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    Advice on buying junkyard engines?

    I've never bought a junkyard engine before. I actually need two engines, a 5.9L Magnum that will go in my '71 Dart, and a 4.2L V6 for a '97 Ford F-150 that blew up. While I expect to do a little freshening up on one, I don't want to need to do a full valve job, new rings and bearings, line...
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    Installing headers -- While engine pulled or after re-installed?

    I'm going to pull the 5.9L Magnum in my '67 Barracuda to replace a leaking freeze plug and some other work. I'd like to replace the stock manifolds with headers, probably TTI shorties unless someone tells me why I shouldn't. It is a 4-speed car, and at the moment it has slant-6 torsion bars...
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    '67 Barracuda bucket seat mounting

    My '67 Barracuda has bucket seats, and I'd like to find some replacement hardware for them. Both seats are missing a stud on each. One thing I'm not clear on is if the seat tracks are supposed to bolt directly to the floor or if there's a spacer that goes in there. I've seen replacement bolt...
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    Transmission crossmember bolt sizes?

    I'm finally back working on my butchered '67 Barracuda. Originally a slant-6/904 car, a previous owner put a 360 and A833 trans in, but never finished the job (it's also got a GM 8.2 rearend, Dog knows why). The crossmember the PO put in is some kind of welded up hack job, and I was unable to...
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    '65 A-body 8 3/4" Sure-Grip 4.10 in a '67 Barracuda?

    I have a chance to pick up a full 8 3/4" axle with a 4.10 Sure-Grip. I'm told it's from a '65 A-body (although not sure which one), and it'd be going in my '67 Barracuda that's been 360 Magnum/A883 swapped and molested with a GM 8.2 rear end by the previous owner. Is there any reason this...
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    Trying to identify A833 & shifter models

    I'm finally back able to work on the '67 Barracuda. This was a slant-6/904 that's been swapped to a 360 Magnum and an A833 trans. I need to find the correct shift linkage for this configuration. It appears I have a Hurst shifter based on the patent numbers, but the model identification that...
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    Narrowing an 8 1/4" rear end, how is it done?

    OK, not the greatest title, but whatever. My '67 Barracuda has a GM 8.2 rear end on it, for who knows what reason. I found a 8 1/4" 3.21 4.5" bolt pattern open rear end that's already had the perches moved for an A-body. Problem is it's supposedly 63" flange to flange, but the guy didn't get...
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    Instrument cluster vacuum meter reaction time?

    My '67 Barracuda has the vacuum meter option. It's not currently connected to the engine because all the tubing is shot. However, while I had the dash out to replace the instrument voltage regulator, I tested the vacuum meter with a hand operated pump. The needle moves, but verrrry slowly, much...
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    Locating an instrument cluster facia?

    What are the odds of being able to find just the plastic facia of the instrument cluster for a '67 Barracuda? One of the previous owners completely butchered the area around the radio to install some aftermarket junk radio. I'd like to find just the facia since I don't need the instruments or...
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    Did I fry my hubs?

    I'm rebuilding the drum brakes on my '71 Dart. Hubs don't seem to be available, so I pressed the studs out of the old drums, cleaned up the hubs, and painted them with a high temperature paint. Curing it requires 250F for 30 minutes, cool down, 400F for 30 minutes, cool down, then 600F for 30...
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    Question about balancing rotating assembly

    I'm rebuilding a 318 engine that I don't know the history of. The block casting is 2536030 ('67, 0.030 over), the crank casting is 2658393, and the connecting rod castings are 2406782. It's all been to the machine shop and cleaned up. Rods have new ARP bolts. I weighed the the rods (with bolts...
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