Recent content by dodgemahal

I'll have to take a look at that. I've been busy doing bodywork and haven't noticed. I had to chase down a no spark condition, but once solved, it runs nice. At least in idle, lol.

Okay. Thanks!

Wow, I really dropped the ball on that one. I meant OSAC valve. 1973 Dodge Dart. 225 ci. Where did you see OSCA? You old leg puller!

Can someone tell me the best way to route vacuum lines to eliminate the OSAC? Is it as simple as just running the hose from the vacuum advance canister to a ported fitting on the carb? A schematic would be cool, even if drawn by hand.

My factory originals are back home with 60K very gentle miles on them. They look good in their neighborhood, especially with brandy new Energy dust boots.

Okay, why not? The worst that can happen is that if they fail, and I'll have to pop them out and replace them with aftermarket. Thanks for pushing me off the fence. My nards were starting to hurt.

Chineesium parts make me wretch. Are Moog parts still made in America? It's veritable crisis in auto parts these days. Don't get me started! I once returned a crank sensor 3 times. Finally got smart and ordered a Mopar brand. There's a whole school of thought that says if your OEM parts are...

I scraped at mine with a dental pick -- it's definitely cold hard steel. In your image, the white part is plastic, right? Does it articulate there? Mine does. It moves 1st, then the bigger ball moves 2nd. Is that okay? That's what I need to know.

I looked at that. It's definitely steel. It's one piece, Integral with the stud.

The left pic shows the stud, integral to a small ball at its base, swiveled outboard, and the right picture is swiveled inboard. Net travel at the top of the stud about 1/2". Now, understand all that is encased in the much larger ball that you can clearly see, and that of course, swivels to a...

There looks to be a smaller socket nested inside a larger socket. See my original post. These are factory pieces.....not like the one in the picture above. I'll send a picture, yeah that's it, a picture!

Upper ball joints are 13024G Lower ball joints are 13009G Tie rod ends: 13001G

I need to know if both are allowed to swivel.

I'm getting into the weeds on the suspension of my '73 Dart. I removed the damaged boot from a factory tie rod end and began to look at it closely. I see that the stud has a ball on the end of it that articulates inside a socket. That socket, in turn, articulates inside of a larger socket. Am I...

Yes. They are in my shop. I'll get them and let you know.