What did you do to your Mopar today?

[Dave6T4]

I put the proper width power steering belt on my '64 Polara, and took it for its maiden run into town for fuel. 15 mile round trip with no problems. I got it home and into the garage just before it started to snow. I can't wait for spring.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Used my Dads saw at weekend, he sure loved and cared for View attachment 1584126View attachment 1584127his tools. wicked blade huh?
Miss you Dad.

All aluminum, that's an oldie.

 

[HawkRod]

I worked on my buddy's 440 forged crank to get his reciprocating assembly balanced properly.

It needed to have weight added as it had been balanced for racing previously. To do that, I added a type of heavy steel wool into the hole (the steel wool has a lot of lead in it).

This gets pounded into the hole, little by little, until it forms a smooth, flat surface (no picture of this - I forgot ). The amount you add needs to be calibrated to the imbalance - you don't want to add way too much or too little. Best is just a "touch" too much so you can final adjust exactly where needed.

Once the steel wool has been pounded in, a cap is placed in the hole and the center gets pounded to help hold it in (the weight of this cap needs to be accounted for as well).

Finally, to be sure it never comes out, weld is added to make sure it never moves!

Next step is to put the assembly back on the balancer and perform (hopefully) final touches to get it balanced.

 

[65hemi]

Installed QA1 adjustable front and rear shocks. Also installed rear shock mounts with tie downs.

 

[Chongo 68]

More clean up on the underside of the 62, ripped into the front end as well for the rebuild kit.

 

[Outlaw525]

With the exception of the plug wires which will be cleaned up after it's installed with the headers, I finished up the 500 for my '63 Sport Fury today.

 

[HawkRod]

I worked on my buddy's 440 forged crank to get his reciprocating assembly balanced properly.

It needed to have weight added as it had been balanced for racing previously. To do that, I added a type of heavy steel wool into the hole (the steel wool has a lot of lead in it).
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This gets pounded into the hole, little by little, until it forms a smooth, flat surface (no picture of this - I forgot ). The amount you add needs to be calibrated to the imbalance - you don't want to add way too much or too little. Best is just a "touch" too much so you can final adjust exactly where needed.
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Once the steel wool has been pounded in, a cap is placed in the hole and the center gets pounded to help hold it in (the weight of this cap needs to be accounted for as well).
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Finally, to be sure it never comes out, weld is added to make sure it never moves!
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Next step is to put the assembly back on the balancer and perform (hopefully) final touches to get it balanced.

Well, I got the chance to do the final balancing of the 440 rotating assembly.

As I stated in my previous post, I added material back to the crank. The goal was to add enough so I needed to remove some weight, but not too much. The location where weight needs to be removed moves around, and where I added weight is not exactly where it was needed. So you must overshoot and then take out some weight wherever it is needed.

After welding the crank, I put it back on the machine and tested it. I needed to remove 17.9 grams from the flywheel side of the crank and 13.9 grams from the balancer side. Here is a picture of the balancer. Note that it is on a Bridgeport, so that is what is then used to remove the weight (you can see the drill bit in the picture below).

So I drilled and spun it a couple of times. Below is my final balance.

Note that 5 or less grams per side is fine for a street engine, and 2 grams or less if fine for a racing engine that will see high RPM. I got this puppy to less than a gram per side, so I don't think there will be any nasty vibrations in this engine!!!

I'm stoked because working on the pistons and balancing this assembly has been a pain in the butt. But it's now done and now assembly of the short block can begin!

 

[khryslerkid]

Temps went from the low 40's to mid 50's yesterday, pouring down rain and things started to condensate out in the shop. I hate when that happens. Cranked up the heat and a couple of fans. Today backed the '62 out in the 25 mph winds and let it run for an hour or so.

 

[440 PHIXX]

Drove it to work in the shitty, salty, below freezing weather. It’s my only transportation. I gotta say… it is kinda kool driving a 60’s big block B body daily in 2024. 8^]

 

[Chongo 68]

Rebuilt the front end on the 62, glad that project is in the rear view mirror.

 

[mmissile]

Ran new/more cords for maintainers. 2 on the hoists, 2 below, my scooter, car trailer, and dually. YEA

 

[Black_Sheep]

I finally got around to replacing the NSS wiring harness that’s been sitting on the workbench for a couple weeks. The GTX starts with the key again…

 

[copper67sat]

Took a break from the front end rebuild today to install a new set of leaf springs. Replaced the MP XHD leafs with a new set of 67 GTX spec +1" from ESPO. Replaced the rear shocks while I was at it. Car is still up on jack stands, but I can see the ride height difference supporting the rear under the axle.

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After

 

[SSmoothie]

Sold the RR. Getting ready to bring the 68 Charger home.

 

[chargervert]

My downsizing plan continues,I took a deposit on the 79 Little Red Express truck yesterday!

 

[mmissile]

Ran the main power-leads from the trunk to the dash, in my Duster project...
Also piling up my next swap-meet stuff, to load in my Caravan. Gotta get rid of more stuff at WPC meet.

 

[chargervert]

I had my 71 Charger R/T on the lift and I swapped in a new power steering box with tie rod assembly attached to it,yesterday by myself,and at almost 60 years old, it was quite the juggling act,but I got it done!

 

[Richard Cranium]

My downsizing plan continues,I took a deposit on the 79 Little Red Express truck yesterday!

Which means you now have money for another vehicle or two.

 

[chargervert]

Which means you now have money for another vehicle or two.

The plan is to take the funds from the sale of the 79 LRT and use it to get my 78 LRT roadworthy again.

 

[dadsbee]

Cursed, swore and banged my head many times. Went to swap the 64 and 66 spots yesterday. They both started and the '64 died under the 4 post while i was moving the 66. No spark.. nada. Swapped ballast, ecu, coil, etc and got spark again. Real good spark. Fired up and it died again. At least this round it would start again and die, but I got it moved without pushing. Now to find the real Gemlin...