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    melcardona replied to the thread Paint and bodywork.
    all true..if i paid any one to do anything but front end alighments....i would not bother with cars a..as we all know....its almost...
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    melcardona reacted to halifaxhops's post in the thread Stop in for a cup of coffee with
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    Totally agree thats why I do the ignition stuff.
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    melcardona replied to the thread Paint and bodywork.
    its all i ever known....paying someone to do something that i knew i could do..oh my...never made sence...sure when i did not have...
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    melcardona replied to the thread Stop in for a cup of coffee.
    retirement...in a very simple term.......sucks.....its better to work part time...mind you if the job is hell...its better to...
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    melcardona replied to the thread Stop in for a cup of coffee.
    fancy!!!! never had the truck..but oh my i had 50 or so machbox cars.........
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    melcardona replied to the thread Stop in for a cup of coffee.
    yah.......i know..i lived that white hell for 60 yrs........i remember when it wormed up to 35 i would be in a tee cleaning the...
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    melcardona replied to the thread Paint and bodywork.
    dont care if its a house being built or a stinkin car....get everything in writing...dont make any changes....pay only half up front or...
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    melcardona replied to the thread Stop in for a cup of coffee.
    burrr 52 deg....that driveshaft can wait.....
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    melcardona replied to the thread maiden voyage.
    the things i never knew..in 2018..when resurching my parts list to build the 41 ply p11 custom coup...i was happily shocked..mopar was...
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    melcardona reacted to Bewy's post in the thread maiden voyage with
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    Yup, had the same shudder on my 61 Dodge when the ball & trunnion wore. I could not find a new one here at that time. So I spaced the...
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    melcardona reacted to barbee6043's post in the thread maiden voyage with
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    Just saying,, finding a driveshaft shop that wants to fool with that ball/trunnion joint can be a search, at least around here. But...
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    melcardona reacted to slantsixdan's post in the thread maiden voyage with
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    I agree that the shudder-up-to-30 is the ball & trunnion front U-joint telling on itself. Can't recommend putting money-effort-time into...
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    melcardona replied to the thread maiden voyage.
    you could be right??? after i take it all apart ill know....hopfully no pitting and will clean up ok....car only has 45 k miles on it...
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    melcardona replied to the thread maiden voyage.
    no fret bb.....im entering 50 yrs of trubleshooting/repairing/rebuilding/replacing..on everything from stinkin lawnmowers to bigtrucks...
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    melcardona replied to the thread maiden voyage.
    hey tks kemper....i got one coming from andy b on ebay.....they all seam to use the same pics..so i just shop price...tks bro....
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