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that is what is called for by the service manual. You have to use sealant to hold the weatherstrip on the sheet metal before you drop the glass on the seal. Page 23-114 of the 66 service manual.

So, has anyone determined what kind and size of wire the factory used to make the "wrap" on the factory sending units? it was the ONLY thing in my tank to not be corroded.... even the PCB board material had black tarry crap all over it.....

Want to try my hand at rebuilding a sending unit for my 66 Barracuda. Mine was incredibly corroded and I know I am going to need a couple to end up (hopefully) with one good one. Anyone have an old sending unit sitting around they want to get rid of?

Maybe for the Auto console? I have the Manual console. Looking more deeply at the at the wiring diagrams, on the interior wiring diagram (fig. 15 of the 66 Service Manual, Chapter 8), there are 5 light green circuits (and no light green in the body circuit - Fig. 17): C1A - a circuit in the...

When disassembling my 66 Barracuda i found a 'mystery' circuit in the passenger footwell. Picture is attached. It is a single light green wire with a male blade, bound to a black wire that is grounded to the footwall with the heater ground wire. The other end of the bound wires was curled up...

At one time this car had a lucas driving light that may have increased the h/l load. Several of my mopars over the years have had the ammeter fry and get bypassed (not this one, but 'only just' by the looks of it). This one did burn through voltage regulators on the regular, however, also no...

I will be replacing it with new, but wondered if i needed to increase the gauge of the high amp wires. Sounds like not if i go new. I am curious about the new harnesses as i know there are differences between the various models and options. I dont need any AC wiring and have manual trans so...

I am disassembling my 66 Barracuda for a restoration and have the harnesses out. I cannot separate the engine side from the terminal block, mainly because terminal B (black wire to the Batt side of the ALT and inside to the black terminal of the ammeter) is, well, melted. (first pic is top of...

So, is a steel shim head gasket "not-a-gasket" too? 'Cause my 66 273 Commando also had a steel shim that was embossed, much like the heat shield not-a-gasket, between the head and block when i took it apart.....for context.... .

I will check, but i think my 273 Commando had a gasket in there with those big shields that keep the plug wires off the manifolds. I think it was just a steel shim, but still a gasket. In the attached photo you can see the driver's side guard/gasket between the manifold and plug wires and a...

I only find the lenses, not the chrome, on Layson's and Classic Ind. website and the Classic Ind. paper catalog...

Yeah, it just broke off at the base. The thought was to drill and pin, but it may need something to solidify it as the pin hooks on the small forward hole int he fender. It is this stress that makes me doubt that the fix will work, long term, but I will try it.

Anyone had luck with repairing the fender mounted fins when the post is broken? I have a good set, but would like to have backups as no one appears to be making repro at this point. I have a broken one and before I started trying to cobble a fix I thought I would see what others have done first.

Title says it. While I think the change to the Dakota starter is a great idea for lots of reasons, I don't want to change the essesntial sounds that my 66 Barracuda always had. Will this change it a lot?

Used MMO, ATF &acetone, PB BLaster, Knocker loose, wd40 penetrant,, deep creep, all for a good long soak. Cyl 2 never leaked down, but the other 7 did. Thought the inside must be bad, but both top amd bottom end look great. Was going to take the rof cap off on #2 and see if crank roatated...

273's for the Dodge and Plymouth are the same except for the 4bbls where they got different stickers on the chrome air cleaner; Charger 273 for Dodge and Commando 273 for Plymouth. Some of what you are seeing are aftermarket aluminum intakes (primarily Edelbrock) but "Dodge Parts" are not...

"However, the 4 barrel Commando came after the heads & intake marriage changed the angle for that union." Nope. The 4bbl Commando/Charger started in 1965 with 5/16 intake bolts at the 'wrong' angle. For 1966 they switched the intake bolt angle and swapped out for 3/8-16 bolts.

Block is stamped B273-11-6 which does not match the online discussions of later (98 and after) block stamping that has the partial VIN. However, with a 8/2 casting and an 11/10 SO date is the stamped 11-6 the engine assembly date?

My B10 (November 10, 65) date 273 has a block with a born-on date of 8/2/65 (night shift) and it is a B273 stamped engine.

After a bit of searching on various forums, this seems to be the consensus for the hard, gritty, clay-like stuff I found and had to chip out of the recesses to get a socket on the head bolts: "This used to be common back in the 50's, 60's and 70's with oils with high paraffin content, leaded...

It's very sandy and hard caked in the low spots of the heads and the oil galley....had to dig it out with a screwdriver in several places. Are you sure it is an oil/water emulsification, as that would make it more like an unholy mayonnaise consistency as opposed to what feels a bit like a...

Ok, i have the engine out and at my home garage. I power washed it of 59 years of caked on grease. Ruined a set of shorts in that little operation as the stuff just will not come out even with my usual grease removing tricks. Also did the wash a little close to the closed garage door and had...

Now that engine and trans are out i can strip the rest of the Barracuda and get it on the rotisserie... i do think i will put them back in from the bottom however...

I should know in a few days why this one would not turn over after all those years of storage..... My money is on cyl 2 having frozen rings as it never let down on any of the fluids i used to soak it. The other 7 all leaked down into the pan eventually.

Now that I have the engine and 4 spd out I will have it to my garage tomorrow. I plan to do pics of the teardown to see why its not turning after 30 years of storage and then every attempt to unseize it I could think of or get recommended. I will link the pics here as well.

273 4bbl. Just removed the engine and there was no exhaust gasket on the pass. side, but the heat shield gasket was on the driver side. Can I reuse that? I don't see many repro ones, if any (see mention of NOS ones, rarely, when I do a search here). If they don't necessarily even need an ex...

Yeah, that was the part that rotted out.... the plate replaced the rotten fender liner. it just hollowed out the hole and stopped working. The local mechanic's fix, circa. 1975 is what i am dealing with now.

Pivot tube came off. It appears that they 'fabricobbled' a plate and used three long bolts (lower red arrows) to bolt it through the frame member creating an anchor for the outboard pivot tube ball stud (by the upper red arrow on the left side). I am gonna wait until I have the engine out...

Here is what i am dealing with......

Something that shows the geometry so I can make sure the frame pivot point is in the right place. I will post a pic of it as it sits, but maybe measurements from some point of reference to the pivot location so I can confirm the placement. Will IM you.....