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    Lifter failure

    Absolutely, and contrary to popular belief the oil filter won’t save it. When a cam/lifter does that the metal drops right on the closest rods and crankshaft area.
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    Need help with door linkage

    Hold the phone. The mechanism you circled is for opening the door, not the lock. Did you mean you can’t open the door from the outside? If that is the case there are two places that can be worked with. The door button has a pin on it that presses a paddle looking part on the mechanism. If that...
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    Timing sprocket gear loose against cam key.

    I sometimes make a comparison like this. The parts that come out of China are about the same as when they use english in the directions. Close, but not quite right.
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    Remember this car?

    Maybe. My Brother in law was doing some upholstery and gave me some of the leftovers.
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    Remember this car?

    We picked this car up locally awhile back, running but barely. It ate its cam but the people kept driving it until the metal of the cam basically ground up the the entire motor. Well my bud Mike was replacing the perfectly fine lightly modded 318 in his 71 Dart with a 440 so had no use for the...
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    Polka polka nights

    Plus this thread is in the general discussion topic.
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    Engine popped back thru carb and died, no start issue

    A sudden loss of power can make the coil fire at any random point causing the backfire, so I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in that having anything to do with the actual problem. I would be looking at that distributor. I had to come edit this. No crank means no connection from the key, or no...
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    ujoint stiffness?

    Just FYI, I also tap each cap loop once the clips are in. Yoke and shaft both. It helps center the caps and take the stress off. One thing a lot of people overlook is putting the yoke back on in the same orientation it was removed. Believe it or not it can make a noticeable difference in the...
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    904 band adjustment question

    That’s an old school way of adjusting the front band, and it does work for why it’s done. The idea is that you stop the driveshaft with the band and the back off until the band lets it turn again. This gives the closest tolerance of the band adjustment. It can help solve shift flares and makes...
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    Any lube that would stop front suspension squeaking?

    A “tick”??? You gotta lot to learn about AZ people. We’re way more off than that.
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    converting to electric

    Electrics have their drawbacks, but they also have their advantages. After a decade of running both at different times I would have to say mechanical is more reliable. I run electric myself because of those advantages. Instant fuel to the carb and therefore instant starts with very little...
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    Any lube that would stop front suspension squeaking?

    Like I told a friend one day. 1.Find a low spot in the road and dump 10 gallons of 90wt so it makes a big puddle. 2.Drive through it really fast. May take multiple passes.
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    Getting fed up of high-perf , being happy with less

    I’m toning mine down a bit as well. It’s still capable with the 5.9, 42rh overdrive and 3.55 sure grip, but adding AC recently feels like it’s turning it more cruiser.
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    Picture of your hood

    73 Dart 70 Mach 1 scoop
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    EQUIVALENT CAM FOR 383 GTS 4SPEED

    I had one lifter and one lobe go on the cam on one of our motors. The general consensus was “The oil filter will catch it” NOT The metal showered on to two rods at the crank destroying the rod bearings and crank both. Also scored the cylinders from crap flying off the crank. It did this before...
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    Turning torque for engine

    Electric in Florida? No wonder it overheats.
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    EQUIVALENT CAM FOR 383 GTS 4SPEED

    If your motor ate a lifter that bad guess where all that metal went. That may even be why one cylinder is a bit lower on compression. I know, nobody wants to hear that.
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    Went to a car show today.

    No idea.
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    Went to a car show today.

    That’s what I do, both and make it a day. I meet Bob and Cheryl at the pavilions until 2-3 pm, then head back across to 67th and Bell then have dinner there. I love driving those multilane lighted freeways at night too.
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    Went to a car show today.

    I’m usually the same way, but the guys wanted to do a Mopar lineup in this show. Guarantee ya the next outing is going to be a 50 mile drive for lunch instead.
  21. TrailBeast

    Went to a car show today.

    I also noticed that some of the repeating car shows have as much as doubled the fee to enter your car. Another reason to not do shows any longer.
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    42RH advice needed

    From the sounds of what you described something should be fairly obvious. Or, maybe a better description is in order.
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    42RH advice needed

    He says the engine revs but the car doesn’t seem to accelerate. It’s either slipping or the converter is trashed. Either way it warrants a pan drop as an inspection.
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    42RH advice needed

    If the trans did what you described with the new fluid it would smell like a forest fire. Drop the pan and post a couple of pics. That will tell a lot. Sounds like a burnt forward clutch to me, and possibly the front band.
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    Went to a car show today.

    There were a couple of things I really didn’t like about this car show. One, was that even though we all paid the same entry fee we got put in an entirely different parking lot. That’s why you don’t see very many people or cars where we were. Then on top of that for the first time ever they were...
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    Went to a car show today.

    No idea.
  27. TrailBeast

    Used up over half of my bad words.

    I like dogs as well, as long as they don’t intrude on others uninvited. And I was only able to click agree once unfortunately. I also get the “support animal” thing, but if you need to take your dog into the grocery store for “support” then you should just stay home and order delivery. One day...
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    Went to a car show today.

    I think we found Barbie’s Barracuda. We had a row of Mopars.
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    Used up over half of my bad words.

    I don’t speak spanish and I’ll leave it at that.
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