Tach and gauges mocked up…new old stock Sun Tach, was still in original box.
What did you do to your Mopar today?
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Brought my toy home - been at the Transmission shop since Wednesday last week. New deep pan fitted - thanks to the advice of @66 Sat 
Still got some minor wiring from the sender to do. But more importantly....waiting for some parts to arrive to make the kick-down linkage run more freely.
Lokar have produced a new cast bracket that gives additional rigidity to the kick-down and throttle cables, in place of the original one they offered which is a piece of folded steel with a grub screw. Also have a new throttle cable on the way ......can't wait to fit them.
Still got some minor wiring from the sender to do. But more importantly....waiting for some parts to arrive to make the kick-down linkage run more freely.
Lokar have produced a new cast bracket that gives additional rigidity to the kick-down and throttle cables, in place of the original one they offered which is a piece of folded steel with a grub screw. Also have a new throttle cable on the way ......can't wait to fit them.
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Yo Roger ..... I see a drain plug, but what's with the air line fitting?
That's an Autometer temperature gauge sender unit - needs to have a wire go back to the cab for a gauge.
Thanks to a tip from our own RC,my friend ordered two sets of Auto Twirlers car dollies. Today they get some paint,and tomorrow they will have the casters installed.
I drove it !
icetech
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first time?
No, no, 4th time this season !
I also put the exterior emblems on it today!
I also put the exterior emblems on it today!
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The 2nd test drive last wk in the 330 showed that the dipstick puking oil was not necessarily because of the header vac valves or the muffler back pressure but was crank case pressure because I disconnect the hoses from the valves and connected them together and cut a slit in one hose. Not fond of oil going through the intake with a PCV valve, I made a quick fix for that for the next test drive which was Saturday.
Took the those hoses from the breathers put a garden hose tee in them and connected those somewhat down hill to a catch can I borrowed from another project. That quick fix appears to solve the puke, (at the moment) with a tea spoon of oil/water condensation drained from the can after a warm up and a 2 mile drive with no high rpms, just a drive then an under hood check on the tube, then 2 miles back and a check then a can drain. Well I did do 1 throttle blip/tire spin in the drive after the return trip.
Disregard the bad wiring, that's where I left off ~25 yrs ago with very bad health issues (and still not that great). It didn't have to look good back then, just function. Just try'n to get the bugs fixed now then clean up the rest after.
Now, those darn brakes.
Took the those hoses from the breathers put a garden hose tee in them and connected those somewhat down hill to a catch can I borrowed from another project. That quick fix appears to solve the puke, (at the moment) with a tea spoon of oil/water condensation drained from the can after a warm up and a 2 mile drive with no high rpms, just a drive then an under hood check on the tube, then 2 miles back and a check then a can drain. Well I did do 1 throttle blip/tire spin in the drive after the return trip.
Disregard the bad wiring, that's where I left off ~25 yrs ago with very bad health issues (and still not that great). It didn't have to look good back then, just function. Just try'n to get the bugs fixed now then clean up the rest after.
Now, those darn brakes.
ckessel
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I was able to finish welding the base of my cowl induction filter unit. Now I need more Argon.
icetech
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that's awesome.. i'm probably a couple of months from driving mine.. not in a rush.. i'm dreading painting the fenders
icetech
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That thing came out good
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Called Wilwood to check on my pads which I couldn't find on their site. They have a superseded number 150-8850K.
Then changed my dash lights to LED's but only had blue ones on the shelf, so blue it is,...for now. Needed 5 but only had 4. Didn't get into the button lights tho mine have black stems and don't the lighted ones have a clear/greenish stems? I haven't looked into that yet.
Then changed my dash lights to LED's but only had blue ones on the shelf, so blue it is,...for now. Needed 5 but only had 4. Didn't get into the button lights tho mine have black stems and don't the lighted ones have a clear/greenish stems? I haven't looked into that yet.
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Pulled the passenger door off and fixed the lower hinge pin. It's had a fair amount of movement for a while and got to the point you had to lift the door to close it.
Without easy access to a rebuild service I simply drilled out the moving part of the hinge to match the flogged out fixed part, and put an old 7/16 bolt I had with a long shank in as the pin. I was going to heat treat it but it was a 50 year old bolt and seems super hard already.
Worked a treat and after cleaning and painting everything and with a bit of fiddling with the hinges the door is gapped great and closes easily.
Without easy access to a rebuild service I simply drilled out the moving part of the hinge to match the flogged out fixed part, and put an old 7/16 bolt I had with a long shank in as the pin. I was going to heat treat it but it was a 50 year old bolt and seems super hard already.
Worked a treat and after cleaning and painting everything and with a bit of fiddling with the hinges the door is gapped great and closes easily.
I figured out why my ignition wasn’t igniting on Friday night, resulting in a ride home on a rollback. A wiring connector must not have been fully seated and the 2 halves separated as soon as I touched it. I put it back together and the car fired right up…
icetech
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Cleaning mine up right now.. they are covered in what feels like a thick layer of crusty old wax.. no light was getting through
icetech
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very nice! my visors look good but won't even move.. not sure what i will do with them yet
Did some paint work
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