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Yeah I know… you read the headline and think Hey….just adjust the float level! I have. It isn’t so simple. I’m tinkering with this car… It is a fairly mild 360 with a MP 280-474 cam, Weiand intake, cast iron manifolds and a Holley 600. The 600 is fine. I have a Holley 750 I got from a friend...

Who has done this? I've replaced rod bearings with engines still in cars but I don't think that I've replaced a full set of main bearings before. Rods are easy, pushing the rod UP a slight amount allows adequate clearance to slip the top shell out. The mains though...it isn't as if you can pull...

I’m curious about the mid to late 80s, specifically. As I recall, there was a time where the engine blocks had the taller lifter bores but still has flat tappet camshafts. Those blocks could use flat tappers or roller lifters. At some point, the engines went to roller camshafts and didn’t go...

This car was bought in 2007 as a slant six, 3 speed on the column 4 wheel drum brake “Gold Duster”. My brother in law wanted to get into the Mopar hobby so we bought this car to fix up. In 2007-2008 we (mostly me!) did a 360 swap along with a 4 speed and 8 3/4” axle and front disc brakes. I...

First off....YES, I did do a search of this. The info that I'm seeking wasn't clearly listed. For years, various vendors offered a factory appearing electronic ignition conversion kit for these cars. It featured a distributor, a 2 pin ballast resistor, a 4 pin ECM and a small wire harness with...

Hello, It looks like the last post was over 3 1/2 hours ago. When I try to comment on a thread, it states that there is a software error. Who else gets the same message?

I have no experience with the 318s and 360s once they were fitted with roller cams and lifters. I have even less experience with the Magnum series engines. A friend may be willing to part with an '89 360 that had a roller cam but he swapped in a hydraulic flat tappet setup in it. I'd like to use...

I have a strange situation here. I have a stock 360 in a Duster, it has a Weiand 4 barrel intake and a Holley 600 single feed VS # 1850 carb. The Holley was rebuilt a couple of years ago but the car has been sitting. I've had this car here since 2007 as a project with my brother in law who lost...

Hello, Usually I buy everything from Classic Industries but I wanted to get some advice from you all on what other options exist. My 72 Duster project has a story! I bought it in 2007 for my brother in law that wanted to get into the classic car hobby. His interests rose, peaked, then dropped...

Hello. I have the two rear seat side panels for a 1965 Valiant convertible. These are in ugly condition but will clean up. They were originally blue. The RH side has the ash tray, the left does not. $100 for the pair. Shipping will be extra and probably not cheap given the size. I accept...

I have a used manual steering unit from a 1976 Dart Lite. It is the 5 1/2 turns lock to lock box and it is in great condition. I found no slop in it. I’m including the coupler housing to make for an easier swap since power steering couplers use a smaller spline shaft. The guts from the coupler...

Like many others here, I often sell stuff of mine to buy stuff for my own projects. We buy parts cars and sell stuff from them, we sometimes buy stashes of parts from some old timer and pack it up to sell at a swap meet. I love selling stuff. This guy I know that used to live in a tee pee...

Like many of you, I’ve owned a few A body cars with 4 wheel drum brakes. Many of us convert to front discs, many times using the popular 1973-76 A body 11” discs. Throughout the years, I’ve noticed that every time I’ve made this switch, the front end alignment changes a LOT. Going from drum to...

Remember those weird Burger King ads with the plastic faced King? That dude was creepy with that stupid grin....the dude always just appearing out of thin air with a hamburger. The forest, a woman's house, wherever. If some ******* dork appeared in my house UNinvited, I'd hope my dogs would bite...

Who here has the stones to take this test and post the results? Short Dark Tetrad, SD4

I know that I’m not the only one like this. Car guys will sometimes have more than one of the cars they like. I’ve seen it across all models of cars too… VW dudes that have 4 Beetles and a van, Ford guys with two Mustangs and a Torino. We Mopar guys do it too. This often means we have cars that...

When I was a kid, my Dad used to comment how some cars on the road looked like other cars from other manufacturers. I'm sure you have noticed that too. Some say that the Duster, Demon and Dart Sport look like a 68-72 Nova. The recessed rear window in a 68-70 Charger looks like the rear window in...

The outer stamping of the 67, 68, 69 and 73-76 Dart fenders are essentially the same except for the side marker light. I can cut and weld. I have several 73-76 Dart fenders here and have heard of people making them work for a 67-69 Dart. Yeah, I know that there are differences with the...

I got a car trailer last year. So far, I've dragged one running and 4 dead vehicles up on it using a hand ratcheting "come-along" and a chain. The heaviest was a 5000 lb Saturn SUV. That sucked! I want to look into a medium duty winch to make this easier. I want something reasonably...

This subject came up on the FMJ forum. A member there mentioned that in New York, cars that are model year 1974 and later are required to have rear window defrosters. They have a few exclusions but it got me curious... I have never seen any sort of rear window defroster in any A body, ever. None...

Is this something new? I know that the Bureau of Automotive Repair places weird restrictions and practices on repair shops. Several years ago, I read they required all shops to do a tire pressure check even if they were in for something completely UNrelated to the tires. Is that happening here...

I’m honest enough to admit that I don’t know everything so help me out here. It seems that whenever I go to another town for a visit or vacation, the locals seem to be friendly. I am Not the world traveler that many of you are, I’ve never been out of the country. I’ve been to Georgia, Florida...

I read on Mopar Action awhile back about these new battery jumper boxes: These are interesting. I like the idea of having something lightweight and compact to bring with any vehicle I'm taking on road trips. No need for getting help from someone else for a jump start if you accidently...

I saw this complete car at the Pick-N-Pull in Rocklin, CA. 1980 Chrysler Cordoba. Ever see this engine code? E 46? Yeah. 318 4 barrel. Did you see the base timing setting? That is what we often set the timing in engines with big cams! Not a lean burn but it did have some weird...

Being a rebel can be rewarding when it works out for you....and it can be embarrassing when it fails and everyone saw it coming. Do you have stories of where you were advised to NOT do something and you did it anyway? How did it work out? Maybe you were advised TO do something and you didn't...

Okay, feel free to let me have it if you think that this is a bad idea but..... To those that want their cars to handle better, aligning the car to have more caster really helps. There are numerous ways to get there, some are more effective than others. You can crack open the wallet and buy...

Here is a new one that I've never seen before.... It pertains to a 75 Power Wagon of mine but since the electrical systems on cars and trucks are so similar, I figure that it applies here. (I did post this in the Truck forum as well) The truck is a 75 W 200 Power Wagon (1978 Grille) that was...

Do any of you remember the drive and force that you felt years ago when something needed to be done? I do. I used to take things as a challenge and rise to meet it. I was motivated to do things. Many times nowadays, it just isn't there. Part of me wants to but laziness creeps in. I want to get...

Yeah, it is an E body but still an amazing Mopar. Notice how well the thing sticks in the turns. THAT looks like far more fun than any 1/4 mile pass!