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    Short to ground in my alternator?

    1968 Barracuda originally a 318 automatic now 340 with a chrome box, no additional electronics. The horn relay burned up not long after I replaced the turn signal switch. I think I chased that down to where I pinched the wire harness between the dash and the steering column supports. I...
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    How do you ensure that the gasoline that you purchase is the best quality?

    A little query seems to show that premium gasoline only makes up 11% of sales nationwide. I sometimes wonder if the particular station I buy from sells it routinely enough to keep their inventory “fresh”. Am I crazy or can you unknowingly procure vintage gasoline? The internet has also lead me...
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    [Found!] Picture of your seat belt tag

    What does a good one of these look like? I think it supposed to show a part number?? It’s between the belts where you adjust the length. Please share your picture of a good one. Thanks 1968 Plymouth is the vintage of interest
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    Rhetorical question: are my hand cups ‘sposed to be the same?

    Aka “remote control handles” I’m thinking that I have a pair for the passenger side….
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    [Found!] Rear panel chrome strips 68 fastback

    I just realized that these were not there! New panels look a little silly w/o them. How much to get a pair to 98563? Thanks I have the chrome on the doors, I need the ones in the back seat
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    "Something in the Orange"

    I have resisted this forum for a dozen years because I really am not restoring a car. I just like to work on it and drive it. Ironically, I have kept a notebook on everything that I had to do just to keep it on the road and it reads a lot like many of the projects in here. So after twelve years...
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    [SOLD] Small block intake

    I picked up a 340 years ago with a bunch of mismatched parts on it so I'm not sure where this would have come from originally. See pictures and id for yourself. Moving real soon and not too excited about schlepping it. If you're in the Texas/Louisiana area and have $50 on ya come on over and...
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    [SOLD] Federal power steering pump

    swapped it out years ago and couldn't toss it. leaked from the top and the o ring. needs rebuilt. bracket included but it will need to be "un-modified" a little bit. That outgoing hydraulic line was made by a logging equipment guy in Forks Wa. and worked great! Anyway, moving and no time to...
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    Hot Thunder Nite and West End Thunder racing

    https://www.westendthunder.com/ https://www.westendthunder.com/hot-thunder-nite still 3 race weekends scheduled this summer up in Forks Washington and the car show coincides with the August 6-7 event.
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    ROD RUN TO THE END OF THE WORLD

    Long Beach Washington September 11-12 https://www.bloomerestates.com/rod-run-end-world-long-beach-wa
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    Turn signal switch; Rants and Raves

    I've been fighting with one for awhile. My 3 year old broke the original playing with it. Although the horn never really worked very well and it needed replacing anyway. So I buy the highest recommended unit and tossed it in. Well I didn't get the housing bolted in correctly and I smashed the...
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    soft 60' times

    yes sir; I will blame the pit crew and driver for consistently soft 60 footers. In the past my local track would allow everything and anything out there for test and tune. I've seen cars dripping water from the A/C at the tree and on several occasions pickups would shake half a ton of dirt...
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    My Other 340

    I was cleaning my old rifle after another hunting season closed, and thinking about where we went and the things we accomplished this year. I realized that this was the 25th season together. I thought back to many great adventures and wonder how many more there might be. I've only had to...
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    what's going on with my lights?

    1968 barracuda was 318 when it left Hamtramck but been sporting a 340 for these last 10 years. All aftermarket gauges as long as i've had it but the instrument dimmer switch was still operational. Until last weekend. I lost all of my instrument lights and running lights, thats my taillights...
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    Starting a New Project

    Her mama has done all the work so far- thanks honey! virtual cigars all around...
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    Help me stop the windshield wipers coming on at 80mph

    please tell me what is supposed to keep those in place. I think that I have read somewhere that the "bushings" wear out and they just loosen up. If that is the case, tell me how to access these bushings and what to order and from whom. many many thanks in advance.
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    one wire Alternator and voltage regulator question

    Please help me understand how this works. The replacement alternator I got has the square back and the directions say to not use my voltage regulator (VR). Does the regulator do anything other than protect the battery from overcharging? How does the one wire or "squareback" alternator do that...
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    Ever use carb cleaner on your nipples?

    NO! not those nipples.... these; on a black powder rifle? It worked great!!! If you don't clean the residue off at the end of the season the entire gun corrodes really fast. Most Civil War re-enactors tell me to just let it "brown up". I guess the Brown Bess was brown for a reason. but...
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    oil pump failed

    long blocked and sleeved 340. Everything new but the valve train. Primed the new pump and got oil up top before buttoning it up and installing the motor. Started right up and sounded good. While working on getting up to temperature, I noticed the top end was kinda loud and then noticed zero oil...
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    Dashcam car accidents on You Tube?

    Maybe I'm late to this party but I just spent some time binge watching a bunch of these last weekend. Have you seen any of this material? I admit that I am a bit aggressive but I think I've learned some things that may change my habits. First, it takes so little contact at high speed to get...
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    Replacing a crank shaft questions

    My engine is a 1971 340 (august I think). Externally balanced. I have a manual for 1968 and the only thing it says regarding identification is whether I have a Maltese Cross stamped on the “numbering pad on the right side of the block” . It may have undersized one or more bearing journals by...
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    Installation Question V2.0

    Anyone having trouble getting a drill bit all the way through their steering shaft? It eats cobalt bits! I have two spring pins in holes that may not be quite halfway through the shaft. I’ve put 5K miles on like this but always worry they won’t hold. This month the motor came out and I have...
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    [Found!] Remote mirror bezel

    I understand these were installed in a lot of mopars. Mine is a 68 barracuda. It must look sorta like the antenna bezel except threaded female inside. The knob has been hangin’ there for 9 years just fine but now my 2 year old is yanking on it sooooo.... Thanks in advance
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    [WANTED] tail-shaft counter balance weight

    I think the bolt pattern is the same for both (and multiple model years) but mine is a 904. Thanks in advance D
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    Gas tank install

    Im just about finished with replacing the original tank and gas lines and thought id add a little more to the body of information in this forum. First, thanks for all the folks that went before me and bothered to write about it. This has been very helpful. I stayed with the 5/16th line since it...
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    Sending unit ground strap on stainless

    Im finally getting a new tank and lines swapped over to all stainless. I just bent the new sender to match the old one and tested both for resistance. This doesn't work if the meter isn't grounded. Then I remembered not seeing a ground on the old tank when I removed it. The insulator pad was...
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    [Found!] 340 drivers side motor mount for 1968 A body K frame

    I have a shimmed passenger mount on the driver side and what I think is a 318 drivers side mount with only two ears engaged on the passenger side. Its time to rectify the situation! Thanks
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    compressed air method to change seals

    quick clarification question; Do I have to hand crank each piston to TDC before pressurizing the cylinder I'm working on? thanks in advance
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