Recent content by TylerW

A mini starter will fit any engine that uses the 62-87 Chrysler gear reduction starter. They do not interchange with the older direct-drive starter found on certain manual trans applications. I feel like these starters work fine but are not an actual upgrade from the last of the OG...

Let's not be too dramatic about all of this. You won't find an NOS BBS, 1920 or 1945 carb for less than 1 millllion dollars, so don't spend time looking. I bought several used original carburetors for cores for the very reasons that Dan mentions. However, if you need to use a reman carb, it'll...

The only problem with those electric choke kits is tapping switched power for it if the car is older than a '73. No big deal in doing it but if it ever shorts out for any reason, the wiring harness begins to look like one of those cartoons with the absurdly long burning fuse. BTW Holley did...

Makes me wonder if your temperature gauge is out of calibration. Mine in a '72 Valiant is and I saw another person on here complaining the that the engine ran too cool after repeated thermostat change-outs. That's what I thought mine was up to, but after changing the sending unit, testing the...

Rise from your grave, old thread. You shall live again. It's Brand F, but I just watched a YT video where a guy installed a Top loader 4 speed behind a 300 six cylinder in one of those 60's Ford Econoline vans. He retained the column shifter, but the H-pattern was strange...1st was up and left...

Hi everyone: I have an 833OD behind a 318, all stock. Over the last few months, the transmission started having episodes of refusing to go into 1st or 2nd gear. To clarify, it would be both 1st and 2nd, not one or the other. If it wouldn't go into 1st, it wouldn't go into 2nd either. I don't...

Hey all: I'm in another dilemma. For a long time I've been contemplating building a Duel tribute car...the red '71 Valiant. Although at different times I owned both a '68 and a '73, I discarded the idea of using either as a core because both had body details that differed from a '69-72 and I...

Hey guys: In my never-ending quest to make as many questionable vehicle purchases as I can before age 60, I bought a "cheap" 2002 Ram 1500 single cab 4wd with a 360 Magnum. It's a solid southern truck which would be a nice rig if it was usable. I wanted one of these 3rd gen trucks ever since...

It's a nice-looking item. I built an HEI system for an '87 Grand Fury to eliminate the lean burn, only to find that the electrical system couldn't supply enough juice to fire the HEI during hot starts , even with a relay. I probably could have rewired this, added a relay to that, upgraded...

That's the exact same noise I've heard three different times shortly before a connecting rod came through the side of the block. Not the transmission. Not a rocker arm either. Somebody ran it out of oil.

Good luck finding jets.

Back to the oil thing again. I'd be more worried about the condition of the engine after "no servicing". Those things crud up pretty quick without frequent oil changes and cleaning the crank breather.

Disconnect the oil gauge so it doesn't keep bothering you and run it until it kicks a rod out the side. You can stick an oil pump on it but that is sticking a bandaid on it. A good slant has good oil pressure, a worn out one has low oil pressure. Never heard that stuff about the oil viscosity...

Very interesting replies. I had a twin to the red '73 Dart Sport above and it had black loop carpeting. The '69 Dart sedan I owned for a while had black loop carpeting. The '74 Valiant I owned which was a fairly loaded car had green loop. Here is the cut-pile in my Valiant. Presumed to be...

So, I've seen this topic come up from time to time regarding which A-bodies got which type of carpet, why and when. Some people attribute it to where the car was built, a year time-frame, the alignment of the stars...whatever. I'm happy to share that after researching 100's of Plymouth Valiants...