Recent content by itsdiz

Great information! I am glad now that I changed it as the PO clearly had put the wrong one in. Luckily it appears to have been done recently, and I have not driven the car but a few miles since I got it a year ago. The PO also did not drive it very much during the 4 years that he had it, only...

I had a 1961 Valiant with 170 slant six but it did not have an inline filter. I do see Rock Auto actually sells them.

I just went to Rock Auto and compared - 1965 shows two holes, 1966 one hole so I am reasoning that because the early style has two pumps - front and rear - there are two holes. As I said there are two holes in the valve body. I think the PO changed the filter while he had it because it was like...

Yes, learned that when I had my 1961 Valiant, the 1965 trans is the same as the 1964 and earlier push button automatics, with a cable rather than hard linkage so I was thinking it probably had the rear pump also just like earlier. The owner's manual in my '61 actually gave instructions how to...

Mine came with both gaskets also, the filter that was in the trans is like the one in this picture and that is the way I remember them being, but it's been many years since I have had one, could it be just an aftermarket mod for better flow?

I have a question for the transmission experts - I thought I knew 904 Torqueflites pretty well, I have owned several slant 6 cars with them and even rebuilt the one on my 1960 Valiant back in the early 1990s. I bought a filter and gasket kit to service mine on my 1965 Barracuda with 273 V8. The...

Interesting, I have never taken one apart that far. I am going to check mine once again before I reinstall the cluster, but it seemed that the drum portion - for lack of proper terminology - was bouncing before I cleaned out the gunk and got better afterward, not sure if that was the issue or...

Great information, I've never fully understood how they work. I am planning to run the car in gear with the wheels off the ground and watch the cable to make sure it is spinning freely. The original speedo seemed to work okay so if need be, I'll swap parts back to the old one, which is probably...

Subject car - 1965 Barracuda. I have had some issues with skipping speedometer and non functioning gauges so I removed the instrument cluster to see what the problem was. A while back I purchased two used instrument panels to use for parts. My original odometer was missing the plastic gear shaft...

Every Holley I have ever rebuilt has done this, what a PIA

I did a similar thing back in the mid 1980s, for a 4 bbl carb; ran it in my 1961 Valiant. I did not have a way to weld the aluminum adapter, so I drilled and tapped holes into the manifold and used a gasket to seal the adapter to the manifold surface. I was running a 500 CFM carb which was a...

The reason I bought my first Duster was because a friend of mine had a 1976 Feather Duster, slant 6, 3 speed manual with overdrive.

I need to take a closer look, it does have some minor cracking, but I have seen much worse. Do you have a pair of windshield wiper arms? I took mine off (1965 Barracuda) when I was buffing out the paint, and now I can only find one. I put them both on a shelf but when I went to get them the...

An option in 1964, was it standard in 1965 or still an option? My Barracuda (1965) has very few if any options, it's even radio delete.

Thanks for all the replies regarding my steering wheel. It seems odd to me that it would have the woodgrain option when it has little or no others, but good to know!