Recent content by Inertia

My family has been thru, and still driving Cherokee's of some sort. My grand-daughter is about to put her first car on the road, 2000 Cherokee. Made her drive a ferd for a year first, no accidents, so now licencing "her" car. lol

Looks like I shoulda posted that chart earlier, sorry . I had a similar situation on a Chally bblk, couldn't get the motor over any farther, so took a belt sander to the header flange to tuck the bottom in away from the T-bar, then draw filed till fair.(that header was fkd) I also use a ratchet...

You keep saying TTI, do you know Doug's makes a similar design header at a much more reasonable price, with equal or better quality, and some retailers offer free shipping. Autozone often has a 20% discount sale, with other retailers matching their price, just saying .

On many headers, the same set that fit in the small body, easily fit in the big bodies. The same Doug's fit A thru F? Bodies iirc .(Challenger anyway)

Just got thru replacing the split rad expansion tank, lotsa online info on how bad they are. Brittle clips, snap together all break. To replace tank you have to, repeat, have to break the thermostat housing at the bottom. Tank and housing $400 +. Putting the broken **** in the trunk, there's...

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I love gravy too, good gravy. All the flavor and good stuff is in the drip pan. My gut won't take a lotta spice, but whatever's in the drip pan, has water added, the bits and black stuff get dissolved as possible, let the grease settle, pour off all the stuff above the grease on the bottom thru...

Just to get this straight, - you're building a whole drive train around a B- body shifter including long tailshaft trans ?

With the small front bearing and a worn trans, - 3rd gear deflection where the shafts meet, loose clearances, 3 fat friends, it adds up.

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For final finish, I make little "booties" with pieces of "scotchbrite" pads and a staple, slips over the stones, and smoothes the surface to aid seating, Saves buying a different set of extra fine stones, jmo Standard procedure in my shops, dozens of times, by misc mechanics . Cheers

If you can slow the drill down, and increase the speed of the stroke, maybe spend a short while trying to get a 45* cross-hatch as in pic. Helps seat and lube rings, otherwise, good job...

We generally upped the thermostat to a 195*, gave warmer air outta heater. Hence the " summer/winter" thermostats I remember as a kid. Cheers

Thank-you tjpatte . Cheers

Not sure if it helps your swap, but Dana67Dart just dug up a "where the engine should be", perhaps it may help you.