Recent content by ro23dart

Hey guys, I have an 85 dodge d100 (yeah, not an abody, sorry). Its a 225 with a 833OD. The other day i went to start it and noticed the clutch pedal felt like it had little resistance. When i went to start it it bucked on me like the clutch was still engaged. I went to take it out of gear...

Dang, I am glad nothing blew up! UPDATE 2: I replaced the fuel pump. The old one had some visible cracks on the diaphragm but they didn't look like they went all the way through. I also pulled the top off the carb and checked the needle and seats. Checked the floats too, they seemed fine...

It was slightly over, but it didn't look too overfilled.

UPDATE 1: So I drained the oil and pulled the valve covers. Nothing weird under the valve covers. The oil did seem less viscous then it should but I'm no expert so I'm not really sure. The thing that did surprise me is that the oil smells like gasoline pretty bad. That leads me to think valve...

I changed the oil at the beginning of last summer, made a couple of trips and it was all fine.

Great, this gives me a few things to look for first. Thanks! I'll keep you all posted and let you know what I find out.

It was an existing good engine. Gave me no problems last summer and I've had it out a couple times this summer and it ran fine. Hadn't seen any indications of an issue until today.

So I took my demon out today to pick up my kid. I had just pulled up to the garage to park it when I noticed it was idling really low, about 500rpm or so almost stalling out. The engine was making some not good noises and the oil pressure had dropped to almost zero. I pulled in and parked it...

Yeah, I really boned this whole post. I'm going to go crawl under my car and wait for this whole embarrassing thing to blow over :(

I I am an idiot. Literally seconds after posting this I realized my problem. Wow, is my face red.

I just got these ubolts from espo. They are supposed to be for an 8.74 but they dont fit my shock plates and seem a bit large for my axle housing. I'm not missing something here am i?

I am looking at going with the ESPO leafs. I dont think im going to go with the +1, i dont want it up too high. Right now my leafs are parallel with the ground, so i am thinking that even stock style springs will bring it up a few inches.

I need to replace my leaf springs on my 72 Demon because the have ceased springing. I have an 8 3/4 rear with SBP axles and stock 14 inch wheels. I plan on doing a BBP swap in the future and getting some larger tires. I was wondering if at this point it would be a good idea to just go ahead...

Haha! Yeah, I packed the bearings. Follow with me on this one because its convoluted. I put the driveshaft in and put the car in gear. Then I put on a drum puller to protect the threads and used a giant freaking pipe to rotate the axle slowly while tapping it with a rubber mallet. Once it...

That's a good question. I dont have a dial indicator to set it up with so I set it where it wouldn't move and backed it off four notches. I'm going to try to find a dial tomorrow and see where I am at.