Swapped to Muscle - 75 Duster Daily build
Got a small bit of work done on the Duster today before a thunderstorm rolled in and got rained out. Gotta love working in a driveway.
Anyways, back in 2013 when I was working on my truck, I pulled some axle shafts, drums, and a 489 carrier from a 72 Fury in the junkyard. Since the truck is not anywhere near getting done anytime soon, I decided that I would use those backing plates in prep of the BBP swap in the rear of the Duster. So I got those pulled from the truck, removed the hardware and started getting them cleaned and prepped for a brake rebuild. While doing so, my son noticed I was using some power tools and wanted to help, so him and I took turns cleaning the backing plates in prep for some paint. Got them halfway painted until we got rained out.
Based off of the specs of the rear brakes for the rear of the Fury and the actual measurements, I am guessing that they are the 11"x2.5" variant. I was doing some research on here and that seems to be OK to use on an A-Body. I dont **think** I need to upgrade the master cylinder or prop value but I am not totally sure. Though, if someone has suggestions or thoughts on that, any input would be greatly appreciated on that.
In between paint coats, I was working on getting the Clutch z-bar clearance from the new exhaust. Grabbed a die grinder and dropped the exhaust and took about 1/8"-3/16" of material off at about a 60* angle to get that to clear sufficiently. I got to thinking about why the exhaust was so off when the car that it came from was also a 4-spd car (71 Dodge Demon clone w/ 318) and I think that it has to deal with the driver side exhaust manifold. I am not certain yet as I have not measured but I am thinking that the exhaust manifold from a 70 duster is slightly different from that of a 71 Demon. But I very well could be wrong... or that the z-bar is not the correct z-bar for the 4-spd/Duster. IDK but it is working now.
Got a small bit of work done on the Duster today before a thunderstorm rolled in and got rained out. Gotta love working in a driveway.
Anyways, back in 2013 when I was working on my truck, I pulled some axle shafts, drums, and a 489 carrier from a 72 Fury in the junkyard. Since the truck is not anywhere near getting done anytime soon, I decided that I would use those backing plates in prep of the BBP swap in the rear of the Duster. So I got those pulled from the truck, removed the hardware and started getting them cleaned and prepped for a brake rebuild. While doing so, my son noticed I was using some power tools and wanted to help, so him and I took turns cleaning the backing plates in prep for some paint. Got them halfway painted until we got rained out.
Based off of the specs of the rear brakes for the rear of the Fury and the actual measurements, I am guessing that they are the 11"x2.5" variant. I was doing some research on here and that seems to be OK to use on an A-Body. I dont **think** I need to upgrade the master cylinder or prop value but I am not totally sure. Though, if someone has suggestions or thoughts on that, any input would be greatly appreciated on that.
In between paint coats, I was working on getting the Clutch z-bar clearance from the new exhaust. Grabbed a die grinder and dropped the exhaust and took about 1/8"-3/16" of material off at about a 60* angle to get that to clear sufficiently. I got to thinking about why the exhaust was so off when the car that it came from was also a 4-spd car (71 Dodge Demon clone w/ 318) and I think that it has to deal with the driver side exhaust manifold. I am not certain yet as I have not measured but I am thinking that the exhaust manifold from a 70 duster is slightly different from that of a 71 Demon. But I very well could be wrong... or that the z-bar is not the correct z-bar for the 4-spd/Duster. IDK but it is working now.
