65 Barracuda daily driver
Well, I got the radiator from Jegs, but it had some bent fins and has definitely been used. I couldn't wait any longer, so I transferred the holes over from the (transmission fluid) leaking rad and painted it black. I haven't filled any fluid yet, because I also had to put some thread sealer on a stud and a bolt at the outer exhaust manifold mounts. The head has a heli coil where the stud goes, so I didn't dare to tighten the nut more than 10 ft/lbs. There was no exhaust leak, just a water leak before, so I hope that will be fine.
Another transmission fluid leak was at the dipstick. The tube off the slant six interfered with the exhaust manifold, the tube that came with the small block 904 was too short for the 3 dipsticks that I now have, so I at first extended the tube with a piece of the slant tube, but it leaked from there.
So, I took one of the dipsticks and drilled a little hole for a cotter pin where the short tube ends and another to hold the cap in place. Let's see how that works haha. I will also check at the Mopar Spring Fling this weekend, how long a '65 A-body small block 904 dipstick/ tube needs to be.
The Chrysler Performance West Spring Fling in Van Nuys, CA is 2 days and on one of the days I want to go (in my Jeep) to sell off my tons of extra parts that I don't need, but I would love to drive the Barracuda there the next day.
Well, I got the radiator from Jegs, but it had some bent fins and has definitely been used. I couldn't wait any longer, so I transferred the holes over from the (transmission fluid) leaking rad and painted it black. I haven't filled any fluid yet, because I also had to put some thread sealer on a stud and a bolt at the outer exhaust manifold mounts. The head has a heli coil where the stud goes, so I didn't dare to tighten the nut more than 10 ft/lbs. There was no exhaust leak, just a water leak before, so I hope that will be fine.
Another transmission fluid leak was at the dipstick. The tube off the slant six interfered with the exhaust manifold, the tube that came with the small block 904 was too short for the 3 dipsticks that I now have, so I at first extended the tube with a piece of the slant tube, but it leaked from there.
So, I took one of the dipsticks and drilled a little hole for a cotter pin where the short tube ends and another to hold the cap in place. Let's see how that works haha. I will also check at the Mopar Spring Fling this weekend, how long a '65 A-body small block 904 dipstick/ tube needs to be.
The Chrysler Performance West Spring Fling in Van Nuys, CA is 2 days and on one of the days I want to go (in my Jeep) to sell off my tons of extra parts that I don't need, but I would love to drive the Barracuda there the next day.
