Recent content by TrailBeast

Shoot, one teenage burnout 50 years ago could put a diff on the die list decades later. As far as 7.25’s go, I did multiple 100 yard burnouts for 5 years behind a 318 and then 1 or 2 years with a bit over stock 5.9 Magnum and the 7.25 never blew up. (Yea I felt pretty lucky) I thought 7.25’s...

Absolutely, and contrary to popular belief the oil filter won’t save it. When a cam/lifter does that the metal drops right on the closest rods and crankshaft area.

Hold the phone. The mechanism you circled is for opening the door, not the lock. Did you mean you can’t open the door from the outside? If that is the case there are two places that can be worked with. The door button has a pin on it that presses a paddle looking part on the mechanism. If that...

I sometimes make a comparison like this. The parts that come out of China are about the same as when they use english in the directions. Close, but not quite right.

Maybe. My Brother in law was doing some upholstery and gave me some of the leftovers.

We picked this car up locally awhile back, running but barely. It ate its cam but the people kept driving it until the metal of the cam basically ground up the the entire motor. Well my bud Mike was replacing the perfectly fine lightly modded 318 in his 71 Dart with a 440 so had no use for the...

Plus this thread is in the general discussion topic.

A sudden loss of power can make the coil fire at any random point causing the backfire, so I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in that having anything to do with the actual problem. I would be looking at that distributor. I had to come edit this. No crank means no connection from the key, or no...

Just FYI, I also tap each cap loop once the clips are in. Yoke and shaft both. It helps center the caps and take the stress off. One thing a lot of people overlook is putting the yoke back on in the same orientation it was removed. Believe it or not it can make a noticeable difference in the...

That’s an old school way of adjusting the front band, and it does work for why it’s done. The idea is that you stop the driveshaft with the band and the back off until the band lets it turn again. This gives the closest tolerance of the band adjustment. It can help solve shift flares and makes...

A “tick”??? You gotta lot to learn about AZ people. We’re way more off than that.

Obviously it’s just a joke.

Electrics have their drawbacks, but they also have their advantages. After a decade of running both at different times I would have to say mechanical is more reliable. I run electric myself because of those advantages. Instant fuel to the carb and therefore instant starts with very little...

Like I told a friend one day. 1.Find a low spot in the road and dump 10 gallons of 90wt so it makes a big puddle. 2.Drive through it really fast. May take multiple passes.

I’m toning mine down a bit as well. It’s still capable with the 5.9, 42rh overdrive and 3.55 sure grip, but adding AC recently feels like it’s turning it more cruiser.