Putting it into boxes, emptying house to sell. Guess I'd better finally get the front suspension on, will be hard to move without that. So much to do.
What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
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Not just today, but the last few weeks.
Drove up to Reno from the bay area and picked up a 1991 360 roller block for $250. I didn't want the busted 4wd tranny, so left that there. I ended up driving around with it in the back of my jeep for two weeks because my son's 6th birthday has priority over car stuff.
Unloading it was easier than I expected. Here it is in the back. I used a prybar and wood to prop it up, and reached the cherry-picker in and over it, and slowly worked it to vertical.
That oil you see on the floor is from the AWESOME-SPECTACULAR Harbor Freight jack on the cherry-picker. I doubt that I will be keeping the flex plate and torque converter because plans call for another cam. The engine came out of a W350, and I don't expect to be pulling a 5th wheel horse trailer behind the barracuda.
Block casting number I started a thread on it here ----> 53006921. You can see the block is painted black like a Magnum block, even though it's a LA block. I dunno when they started doing that. I'm just going to clean it up, and depending on how lazy I'm feeling, I may, or may not paint it blue, orange, or red as the fancy strikes me. I was thinking breast cancer pink because my wife's ordeal over the last year and a half.
Last week, I got in the mail, THIS from Schumacher...
Next on the list is a set of motor mounts from them, as I am currently running a 318, and the ones in there are 50 years old.
Yesterday, car wash and a sunburn with a generous helping of brake dust on the front wheels. EBC Yellowstuff pads grab really nice, but you pay for it with that dust.
Today I did what I should have done over a year ago, when I got my turn signal switch replacement from @slantsixdan the part number is TS102 his website is Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply Thank you Dan for the awesome part!
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Drove up to Reno from the bay area and picked up a 1991 360 roller block for $250. I didn't want the busted 4wd tranny, so left that there. I ended up driving around with it in the back of my jeep for two weeks because my son's 6th birthday has priority over car stuff.
Unloading it was easier than I expected. Here it is in the back. I used a prybar and wood to prop it up, and reached the cherry-picker in and over it, and slowly worked it to vertical.
That oil you see on the floor is from the AWESOME-SPECTACULAR Harbor Freight jack on the cherry-picker. I doubt that I will be keeping the flex plate and torque converter because plans call for another cam. The engine came out of a W350, and I don't expect to be pulling a 5th wheel horse trailer behind the barracuda.
Block casting number I started a thread on it here ----> 53006921. You can see the block is painted black like a Magnum block, even though it's a LA block. I dunno when they started doing that. I'm just going to clean it up, and depending on how lazy I'm feeling, I may, or may not paint it blue, orange, or red as the fancy strikes me. I was thinking breast cancer pink because my wife's ordeal over the last year and a half.
Last week, I got in the mail, THIS from Schumacher...
Next on the list is a set of motor mounts from them, as I am currently running a 318, and the ones in there are 50 years old.
Yesterday, car wash and a sunburn with a generous helping of brake dust on the front wheels. EBC Yellowstuff pads grab really nice, but you pay for it with that dust.
Today I did what I should have done over a year ago, when I got my turn signal switch replacement from @slantsixdan the part number is TS102 his website is Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply Thank you Dan for the awesome part!
Continued in next post.
Here are pics of the new wiring into the old connector plug;
Remember that extra nut is for your ground to steering column. You probably don't need to put it back, but it doesn't hurt.
Figure 1-2 hours for this job. I was going extra slow and careful. Brake lights work now! Turn signals work. All external lights are LED, and work fine. (You will need a special flasher unit for signal and emergency blinkers. This is what I use, it is $11 on Amazon). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GIU9M0Y/?tag=joeychgo-20
Remember that extra nut is for your ground to steering column. You probably don't need to put it back, but it doesn't hurt.
Figure 1-2 hours for this job. I was going extra slow and careful. Brake lights work now! Turn signals work. All external lights are LED, and work fine. (You will need a special flasher unit for signal and emergency blinkers. This is what I use, it is $11 on Amazon). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GIU9M0Y/?tag=joeychgo-20
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Painted some engine parts.
Dusterdenovo
Contentedly Old School
Added a return spring to my 727's Throttle Position Lever. Made a little bracket out of flat iron and it bolted to a handy threaded hole on the case. Made a couple of fine adjustments to my Lokar kickdown cable and I think it's pretty close now. Shifting nicely, whether driving like a human or driving like gas is free.......
