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Question for yous guys. There is a fairly loud pop coming from the driver's side exhaust pipe. It only happens after the car is warmed up and only at idle or slightly above. The pop gets more frequent after I put the hammer down and then return to idle (in the stoplight relay, for example). It's...

Alrighty, so I picked up a 1976 A-833OD unit today and plan on swapping it into my 1974 318/A-230 combo. As I understand it, the 230 has a 4.8" IBR while my new unit has a 5.125" (giggity) IBR. My first question is, can I simply take the 230 IBR off and slap it on my 833? If not, I assume I can...

I have a 74 318 with 120k on the motor. About 15-20k ago, I put on new full length headers, 2.25 dual exhaust (no x-over) with some summit mufflers, eddy air gap, eddy 650, and replaced the timing chain. I recently got the car out of storage and drove it about 500 miles to North Carolina and it...

Hey I discovered that the engine issues that I posted 2 weeks ago were due to the timing being off by 15* initial!!! I can't believe that thing still ran, let alone made it up the hill to my house. Anyway, my newest question is whether or not to use a gasket or a slathering of Permatex for the...

Okay, on my way to school this morning, I had to make an abrupt stop to keep from breaking the law and my engine went insane. It dropped real low RPMs then died on me. It took a bit to start it back up and once I did it felt like a cylinder was dead. The car had absolutely no power down low and...

I've had a bugger of a problem getting the sag out of my driver door. I even nabbed a new hinge off of a Duster that had perfectly aligned doors in the junkyard, but no dice. It seems to be lined up until it's about 25 degrees away from being closed then it drops down about 1 cm. I tried...

I get the feeling that my 318 isn't quite running how it should. It's a bit leaky and I really want to rebuild it over the summer, but that's not why I posted this... It seems like my carb is not quite jetted properly of the timing is a little off. If I get on it pretty hard and open up the...

Well I went to get my front end aligned and there are a couple of problems. First off, the XHD springs that I put on the car (for those that saw the thread) are still crazy lopsided, about 3" difference; that alone complicates alignment a good deal. Secondly, the control arm bushing on the front...

It's probably my fault, I like to ruin my car and then complain about it. I took the carb off Sunday to give it a thorough cleaning inside and out and for some reason when I put it back on it didn't want to idle at the proper RPM. I don't have a tach and I'm terrible at guessing on RPM, but it...

I have a 3 speed in my 74 Duster, and I need at least one more gear! It's difficult to come by a reasonably priced A-833, so I was wondering if you guys could spout off a few good yet inexpensive manual transmissions offering more than 3 forward gears. Thanks

I have a 318 with headers, RPM Air-Gap, and Edelbrock Performer 600cfm carb (mechanical secondaries). When I start opening up the secondaries at lower RPMs (no tach so I'm guessing 3k), I lose speed then once the RPMs climb a bit it feels like the engine has been freed up and it'll go. It did it...

In my never-ending quest to annoy the FABO community to death, I have yet another question. I was perusing the local do-it-yourself junkyard and happened upon a massive 1971 Dodge van. I coudn't find a model name on it anywhere, but it was definitely not a passenger van. Anyway I thought, "Hey...

My dad owns a 1987 Dodge 360 custom pickup, I don't really know much about it except that it has a 360 in it and a four speed manual with a low "granny gear" for tearing houses off their foundations. I am basically wondering (given the engine is in good shape) what would make it a suitable...

My headliner is quite repulsive. Coupled with the blue torn seats, and the blue cracked dash (in my otherwise black interior) it makes for quite an eyesore. I know what need to be done for the seats and dash, but haven't a clue on the headliner, no one seems to talk about them much. Honestly, I...

I wish Chip Foose were involved, but alas, this is a solo deal. I want to remove the entire dash assembly because there are quite a few electrical problems that I think a wiring diagram could solve for me, I need to paint the metal dash black, and I need to install the new dash pad; I figure the...

I bought a replacement dashpad from Year One at least 8 months ago, and have wrestled with the dash to get the old cracked and blue one out to put in my nice, soft, shiney black one in. I got two bolts off of the passenger side, but there are still three left that I cannot for the life of me...

I have a Duster with the stock 318 (aftermarket headers, intake, and carb though) and I think it'd be nice to spin both tires when I want to lay down some rubber rather than just one. I was wondering if I should go with the Dana Power-Lok or the Borg Warner sure-grip/whether or not it is even...

I have a 74 Duster with the stock 3 speed transmission. It is floor shift, and I was wondering whether or not going to the junk yard to find a 4-speed from the same era would be okay. If it is okay to grab a junk yard tranny, then what vehicle could donate a 4 speed that would bolt right in?

I'll go ahead an apologize for posting yet another leaf spring question, but I didn't really get the info I needed from the other threads, so here we go. I have a 74 Duster and the stock leafs would be good for a level but not necessarily for springs. I'm tired of the poor gal looking like she's...

It's always slightly surprising when one pushes the gas pedal and it stop pushing back. Yeah it fell to the floor the other day driving home and I knew it was the throttle cable. But it did not detatch itself, the cable itself broke, so I'm now in the market for a new throttle cable--which...