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The upper control arm mounting points are moved in order to affect both camber angles and caster angles. The shock mount is irrelevant to that on these cars. If the vehicle utilizes a strut type suspension, then moving the mount rearward would provide a caster gain.

There wouldn’t be a caster gain from the shock mount. The location of the upper ball joint has to change for caster to be altered.

I’m surprised I’ve never been pulled over for the test drive that coincides with diagnosing these.

Typically, if a hub assembly like that makes noise on a turn to the right, it’s the left bearing and vice versa. The reasoning is that you’re “loading” the bearings with the weight of the car being transferred to the outside of the turn. I have seen a few that did not adhere to this but they’re...

I have the big Hellwig on my ‘73 Swinger. Installed their matching rear at the same time. Made a substantial difference and installed easily.

Which front hangers are you using? The Hotchkis hangers that come with it will lower an inch under the stock ones. If you use the stock leaf hangers on the front with the 24385 it will sit higher.

These fake bills passed the pen test at the bank.

I’ll be damn sure more critical of every Benjamin that ever goes into my hand from now on.

It can be bought on Amazon or eBay.

I’m not posting this to incite an argument or to have a debate based on stupidity on anyone’s part. This is a newspaper article from a town 20 minutes down the road. I am only posting this to warn all of us out there buying and selling anything to be cautious. I’m not saying this could happen to...

My Hotchkis leaf springs came with a new front hanger that lowers the rear another inch. Did you use that? I know mine is a Swinger, but this is the result of my install.

I have a lot of good luck with NAPA for a/c fittings.I’ve also found some oddballs from Vintage Air. You may have already exhausted those two.

Hey RRR. I swapped my 73 Swinger from the RV2 and it has made a huge difference. I robbed all the stuff off a ‘78 Diplomat and it bolted right up. I notice a difference in the power it takes to turn it for sure. Also, much quieter than before. The biggest difference though, is how much more...

Another vote for Kilmat. $60 from Slamazon and covered the entire floor pan of my ‘73 Swinger. Noticeable difference in road noise. Good for temp control too.

Did the remote have to be pointed directly at the unit? Or could it work while it was hidden away?

What are you using for your hub? Is it a turned down factory rotor?

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I’ve used it quite a bit in the last couple weeks. I created at 20 + flares over the course of a few days. Even just practiced ten times or so on scrap pieces just to familiarize myself with it. I had no trouble setting it up and don’t find it near as finicky as an old school flare set from the...

I just bought a Masterkool hydraulic flaring tool for work. It is not cheap but OMG is it incredible. Perfect double flares in less than two minutes. The ends I’ve made look better than they come with from the parts store.

I thought my windshield was leaking on my ‘73 Swinger but it turned out to be the wiper pivots. I get a puddle in my drivers floor pan. Watching to see the response on ease of install as I have it down for one of my winter projects this year.

I just wire brushed and painted them. They’re steel. They look brand new now.

You can take the crimps off and go to Napa and have the rubber replaced. Just be sure to get fittings lined back up correctly. I did this with my ‘73 Swinger.

Took longer to get out and grab pics than I planned but here’s a couple to show the updated compressor.

I have a ‘73 Swinger with factory A/C. I got tired of the poor ole 318 turning the massive RV2 and we robbed all the brackets, lines, and compressor from a ‘78 Diplomat. It all fits great by merging my lines with the Diplomat lines. Now my air works much better at idle and has much less...

It appears to be the same number but DJ following it. As for ride and performance I love them. Cars sits considerably lower and rides/corners well. Definitely worth the money IMO. I don’t have a lot of experience with anything else though as they immediately replaced the 45 year old, worn out...

I have the Hotchkis springs on mine and they didn’t have the logo on them. Just the part numbers.

I have the RCD’s as well. Yes, with the 1.03’s and the Helwig sways, it has a firm ride. I love it.

Torsion bars Check out this post from a couple of days ago.

1973 Swinger, 318 a/c car. I did the PST 1.03” bars couple years back and highly recommend them. I still have comfortable ride but partnered with all the other updgrades/improvements, it handles in no way like it was ever intended to now. I daily it when weather allows and have done several...

I teach auto mechanics in a high school center. I have been using snap-on scanners for a majority of my career but a few years back we picked up an Autel unit and I rarely touch anything else now. Updates are simple, the data PIDS are better and more plentiful, and there are more functions. All...