Also spent a few hours lying under the car giving everything a 250 mile check up. Nothing rubbing, nothing burning, nothing loose, nothing leaking (yay).
Also spent a few hours lying under the car giving everything a 250 mile check up. Nothing rubbing, nothing burning, nothing loose, nothing leaking (yay).
MileHighDart
Well-Known Member
Think I need to do the same to mine. I went to the lokar setup recently and having trouble getting it to shift like I want.
DesertRat
Leading edge boomer
Taking mine on a 180 mile round trip tomorrow to check the mileage. I have decided to get the back and side glass tinted with Lumar.
50% on the back and 30% on the sides. Did my Comet last year and what a difference it made!
The tinter wants me to take the back "coupe" glass out but I don't think I will. Too much chance of damage to the 68/69 stainless trim
and breakage of the window. He can tint it in place, he just doesn't want to. Will post a photo when complete.
50% on the back and 30% on the sides. Did my Comet last year and what a difference it made!
The tinter wants me to take the back "coupe" glass out but I don't think I will. Too much chance of damage to the 68/69 stainless trim
and breakage of the window. He can tint it in place, he just doesn't want to. Will post a photo when complete.
That sounds good especially with the sun you get over there. Will look for those photos!
MobileCustoms
Well-Known Member
Got the radiator support blacked out, wheel wells undercoated and got the rear end bolted back in. Went with new ESPO 6 leaf +1 inch springs. Glad I made that choice... Wow, it's got some wheels on it again! -the ralleye wheels are temporary rollers while I finish other stuff up. The front suspension assembly will come back out when it's time to put the drive train back in.
Next up is buffing it with a finer compound/polish and then get the glass tinted and back in it.
Next up is buffing it with a finer compound/polish and then get the glass tinted and back in it.
Ordered my new Schumacher poly-lock motor mounts this morning before work for my 'new' 1991 LA360. Oil pan kit on deck for next paycheck, then cam and valve springs after that. Probably going to need a new timing chain too. After that a weighted flexplate so I can use my current torque converter. Should probably be able to drop the motor in around July or August, if all goes well.
Dusterdenovo
Contentedly Old School
68 CUDA FORMULA S
Well-Known Member
Well I got my drive shaft back today so I just had to put it on. Fit perfectly, had the wife help me bleed the rear brakes, re-checked the axle dope and pulled it out of the garage. That's one more project done, can't really take it out for a drive yet it's been raining off and on today so I will wait for a nicer day. Want to give it a bath, a good waxing, just clean it up from the long winter sleep and see what that 3.55 sure grip feels like. All these threads about ss springs being a little higher on the passenger side, well these JRS xtra heavy duty springs are the same way just a little higher. I am happy with the height, I now have the room for some bigger rear tires.
Looks great, I'm getting closer with mine also,doing panel by panel clear Cotes. Hope to start reassembly soon. Lon
famous bob
mopar misfit
Reinstalling my freshly flow tested intake manifold, ''IF'' I get the darn gaskets I ordered !
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Gettin' pissed.
MobileCustoms
Well-Known Member
Have a beer!
That just prolongs the prob. Alc. And pot never fixes anything. Just my opinion , Butt u know what they say @ opinions and Assholes. Everyones got one !!!
MobileCustoms
Well-Known Member
OK, I'll have a beer for ya both
69_340_GTS
Well-Known Member
Trying to install a new ignition switch. Why are the threads on the new one just cast? Someone should have run a die over the threads when they made the damn thing! So I've been "fixing" those nasty "threads" with a needle file! I've got it so the nut screws almost all the way on now. About an hour later.
Just wait on the trucking company to deliver my 2 hoods, trunk and rear seat for my 68 Form.S Cuda notch. 383/4speed car
Went to a TINY little car show about a mile from my house. ...
About 15 cars.....i had the only Mopar of course. ....
It was cool...met some cool people, ate a couple burgers and checked things out...
Jeff
About 15 cars.....i had the only Mopar of course. ....
It was cool...met some cool people, ate a couple burgers and checked things out...
Jeff
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
I did, they didn't help. One of those things I didn't pay attention to when I took it apart, and it was giving me fits trying to figure out how to get the bolts in the holes when they don't line up, and where the hell did that other bolt go? Turns out I hadn't lost anything but my mind. Extra hole on a bracket that won't get used. Man am I glad I took pictures when I took it apart, so I didn't have to remember. What a pain in the ***! Onward and upward!
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