Recent content by Wannabe Mechanic

I agree. I don’t have any trailer queens. No offense to those who do, as I understand preserving well restored cars, but that’s not what I do. FYI - my car was originally sold in Canada and I have the owners manual with a lot of the initial hand written service notes. Interesting to see how they...

I got the Borgeson 999069 kit (the second time). It does not come with a crank pulley, nor do they offer one. The pulleys I have ordered have both had a measurement of 1 5/8 inches from the base that attaches to the harmonic balancer to the rim of the first groove. That same dimension is 1 1/8...

I actually got a couple full size pickup loads of extra parts from the guy I bought it from. He had been collecting parts for years, so I haven’t had a parts issue until this crank pulley conversion.

I’m a square body truck guy venturing out with a 66 Barracuda S. It’s a good driver that I want to keep as original as possible. It has 94,000 miles and from the extensive documentation and date code it appears to have original motor. It’s moving along well but having an issue with power...

I’m installing the Borgeson power steering conversion kit on my 66 Barracuda and having a difficult time finding the correct 2 groove crank pulley. The pulleys I have found all measure 1 5/8 inches from the harmonic balancer to the rim of the first groove. My existing pulley is 1 1/8 inch from...