Thanks,The 68 up idler arm mount should be the same for all 6 or V8. Is your 383 centerlink the same part number as a smallblock and slant six? That would be the big clue. Its an animal i am not familiar with since i have never actually seen a big block 67 up A body in person or taken meadurements off one. Its a white buffalo to me.
The one i am modding i do not have a jig for yet. I procured the RH mount and idler arm mount off a really rotted 69 V8 K frame on a 69 barracuda another fabo member was junking.
I have another K frame i plan on making a jig off of. The 68 idler arm mount i believe is the same all the way to 76. Looks the same as the one on my 74 K frame i have, however these are all small block cars.
I planned on having the jig attach to the 3 steering box mount holes then run across to the idler arm mount. The side of the jig where the idler arm mount will be fitted will be a steel tube with a slightly larger inside diameter as the idler arm bolt. The holes for the steering box and idler arm mount will be exact fit.
Basically bolt the idler arm mount to the jig with an idler arm bolt and nut, bolt the jig to the steering box mounting pad with the steering box bolts holding it in place on the K frame. Then weld it in.
If the idler arm mount is the same from 6 up to big block and in the same location. As i stated earlier my 74s K frame idler arm mount looks identical to the one i got from a 69 K frame. You.could probably grab one off a 73-76 slant 6 K frame. Nobody wants those.
Chrysler being the smallest of the big 3 had to outflank the other 2 because they couldent go head to head with them. Why i am saying this is simply that i believe all the basic A body K frames for that year were made the same off the same jigs and fixtures and only the engine mounting points were different based on engine type. Even 6 and small block shared the same LH mount in the frame
Looks like I better start hitting the swap meets, and craigslist looking for K frames. I found a Mopar B body big block k-frame, but assume it will not work for me ???The 68 up idler arm mount should be the same for all 6 or V8. Is your 383 centerlink the same part number as a smallblock and slant six? That would be the big clue. Its an animal i am not familiar with since i have never actually seen a big block 67 up A body in person or taken meadurements off one. Its a white buffalo to me.
The one i am modding i do not have a jig for yet. I procured the RH mount and idler arm mount off a really rotted 69 V8 K frame on a 69 barracuda another fabo member was junking.
I have another K frame i plan on making a jig off of. The 68 idler arm mount i believe is the same all the way to 76. Looks the same as the one on my 74 K frame i have, however these are all small block cars.
I planned on having the jig attach to the 3 steering box mount holes then run across to the idler arm mount. The side of the jig where the idler arm mount will be fitted will be a steel tube with a slightly larger inside diameter as the idler arm bolt. The holes for the steering box and idler arm mount will be exact fit.
Basically bolt the idler arm mount to the jig with an idler arm bolt and nut, bolt the jig to the steering box mounting pad with the steering box bolts holding it in place on the K frame. Then weld it in.
If the idler arm mount is the same from 6 up to big block and in the same location. As i stated earlier my 74s K frame idler arm mount looks identical to the one i got from a 69 K frame. You.could probably grab one off a 73-76 slant 6 K frame. Nobody wants those.
Chrysler being the smallest of the big 3 had to outflank the other 2 because they couldent go head to head with them. Why i am saying this is simply that i believe all the basic A body K frames for that year were made the same off the same jigs and fixtures and only the engine mounting points were different based on engine type. Even 6 and small block shared the same LH mount in the frame