers.(summit racing) I decided to give them a try since my cast aluminum Mopar performance ones got cracked at the end holes.

I don't see why you couldn't blast and repaint your covers just get them clean with painters prep - decreasing and wax remover and you should be good with a good primer and paint. As a matter of fact I have to clean up my 383 blast it and re paint it so when I do if you haven't done yours yet I'll put up pics.

Thanks BM, I was just wondering about the chrome ones, how they may react but if i sand blast them, i cant see any problems, be glad to look at the ones your doing though! Hey, your MC looks pretty good in there.. I aint done nothin on my car or the Ram, lol, hopefully soon!

 

[crahill39]

Removed the rusted trunk pan from my 69 Coronet. First time for me and I enjoyed every sweaty, knuckle busting, skin burning moment of it.

Craig

 

[chattacuda]

I took the heater/ac box apart. Found the evaporator partially blocked, which is what I expected.

Also worked on prepping firewall for paint

 

[shag766]

gave it a hell of cleaning. going to a cruise tonight that is special to me.

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Put the 67 back in the garage after the trip to Carlisle. About 375 miles total over the weekend and drove great. Got stuck on the Baltimore beltway briefly and engine temp never got over 205. Not bad considering the 100 air temp!

 

[YY1]

Saturday I replaced the crusty, pinholed transmission lines on my 73 Satellite.

Used "Right Stuff" stainless set.

After I had removed the old lines, I noticed that the new lines were different.
It appears that they "swapped ends" between the lines- half of one line matched one of the old ones, but the other half, matched the other old one!!??!!

They also didn't bend a "saddle" to clear the column selector linkage.

They did go on pretty easy, considering.
One required no adjustment at all.

The other (minus it's saddle bend) now routes under the auto Z bar type thing, rather than over it.
Because of this, it hangs a bit lower. This one needed a bit of persuasion to get lined up with the fitting on the trans.

Oh, and because they bent them with swapped ends, they connect to the opposite fittings on the radiator trans cooler.

I hope it doesn't matter which way the fluid flows.

Had to heat and bend a wrech to get on the upper trans fitting and get it from the top.

 

[Al K]

Drove mine to a great cruise night about 20 miles away. Forgot my camera :angry1::angryfire:. At least the car ran great. Next...

 

[djais1801]

replaced the kickdown "ghetto" rod system for a factory one because it keeps binding up on me...

 

[Basket case]

changed the oil Sunday evening(and lost 5 lbs). Monday I reinstalled the parking brake pedal and cables some PO had removed.

 

[Basket case]

stripped the firewall and pulled the ac/heater box. Gotta find where to get seals to rebuild the box.

check with Mac, he rebuilds them.he's on out road runner site if you can't find him.

 

[george68hemirr]

blew the trans and waiting for rebuild/changed gears to 373/rear main/new brake shoes/new flowmasters