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Finally grabbed the junkyard hood from my Jeep after it's been sitting in there for weeks... Inspected it a bit and test sanded some spots. I was under the impression that it's original paint even though there appears to be some corrosion that has been painted over?! Plenty of runs, but that...

I compared the new and the old dipstick today and noticed that they are essentially identical. Looks like I didn't measure it correctly the first time around. At least I know now that I'm in the ballpark and not an inch and a half off. I will check again when I change the oil. Oil filter is a...

For the record, I've daily driven my Barracuda for 15 years, but I replaced the slant 6 that was in it with a 318 about two years ago and had a lot of problems with it. It's my first small block and I'm still learning. From what I gathered the 273, 318 and 340 oil pans from '64-'72 are...

The engine is a '69 318 block with unknown, but likely stock internals, 163 (smog?) heads, Edelbrock Performer intake and carb, early 90 degree oil filter adapter, stock A-body oil pan (294) in a '65 Barracuda. Came out of a '68 Dart, so wasn't the original engine in that car either. Previous...

"Salma" turned 59 years old today! Built 4/29/1965 in Hamtramck. Hopefully I'll have all the bodywork done by the time she turns 60... I'm still chasing an ATF leak. It's still at that spot where the pan has a little cut out for the park lock housing. I think that modern gasket is not made...

Thank you!!! Accordingly the answer to my question is that the full mark is about 8-7/8" below the block. Which means the Amazon dipstick is with 8-7/16" the closest to that and I potentially have way too much oil in my engine. I will double check next time I change oil and filter.

I apologize for being a pain in the butt, but I'm looking for a specific answer. I want to know how many inches the oil level is supposed to be from where the tube enters the block. Chrysler must have had a value for that. Even if you change the filter, there's probably still some oil in the...

I know this question has been asked and answered many times, but I will ask one more time specifically: What is the distance between the block and the full mark on a stock passenger car small block oil dipstick? I know I could fill the engine with 5 quarts of oil and then mark it, but that's not...

I just took mine out when I reinstalled the dash speaker and the self-cutting nuts are not a great design. I would still tighten them all the way - not because they would come out, but because otherwise they will rattle, which I find super annoying.

Went to Spring Fling on Saturday and actually found some parts I needed. Well, I bought the ECU as a spare, but only noticed later it's a 5-pin. Came with the plug/ wiring, which is not bad to have as a spare as well. The A/C bracket supposedly only works with power steering and a shorty Sanden...

I started on prepping a better deck lid for paint, but I didn't take photos of that yet. Last night I started refinishing the letters though. In this photo the chrome looks a lot worse than it actually is. First time using an eyedropper instead of spraying or brushing. Not bad, cleaned the...

So that cut I did on the transmission oil pan was apparently too much and it was leaking from there. So I can't really recommend that pan for an early, cable shifted A904. Anyways, I got the neutral safety switch out and the gasket had barely any rubber left on it. Instead there was more bathtub...

No, and I'm not sure if there's a spacer for the cable shifted A904s with the "2-hole" filters.

I worked on quite a few things on the Barracuda. This was one of my favorites - only one of the three bulbs in the gauge cluster was working, which meant you couldn't really read any of the gauges. I took the cluster out, cleaned everything and changed the (LED) bulbs, but that only fixed the...

We'll be there!