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This simple 1/4UNC20 bolt and a couple of washers and matching nut are al that's needed to fix the overflow tank stud for good. It's 1 1/4" long if you're wondering.
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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Finally made the switch to fully synthetic 10W30, so I figured it was time to pony up for an oil filter fit to filter the synthetic. This was on sale so I cracked open the sporran and fished out enough Canadian Tire money and purchased it......Ooooch...
(Posted in: decent oil filter)

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There is the top of the new Sensatrac, with it's stem threads and nut lathered in anti-seize. If you look carefully, just to the right of the stem is a shiny metallic piece of metal. That is one of the old nut lands that I Sawzalled off to get the nu...
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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Even a marginal 6 X 9 speaker will outperform the best 5 X 7 in the world. I'd had ENOUGH of those terrible factory 5 X 7s in the rear parcel shelf, so in went the Sony Explods !
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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293 hits | 41.82 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
Using washers on either side of the plastic spreads the bind and probably wouldn't leak (it's not critical anyway as it's not a pressurized tank), but I gooped around the nut, leaving just the final 1/2" of threads exposed.
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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294 hits | 69.79 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
For a change I used Energy Suspensions urethane shock absorber bushings. Fit great, installed well. Should outlast rubber and offer a less wallowy reaction in corners.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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295 hits | 68.39 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Torqued in the mains in three stages, ending at the 85 ft/lbs spec'd in teh manual. Twirls beautifully. Even remembered the rear main seal.
(Posted in: Crank polish & Main bearings)

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298 hits | 41.37 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
After you've drilled a hole, slightly larger than 1/4", through the center of the "crater" left by the offending stud, you can feed the bolt and washer through the filler neck using the old British Leyland wire trick. Drilling the hole slightly large...
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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305 hits | 47.31 KB | Posted: 10/31/14
Just to prove I opened the box and did put it on.
(Posted in: decent oil filter)

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306 hits | 84.2 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
There is the rear Sensatracs, with the urethane bushings ready to go in.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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307 hits | 81.82 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
I lather the fitting and the line under the fitting with Permatex Anti-Seize. Then it gets shot in undercating or rocker guard. Then gets lathered in greasey RustStop23, available through NAPA. Maybe, just maybe it'll make a nother 29 years
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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311 hits | 62.65 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
The 3/8 polymer coated lines are double flared and nut straight onto fittings that adapt the stock 1/8NPT 27 out to the new 3/8 inch lines, at the transmission
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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312 hits | 80.09 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
Three new polymer coated lines and two female unions didn't break twenty dollars and I already had the 30 dollar double flaring kit, so for under twenty bucks I've saved over $1,000.00 compared with some stealership estimates......or more !
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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313 hits | 78.64 KB | Posted: 7/10/13
I mounted this remote transmission filter in front of the passenger's front tire, on the 86 Fifth Avenue. Plenty of unused real estate there, in the wind stream, and well protected behind the front bumper. The hoses go straight up, over the bumper sh...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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(Posted in: Initial pics)

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327 hits | 85.55 KB | Posted: 7/10/13
This hose complete's the circle, coimg out of the other side of the stacked plater cooler, routing through the chin spoiler, then through an existing hole in the lower rad support (I enlarged) and clamping right onto the return line which will take t...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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330 hits | 61.07 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
The first 51" replacement line bent to mimic the original line. No tools required as 3/16 inch high copper content polymer coated lines are easy on the fingers. This takes you from the proportioning valve, with the new fitting on the line, to th...
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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332 hits | 44.29 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
The stock trans line holding strap, at the front of the engine, was even easier to modify and mount the 3/8 inch line with.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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333 hits | 59.84 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
Here is a better pic of that stock clamp out of the car and modified to accept the larger 3/8 inch trans line. Not rocket science and it makes for an almost stock looking install.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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335 hits | 84.74 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
I wasn't even going to change the front shocks. One was busted and came right out of it's body, leaking fluid. The other seemed to want to stay at quarter extension ! Guess I'm glad I spent the extra on front shocks.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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336 hits | 49.24 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Can't say I know DNJ bearings, but they're American made and came in at 28 bucks for the whole set.
(Posted in: Crank polish & Main bearings)

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339 hits | 36.5 KB | Posted: 6/15/15
Wilwood casting
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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340 hits | 11.68 KB | Posted: 3/8/15
Weedy original one piece 1.75 tailpipe part 45614
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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344 hits | 64.35 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
This is the only other stock transmission line clip and it holds both lines as they pass between the motor mouny and the oil pan. The triangles in the middle used to be rectangular. That is all the filing I had to do to get them to accept 3/8 inch li...
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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349 hits | 26.91 KB | Posted: 11/21/11
26 year old cylinders still had fair crosshatch left on them. The band of fuel varnish build up at the bottom of the cylinder indicates the rings were less than perfect(though none were broken). This is the worst rust of the two cylinders that had ru...
(Posted in: Cylinder deglazing)

