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  1. BillGrissom

    Is your Manual Steering Box Cracked?

    I found a crack in my 64 manual box, on the bottom of the worm housing. It goes ~1/3 around. The photo shows it well because I shone a bright light along the surface. Not real visible otherwise, but you can catch a fingernail on it. The other lines that look like cracks aren't (just casting...
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    LCA Bushing Replacement

    Renewing the suspension on my 64 Valiant, so thought nice to share info. In the past, I always took my control arms to a shop to have bushings changed (Newport, Dart), but shops are now rare and I have a 12-ton shop press (Harbor Freight), so decided to try myself. The LCA's were toughest...
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    Steering (almost) Hits Starter (did) - early A

    I noticed I have only 1/8" clearance between my Pitmann arm rod end and the starter motor. I can't even slip a pinky between them. Indeed, the cotter pin used to catch until I bent it down. A big concern because the motor mounts will settle over time and the interference occurs near the...
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    Sand-blast vs Wire-wheel

    I spent too many hours last weekend removing rust from front inner fenders. They were out of the car on the ground, with easy to access every spot except a few recesses and inner corners. I actually had 2 pairs of the larger ones (in trunk when bought, none installed), so figured why not clean...
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    Power Steering Hose Info

    I ran into issues with my power steering hoses and learned some things that might help others. My '65 273 had the TRW Thompson pump. I switched to the Federal pump since the TRW didn't fit the aluminum water pump I installed (bad choice for many reasons). Early power steering (pre-1972?)...
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    Spindles - Did I mix them up?

    65 Dart 10" drum brakes. Does anyone know if the tapped hole in the spindle should be at the front or rear? My sketch from when I disassembled it (year ago) show it at the front, so went by that. Other info now suggest I swapped L & R. The TSM has no figures that make L & R clear. I could have...
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