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Story of my life!

66, Tried to PM you but your box is full. Looking for a housing.

Dang. Thanks for the reply though Mark.

Meant the gear box…..not the pump.

Have access to most of the tools I need. Backlash, pinion depth, bearing replacement is all part of the plan. I would rather learn to do it myself than pay someone and have no idea what i paid them for or if the job was done properly. Getting the new complete SURE GRIP unit will help make things...

Good advice. Got the caps off, dropped the whole business out and tapped off the ring gear, which was the goal. Pulling this open diff from a donor 65 Newport. Plan on a new sure grip from Doc Diff. Trying to re-use ring gear and pinion. Cost savings plus i like the 3.23 ratio. Had never messed...

Ahh a comedian! :lol:

Then take the ring gear off? Seems like I will have to to get clearance for that screw headed pin. Why the hell Doesn't that book tell me that!?

Trying to remove the cross shafts and i know i need to remove this screw headed pin first but there is no clearance to turn it because if the ring gear. My book isnt helping on this one! Knowledge needed.

Thinking of ordering a Sure Grip unit from Doc Diff. My donor Newport rear has an open unit. Any reason i can't use the donor pinion and ring gear with the new Sure Grip? Its a 3.23 ratio and the look to be in good condition. I like the ratio for The Darts future use and hate to toss good parts.

Very cool Project! Welcome!

See, there you go. Now why can’t Summit say that! Much appreciated Professor. Any recommendations on pistons? Keeping the forged crank as is. Cylinders look to be stock bore, they may be a bit over after a good honing/cleaning at the machine shop.

Thanks Professor! Why the heck doesn’t Summit just list the 20862 kit as good to fit all years 383 blocks?

So this was Summit’s answer if the 2086 Top Kit would fit on a 65 383 block. I’m still confused. What would it matter if the plug angle in original heads was different from 68 blocks on? The 2086 kit comes with new heads so wouldn’t be an issue. Is there ANY diffference in the 67 and earlier...