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  1. slantsixdan

    Fuel tank for 66 dart

    Classic Industries is a garbage company selling garbage parts at LOLROFL prices. "OER" doesn't actually mean anything. It is a fraudulent bit of branding/marketing; it's supposed to stand for "original equipment replacement". The recommendation for a Spectra tank is a good one. RockAuto sells...
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    Why Is It?

    My standard advice about the first three books to get is on a hotkey. Three keystrokes puts out this: As soon as you can, get the three books listed in this thread.
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    Why Is It?

    That, or its big brother: I have a stock '63 Valiant. Runs good. I bought an 800cfm 4bbl, a Hurricane intake, a set of headers, a Procomp ignition, and I was gonna get a double-roller timing set but I found a gear drive instead. So my questions are: 1. How do I make these headers fit...
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    Why Is It?

    You, to the counter clerk: "I only see one Anco 12-14 wiper refill on the shelf. Could you please check if you have any more?" Clerk: "What year, make and model are you working on?" You: "It doesn't matter, I just gave you the part number. Anco 12-14. It's a 14-inch wiper refill like this what...
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    Why Is It?

    Preach! I was long in the habit of replying to "HALP MY CAR IS BROKEN EVEN THO LOOKIT ALL THE PARTS I'VE REPLACED!!!1!!!1!!!" posts by advising a stop to the money-spending and parts-throwing, and coaching on how to diagnose what's causing the problem(s). If I'd been keeping track, it would be...
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    Know the code for option?

    Position of codes matters on pre-'66 fender tags; not so much on '66-up tags. These pics are not clear enough; someone put a very thick layer of red paint on that tag, and together with the camera angle here, it's making a good read impossible. If you don't want to take the paint off (or sand...
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    Anybody running 276 gears?

    That's not quite the right timeline. 2.76 rear gears became standard equipment in 6-cylinder and non-perf V8/automatic A-bodies for 1968. The wide-ratio gearset didn't come out til 1980, when 2.45 and 2.26(!) rear axles were being used in heavy cars with weak engines. 0-60 maybe sometime next month!
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    Anybody running 276 gears?

    And second gear, too. Original Torqueflite ratios, first-second-third gears: 2:45, 1.45, 1.00 Wide-ratio Torqueflite ratios, first-second-third gears: 2.74, 1.54, 1.00 I put together a '65 with a healthy 225, 2.76 rear gears, and a wide-ratio gearset in the A904. I figured that would be a...
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    [Found!] 65 Barracuda steering wheel

    That is the steering wheel used on '62-'66 Valiant-Lancer-Dart-Barracuda. A woodgrain-look wheel with three chrome spokes was available as optional equipment in '65-'66.
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    ID THIS BLOCK

    For many years I collected walls and shelves and crates full of literature—some of it scarcely ever seen outside of Chrysler Corp. Had to get rid of almost all of it when I moved in '19. I put up ads like this one, with pics showing a slim fraction of the collection. Got mostly cricket noises...
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    Pinging on acceleration.

    I don't doubt you. And some of the later '70s smogger motors called for a big whack of initial timing. OP's got a 225, tho, made before then. That's what my 5ish-degrees recommendation was meant for.
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    ID THIS BLOCK

    Both stampings are present: 9225R 3 9 E 9 = 1979 model year 225 = 225 engine R = Regular gasoline fuel 3 9 = Assembled on 9 March 1979 E = Cast crankshaft
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    Engine of barn find-steps to evaluate/save

    PCV became standard equipment on California-delivered cars for '61 and New York-delivered cars for '62. It was orderable in all states.
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    Pinging on acceleration.

    10° is overly much—it'll throw the carburetor idle adjustments too far out of whack. It'll also foment pinging on acceleration, which was kind of the start of this thread. 5° is a better starting point, with the goal of winding up somewhere between 2.5° (the spec setting for the good-running...
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    Pinging on acceleration.

    No, in the '60s regular gas was 91 octane, by the RON method (Research Octane Number). Other parts of the world still post RON on the pumps, but since the '70s in North America, we use the AKI method (Antiknock index), which is the average of the RON and the always-lower MON, Motor Octane...
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    360 TBI distributors

    The hall effect pickup in that distributor is generally a pretty reliable setup as far as that goes. No physical advance mechanisms; the advance curves are all in lookup tables in the SMEC or SBEC. I had plans refined to just short of the buy-hardware-and-go-try-it-out stage, to put a vacuum +...
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    Seriously wrong Car Identifications ?????????

    In 2007 I was at an SAE lighting standards development meeting. Sat down next to the Chrysler delegate and asked him something or other about the lighting system on the recently-launched Dodge Matrix. Took a beat and a half before I processed what I'd said and had to go "I mean Caliber". (I...
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    cleaning a toilet help needed!

    Yup, that's a solution of phosphoric acid. Citric acid works better/faster, esp in strong solution heated up to boiling.
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    Side lights

    It's actually harder than it sounds; the '69 cars (w/reflectors only) have no actual hole behind the side reflectors to allow for a bulb socket and wire, and the '70-'71 sidemarker light + reflectors aren't the same size/shape as the '69 items. There are other ways around this, depending on...
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    [WANTED] 64-65 Valiant/Barracuda shield (valance)

    That's two different valances. The Valiant had the turn signals in; the Barracuda didn't (and didn't have space for them). A '63 Valiant valance with the round turn signals might also fit '64-5 fenders, but I'm not fer sher.
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    Front turn signals, help please

    Faulty turn signal switch is prime suspect № 1.
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    Aluminum heads and spark plugs

    Might want to read point (1) here.
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    Aluminum heads and spark plugs

    Exposed threads in the combustion chamber are several different kinds of a bad idea. Go get an NGK ZFR5N (stock № 3459), which has projected electrodes along with physical specs (thread, etc) that match the RC12YC, with a similar heat range. Thread it in and see if you like what you see.
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    Engine of barn find-steps to evaluate/save

    Yes, it's normal. This isn't a solenoid-shift starter drive, it is a Bendix Folo-Thru starter drive. The drive pinion you see here rides on a helix. Inertia flings it forward up the helix when you activate the motor, and it latches into the forward position. It stays in that forward position...
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    Electronic Distributors From Rick Ehrenberg

    See here and then here.
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    overheat only over 3000 rpm

    Yes, which is why my whole comment was: No, if it's a flow issue of any kind, it's usually a waterflow issue, because at highway speeds there's usually plenty of airflow through the rad by the forward motion of the car. But yeah, maybe not if the rad is blocked by seventeen fans, or four of them.
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    overheat only over 3000 rpm

    'Collapsed rad hose' is largely a myth. The upper hose would never collapse, and the only reason why the lower hose could collapse is if there is severe clogging or restriction in the radiator or thermostat—and the hose would then un-collapse once the system heats up and builds pressure. I...
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    overheat only over 3000 rpm

    No, if it's a flow issue of any kind, it's usually a waterflow issue, because at highway speeds there's usually plenty of airflow through the rad by the forward motion of the car. But yeah, maybe not if the rad is blocked by seventeen fans, or four of them. (Overheating at idle/low speed/stuck...
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    how to stop gas pump handle nozzle from spilling gas

    The linked one, with the flap.
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