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What did you do to your Mopar today?

I looked at mine and thought for the 20th time that I needed to give it its annual wash. Then I went back in the house.
 
Continuing on with the 69 Wagon..

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back feeling a little better today. Removed broken throttle cable.. found no Grommets in firewall or retaining clip or clip at petal.I Never noticed grommets missing. The mystery continues
 
So I finally got some time to take off the fuel pump and opened it up (first time at this). Only thing I forgot was to take a reference photo for the orientation, shouldn't be to hard to figure out. Anyway I'm assuming this plunger seal looks worn enough so that it won't function properly. It's not separated or torn on the other side. There is a little bit of the small particals in the bottom section, but I don't think it's enough to mess it up. Nothing plugged. In the bottom seal you can see some of the grainy partical laying on it. I don't think this is a filter, at least not based on a couple of the rebuild kits I looked up.

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Riverdawg said:
Thanks Hawk.
Basically the same issue. After cleaning the fuel filter and carb out yesterday, I took it for a short ride. (dumb move). It was good until I was a few blocks from home and it started bogging down again. I stopped at my neighbors (chevy guy) to see what he thought and it died. I noticed the fuel filter was almost empty but after a bit it filled back up. Couldn't get it to fire up again. grabbed some starting fluid and it started and died. I'm hoping just the fuel line is clogged but I'll probably take off the fuel fuel pump and clean it out too. Getting a new tank, sending unit and some fuel line ordered. Probably gonna put in 1/2 inch. oh well, another day more money spend on the hobby.
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I managed to fix reverse in my 727...!

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Obviously the seal on the rear servo was toast...
Had to pull the valve body the remove the rear band strut. ...not bad at all...maybe 3 hours start to finish and transmission is working great!

Gonna give it a bit of a shake down drive this morning. ..

Jeff
 
Yesterday the transmission was assembled. Shifter rebuild today.

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Finishing up a hd 727 build for a friend's 70 Super Bee. 4 pinion planetaries, red clutches, kolene steels, solid kickdown band in red, TF-2 kit. Just a fun street cruiser.

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Got the shifter rebuilt. Was in pretty good shape to start with like the transmission. Everything is back together and adjusted. Shifts like butter. Can't wait! Anyone working on a 4-speed get Jamie Passon's book. Its fantastic, so much more info than the factory manual.

Next up the 440.

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Well I didn't do it today, but Sat. & Sun.( 30-31) been trying to decide whether or not to change the radiator that came with the car (Northern CR 9606 - no longer made) Cross flow two row ( 1" tubes) 22 " core - 27" over all. When got it in 08, I think? it ran great with the 550HP engine, put the bigger motor and host of other up grades caused it to run hotter then desired, and now worked OK 30 plus MPH ( 180-190) but in traffic approach 200, Stop and go on an 85 degree or warmer day, in line to car shows etc. would get to 205, so made me nervous. Called a few company's about what they had, but never got anyone to call back. Made myself a "reverse shroud" for front of radiator, angled air entering grill area to head directlt to radiator. Helped cause now even cooler at road speeds. Car came with a curve blade electric fan that I took off rear of radiator ( when new engine dropped in) only 16," and even with a shroud would cool enough. So with new engine went back to mechanical 18" flex-a-lite steel flex blade fan. So figured I add the 16" electric to front and leave it on a toggle to use when I wanted. Thought it would only take a few hours. But a neighbor needed emergency repair to his car (brakes) so did that first. he got wrong parts first time, exchanged for correct box with half of the parts in it wrong second time! So nothing going well so far. Decided did not want to hang a 6 lb. fan from core of aluminum radiator using those push through nylon ties. Instead I used some 1" x 1/8" aluminum flat stock. Noticed the universal lower radiator hose was touching the oil pump. So while radiator was going in and out multiple times to check fit and clearances I would fix that also. Got all the "stuff" I thought I was going to need! Six hours later it's in. Will put the new speedo gear in trans for 28" tires before filling radiator with coolant. After wearing a bit of the trans. fluid that was done. Getting the fan in, clearing all the stuff in front of radiator ( my reverse shroud, trans. cooler, grill supports, burglar alarm - (which I use for a horn), wiring etc. and having it stand straight up and be less than an inch from core, wire in a switch, and yell at the car for being such a pain in the butt, I add the trans. fluid, and coolant. While warming it up to bleed air from cooling system, notice a small leak? Can't find it, figure it was "spillage". Get it to temp. verify fan works - and spinning in proper direction. Go in the house for a drink. Come back out and see a lake of coolant on the floor.
Turns out the "Old Fart" working on the car forgot to tighten the hose clamp securing the hose to the t-stat housing. So correct and refill. And clean the mess I made. Now all I need is a warm enough day to see if it all works as I hope it will. NO LAUGHING AT THE OLD GUY.
 
Fired her up and took her for her first ride after a loooong (7 month) winters sleep. Ran perfect and sounded even better. Those Flowmasters are music to my ears. I'm still grinning.
 
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