Recent content by 1970Dart198

Hello, It has been a while since I last posted anything on Forabodiesonly! A lot has happened in the meantime. I last year, I dropped the steering column to replace the ignition switch and its wiring harness. When I reassembled the column, and test drove the Dart, I found that the steering...

Ok, got a chance to open up the drain plug on a lift. WOW was it tight! The lift allowed us to get it at a better angle. I never really was a fan of jack-stands for anything else other than brakes/oil changes. Upon inspection, the threads looked pretty darn good! We were all amazed, we...

AND! Make sure to clean all those contacts on the bulkhead connectors. Old Mopars are notorious for issues here. I'd take a light copper brush and gently remove any corrosion on both sides. Then take some dielectric grease to keep dust and moisture out. That big fat red wire was probably the...

Your best bet is to go to a junkyard or a "You Pull It" and see if they have a harness there. If it were any other car with a V8 then you could buy them new. They don't make a whole lot of stock wiring for the slants. You could try to make your own, or use a voltmeter to test the continuity...

And this is the reason I'm not going back to him.

I found it in my service manual, 1/2-20 tightened at 20 foot pounds. If I want to cut new threads, what size should I go to? What bolt type, and what gasket material. Many thanks!

What is the stock Oil Drain Hole and Thread Size?

Thanks guys, I'll see if I can get the technician to chase the treads at a straight angle and see if we can repair the threads before taking off the pan. What I'll do is buy the oil pan from my parts friend, keep it in reserve until the technician opens up the original way over-tightened oil...

Thanks guys for your responses. I'm pretty well pissed off at this point at him. I have a good friend of mine who has a three story barn in upstate NY full of Used and NOS Mopar parts he wants to get rid of. He's checking amongst his sixes for an oil pan that'll fit my year. I might as well...

I am just speculating. I called the mechanic who changed my oil when I was busy and he said he put RTV all over the threads. He torqued it down incredibly tight, I put my whole shoulder into it and nothing. The thing is, if I finally take the bolt out, and the threads are actually stripped...

Wait a minute, what amperage is your new alternator? Stock alternator was I believe 35 Amps, anything over on a stock wiring harness and you'll have all types of problems. Can you attach a picture or tell me exactly what red wire melted? Carb Repair is really simple for a one barrel...

I went to do an oil change today....jacked the car up, jackstands, belgian blocks behind the rear wheels, drop light on the Oil drain Plug and I saw RTV caked all over the bolt. This signified the previous guy who did my oil change when I was busy stripped the threads and sealed it up to mask...

Is your temperature gauge working? What was it reading? What was your Overheat symptom. Perhaps it was a heat soak condition, I had the same issue in my car when my slant was a daily driver. I'd go to work, and then in the afternoon the car would have a REAL hard time starting up. Nowadays...

I recently replaced my ignition switch in my steering column (a real pain-in-the-*** job) and while fiddling with the lock plate, the steering shaft felt like it came out of something under the hood! I pushed it back in, but I was able to work it back out and wiggle the shaft around a bit in...

The Crimp Connectors worked great! No more problems!