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Hi Guys, my 2.5 year project is almost finished...Once I get brakes to work, I can drive it down the road. Like everything else, it's a struggle. I left the original drum brakes on the car. New wheel cylinders, diverter on top of the rear axle and new hard brake lines. The rubber lines to...

Weird problem here guys, took apart my steering column and re-finished my small spline barracuda steering wheel. It was all cracked and after tons of work, its back together and re-painted. Trying to put my steering wheel back in the car there are 4 parts, the wheel, the middle portion the trim...

Just wanted to close this thread....I removed the original headlight switch, found a replacement in stock at Napa auto parts, installed it and we are good to go! Thanks for your help.

65 Barracuda. Have the windshield out, so I have access to the back of the headlight switch and the fuse box. Currently I have constant battery power and switched power when I pull on the headlights. The problem is that the tan wire feeding the instrument cluster fuse doesn't show power at...

First things first, I disconnected the power wire feeding the interior (pictured) hooked up the main battery lead and ground as well as the accessory feed...No smoked fuse. Problem must be inside. In thinking things over, when I first connected the battery in my original way, there was no...

Thanks all you guys, I have un-hinged the dash and rotated it down so I can get a good look at the underdash wiring. Once again, all of the wiring underneath, fusebox and pigtail going to the rear lights are all new....Plus the Dali Lama said I will achieve perfect consciousness before I...

By the way......Thanks to everyone who called out that fuel line routing issue! That could have been a really big, stupid problem.....

I have another idea. I have been pouring over my wiring diagrams and it is not perfectly clear which wire should feed power to the interior. My new wiring harness has a large black wire with a forked connector, my old harness had a short jumper from the starter solenoid to the second large...

...is the power wire running to the starter solenoid (on the starter) supposed to show power anytime the accessory wire from the battery is connected to the firewall solenoid? My thinking is that the solenoid power wire should be lit up only when the ignition is turned to start, which bridges...

thats right Mike, the alternator only has 2 connecting points. In reading the directions for the electronic distributor it refers to the "green wire not used"

318 LA engine, new electronic ignition system, alternator, coil, plugs, wires, also a completely new under hood wiring harness intended for use with a electronic ignition...Turned the key and started the car for the first time in over 2 years. After priming the carb a little, engine started to...

No Quick Aw-Haw...unfortunately..There is obviously a problem with the accessory feed to the starter solenoid somewhere. I disconnected all of the interior fuses in order to isolate the short. There are only a few wires going into the solenoid..... Accessory feed from the battery, jumper from...

318 LA engine, new electronic ignition system, alternator, coil, plugs, wires, also a completely new under hood wiring harness intended for use with a electronic ignition...Turned the key and started the car for the first time in over 2 years. After priming the carb a little, engine started to...

I am putting together my 65 Barracuda. I need to get the distance from the end of the steering column cover to the power steering pump fitting in order to re-attach my steering wheel. The steering wheel needs to slip onto the splines on the steering shaft at a certain depth in order for the...

Good to know, I set up my timing chain at 12:00 crank and 6:00 cam TDC on #1 cylinder. Opinions flying around everywhere and terminology that I am learning as I go. I guess that I should totally re-think what I thought I had figured out and do the finger test on #1 to get the correct starting...

I Picked up a pair of 318 heads because my car originally had 273 heads and intake on top of my 318 block. With the upgraded EB intake, I needed 318 heads to match up for fittment. Long story short, I don't think the heads were milled, but I don't know for sure.

I'm not afraid of taking anything on this car apart, because I already paid the "learning curve" price. I'll be fine taking the intake (and throttle linkage) off the car and doing things differently. Just want to get it right this time so I can start this mother up! It's been 2 1/2 years and...

The intake gaskets came from a complete Fel-Pro kit. I remember the intake gaskets were metal.

Hi Guys, Thanks for your input, I have not yet tried to start the engine. I want to be sure that my T's are crossed before I do that. I have been careful and thoughtful about this entire process....I have never done anything like this before, so I don't know what I don't know. Any help is very...

Hi Guys, Finished building my plug wires, filled transmission fluid, engine oil and water......My first problem: Water is seeping out from the bottom of my front intake gasket at a pretty good rate. Used a very small amount of gasket adhesive to hold the gasket in place as I installed the...

Ready to go....

Hi KrazyKuda, I just re-read your reply, You are saying that the #1 plug wire should be located where the rotor points and not based on the slot position.

Thanks again guys, I didn't know about rotating the distributor gear to point correctly. I'm all lined up properly now. The rotor is pointed down the middle of the engine, but the slot is pointed correctly. Next thing to do is establish plug wire #1 (again, pointing towards #1 cyl?) and then...

I noticed that the rotor position and the distributor shaft don't line up...Even when I align the slot on the gear, pointing towards #1, I'm stll not leined up with my timing marks.

The shaft is engaged on the cam gear, doesn't it need to be lifted up to be re aligned?

I think that you answered my question, I just need to pull the distributor shaft out a bit and re align it pointing properly. BTW, how do I reach way down there and get ahold of the distributor gear to move it? Long needle nose I guess?

I'm trying to think back about how i aligned my marks on the timing gears at the time. Here's a pic. I recall lining up the upper gear and lower gears so that they were closest to one another at 6:00 and 12:00.. That oil slinger is in the way, so I can't see the bottom gear in the pic. 90%...

Hi Guys, I am getting ready to fire up my 318LA engine after a lot of careful work. I am cutting and installing my plugs today. I set TDC on #1 cylinder when I installed my new timing chain aligning my timing marks to indicate that. Dropped in the new distributor, rotated my crank until the...

Restoring my 65 Barracuda.....Need to fill the hole in the fender. Prefer the original, but not necessary, just want something that looks good, clean chrome. Boise Idaho area.