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350 hits | 30.45 KB | Posted: 5/27/13
These rad and trans fittings will allow you go to larger 3/8" lines to replace the stock(rusted and 28 year old) 5/16" lines. This will increase line volume and delivery by 44%.
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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362 hits | 71.6 KB | Posted: 11/21/11
This Flex hone is GREAT 40 to 60 seconds in each cylinder and they cleaned up perfectly. At 59 bucks it paid for itself first time out. I even splurged and bought their brand of honing oil. A tiny dab of fluid creates plenty of slurry.
(Posted in: Cylinder deglazing)

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370 hits | 40.96 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
That's as clean as these pitons are getting. Cleaned the carbon out of the lands with a busted piston ring and everything got washed down with throttle body spray and steel wool and a tooth brush.
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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375 hits | 44.91 KB | Posted: 5/27/13
Double flaring the trans end (rad end not required) is the easy part. Bending 3/8" lines is a good deal tougher than smaller lines. Best have your Wheaties and employ the tube bender. I own two types.
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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378 hits | 81.69 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
That large fitting screwed into the proportioning valve is what stops most DIY types from replacing the lines themselves, because it's different than what comes on the pre-made polymer coated lines you get at the parts stores.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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379 hits | 55.32 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Talk about happy campers. The gaps on the new rings prove this bore is well within factory specs !
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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379 hits | 41.25 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
These fittings allow you to screw into the stock transmission supply and return ports and adapt you out to 3/8 inch lines.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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383 hits | 74 KB | Posted: 5/27/13
Took about an hour to replicate the stock line bends in the new 3/8" Polyarmour coated lines. Better to replace the rusted 28 year old trans lines now, at home, dirt cheaply, than out on the road at the hands of some stealership for a fee equal to yo...
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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389 hits | 73.8 KB | Posted: 11/21/11
Clevite No. 219 9420, for Seven dollars at Rock Auto, gets you all the plugs a small block Mopar needs. No chasing around, ready to install(block AND heads). They even throw in one slightly oversized plug in case some GM trained monkey botched an ins...
(Posted in: Rebuild parts)

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You can see the restriction has been cut off and a 2 and a quarter inch extension welded onto the back of the cat pipe.
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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394 hits | 65.15 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
What a treat this is going to be compared to my old, whipped, missing compresser! Just can't justify buying another one this late in life, since the last time I used one was back in 96 ?
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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Here's the stock M-body cat. It starts out at a full 2 1/4" and even gets almost all the way to the muffler EXCEPT for the last three inches, which neck down to pea shooter size 1 7/8" to fit the stock M-body muffler. Prices range as low as...
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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400 hits | 79.94 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Couldn't find my whipped, 25 year old band type piston ring compresser anywhere. Canadian Tire will loan this tool kit free to anyone willing to plunk down a hundred dollar deposit(for three days).
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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Not rocket science to add 10 inches of bigger pipe and lop off that three inches of 1 and seven eights restrictive pipe. It allows you to run not only any 2 and a quarter inch muffler, but also a later model B body tailpipe, which fits perfectly.
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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408 hits | 13.21 KB | Posted: 2/23/13
Sure it isn't mandrel bent, but it'll get you over the axle in 2 1/4" instead of stock 1 7/8" and for as low as $11.21. Walker 43633
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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417 hits | 50.17 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Crank journals have had the 320 grit polish, yet to hit them with 600 grit. Came up like chrome !
(Posted in: Crank polish & Main bearings)

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There's the hose coming from the rad cooling loop, sneaking along under the rad, through the core support (no drilling required, plenty of room). From there it's routed over the bumper shock into the "IN" nipple of the remote filter. The next hose co...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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427 hits | 57.82 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Eight pistons done in less than an hour. I'd forgotten how much I hated cleaning pistons. Higher than a kite on those fumes, so I cut the garage heater and I broke for lunch.
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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427 hits | 73.02 KB | Posted: 11/23/11
Eight pistons in, 16 con rod nuts torqued to factory 45 ft/lbs and cam bearings lubed with assembly grease.
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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Not one of the old rings were busted, but some weren't staggered properly. Mahle is a name I know and respect for piston rings, and at 24 bucks for the entire set, I'm happy !
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)