What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?

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TF360 said:
daves66valient. How's the AVS-2. What fuel line are you using to your pump?
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The AVS-2 seems really nice at idle so far. Haven’t gotten the car on the road just yet. Hopefully soon. Just did the brakes and finishing up initial alignment. Still need to R&R rear gear oil and new sure grip additive. What’s in there now is pretty old. I’ll report later on my thoughts. So far it’s very smooth out of the box. Fuel line is stock 5/16 and stock style fuel pump. Shouldnt really go higher than 6psi to the carb
 
MobileCustoms said:
Thought this might be a good thread to quickly show what you are up to with your cars today, as an alternative for people who don't have full build threads for their cars.

I'll kick it off!

Today I bolted on the new Cragar wheels and tires and took it for a quick test drive with no front or rear glass. What a great traction upgrade! 295/50/15s in the back and 155/80/15s in the front. Gave the car a whole new attitude.
I also installed my new Champion Radiator that I bought from Challenger Gary a couple of months ago. It works great so far, ran it for about a half hour with a single 16 inch electric fan and the temp stayed very steady.

Now I am removing the old cheapo headers and installing a new set of Doug's along with a mini starter that I pulled from the local U-Pull junk yard a couple of hours ago for 22 bucks.

Trying to get it driveable for Mopars in the Park. I live about 20 minutes from the fairgrounds so it shouldn't be too bad a drive with the 4.56 gears. Really looking forward to meeting some members!

-Doug

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Repaired door post here's a before and after pics, got patch from baracudakid great to deal with!

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MobileCustoms said:
Thought this might be a good thread to quickly show what you are up to with your cars today, as an alternative for people who don't have full build threads for their cars.

I'll kick it off!

Today I bolted on the new Cragar wheels and tires and took it for a quick test drive with no front or rear glass. What a great traction upgrade! 295/50/15s in the back and 155/80/15s in the front. Gave the car a whole new attitude.
I also installed my new Champion Radiator that I bought from Challenger Gary a couple of months ago. It works great so far, ran it for about a half hour with a single 16 inch electric fan and the temp stayed very steady.

Now I am removing the old cheapo headers and installing a new set of Doug's along with a mini starter that I pulled from the local U-Pull junk yard a couple of hours ago for 22 bucks.

Trying to get it driveable for Mopars in the Park. I live about 20 minutes from the fairgrounds so it shouldn't be too bad a drive with the 4.56 gears. Really looking forward to meeting some members!

-Doug

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Changing my front crank seal--------------if it warms up, winter has hit here again !
 
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Finally put in a Gas Trunk Prop into my 65 Cuda as the Old S-Hook spring operated factory prop rod was pretty much shot...( Why it only lasted 54 years ) Maybe I should complain to mother Mopar, But I decided to just replace it with a new fangled Gas one... Wow!!! Love it... Really holds my trunk wide open with out me holding it up with one hand and using the other hand to put stuff in my trunk or remove stuff... now I can have a beer in the other hand instead of a trunk lid (I'm an Old Navy Guy)

First pic is of the old S-Hook spring unit...
Second pic... Is the Gas strut unit..
 
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Grille work today, let ya know when im done !
Not as easy as ya think ! Ha ha on me !

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Finished replacing the rear floors, installed fatmat sound deadening and set the carpet in. Now I have to wait 8 more weeks for my TMI seat to be made and shipped.
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Got back to work on the '65. Got some rust repairs done... More to follow tomorrow...lol.
 
Rolled out the Dart under own power today. Started to rain as soon as I rolled out. At least it goes forward and backwards in the driveway for now. Just finished up alignment and lubed the suspension. Will need to track down a noisy exhaust pipe shimmy squeal. That’ll be fun. Rain was good for a quick little wipe down of the dust that collected. She’s looking good. Maybe rear bumper install tomorrow.

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I think they should have painted them like that from the factory.
 
....waiting for the Summit order to come in to replace the pickup in MSD billet distributor, due to the rusting issue they have...sad that a $300 dizzy has this issue. Hopefully that cures the issue of car running like an old grain truck......lol.....if not, tracking down the issue is in order.
 
DemonK9 said:
....waiting for the Summit order to come in to replace the pickup in MSD billet distributor, due to the rusting issue they have...sad that a $300 dizzy has this issue. Hopefully that cures the issue of car running like an old grain truck......lol.....if not, tracking down the issue is in order.
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Man, that sucks...How old is your MSD distributor??
 
MobileCustoms said:
Man, that sucks...How old is your MSD distributor??
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It was in the car when I picked it up last fall....maybe a year old prior to last fall, as the cap/rotor had very little wear to them and old owner installed entire MSD system (6 AL Ignition box, coil, dist, wires).........seems to be a common problem with that distributor (lack of protective coating) and is mainly caused by ionization due to the higher energy spark they produce, is what I have found on the MSD forums.
 
I thought I had read somewhere that they had fixed that issue but maybe not... I just installed a new one in my car a few months ago so I guess i will have to keep an eye on that!
Seems like there should be a solution.
 
Spitballing here. Maybe a thin coating of RPM paste after gently warming up the pickup with a low setting heat gun.

I’ve noticed it works great on many parts in my environment near the beach
 
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