Recent content by Mike69cuda

Does you engine have the ground strap from the engine to the firewall?

I would get a aftermarket temp gauge so you know where you are really at. You can buy a mechanical one that installs in the upper radiator hose pretty easily. Depending on how bad you want the oem one, this can be a good solution. Some folks don’t like the radiator hose senders because they...

M&H from year one are copies of the originals. You don’t need a lot of electronic skill to replace the originals, since they are the same. This is what I did. The only bad news is all the accessories harnesses (like AC) are sold separately, so it drives the cost up. Use dielectric grease on all...

If it has been sitting for awhile, sometimes just driving it will help it quiet down.

I did some work on my headers and I am very happy with them now. They were the ones that went around the steering linkage.

They are not that hard to find if you have about $600-900 in your wallet. They even make them new now. If you don’t want to the spend that much, the 72-74 a body 340 360 manifolds are a lot cheaper. That is what I have on my 69 Cuda.

Waldron is about half the price of accurate

There is a connector back by the gas filter tube on the trunk floor. The rear window seal leaked on it on my car and corroded the connector.

Ok, I thought I read that the LEDs worked at some point…..nevermind….

I chased electrical gremlins for a long time on mine. If I had it to do over again I would buy all new M&H harnesses from year one and change it all out. Do the taillights work if you swap the LED bulbs back in? Looking for clues…..modified wiring is hard to troubleshoot.

I hate headers on an a body. Here how I solved my fitment issues, courtesy of Ryobi….

Take off your mufflers……

That dark blue one sure is pretty, even though it may be a Frankenstein…

Tires age, even if they have never been used. I wouldn’t run them if they are old than about 7 years.

I would go with 15s if possible, tire selection is pretty low on 14s.