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Boosting a car the other day and my neg clamp came off with the jumper cable. Closer inspection showed my 29 year old original was cracked in half.
(Posted in: Battery ground strap custom)

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The 6 gauge original wire was green with corrosion and it's skin was peeling.
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Local truck place made me this longer 22 inch one gauge unit up for me for 18 bucks. That is a deal in Canada. I spec d it longer because I may get the wrong group battery and have to stretch it one day.
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I made up the wire above the one gauge to go from fender body ground to cylinder head engine ground and carry on to the 120 amp Denso alternator's case stud ground. The old unit below looks pretty poor by comparison IMO.
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Pretty pleased with the one gauge unit and with plenty of extra to stretch it over to the wrong side group battery if I ever have to.
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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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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 !
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Nyloc nuts make sure vibration never loosens the speakers, yet it allows easy speaker replacement whenever you blow the 6 X 9s up
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Up here in salt country I decided to scope the condition of the 29 year old brake line that runs front to back. Like that round bolt head there in the pic ?
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Two 51" polymer coated lines and a 40" unit fit perfectly from the proportioning valve all the way back to the axle hose connection. Use the 40 in the middle and everything is reachable.
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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.
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Everytime I strip an old M-body or each time I'm in a junkyard, I pull out the side cutters and score a proportioning valve and all the fittings. That loose fitting will allow me to make the lines up ahead of time.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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I managed to get the entire front to rear line out intact and in one piece. The stealerships will often charge a King's ransom to replace this line. I stashed this template high up in my patio rafters until I'm done pre-making three more lines.
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With the thousand dollars you save doing this yourself, you can afford the 30 dollar double flaring kit in the background. I've cut off the inverted flare on one of the 51 inch pre-made lines and you can see that I'm about to slip on the original lar...
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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
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No drill mudflap fastener and cap
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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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The loan of Mike's new air nibbler made short work of the minor amount of trimming it takes to fit real 6 X 9s into a Fifth Avenue's rear parcel shelf !
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It's almost as if Chrysler knew we were going to do it. Didn't have to trim the insulation at all !
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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Nowadays modern 6 X 9 tweeters and midranges protrude upwards quite a bit. I made 3/4 inch spacers in MDF as I'm told it's less hack than plywood or 2 X 6s and is supposed to conduct sound better, The studs allow quick changes each time you, or the c...
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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You can just make out the Canadian Roberston head, square, wood screws holding that MDF adpater in place, under the parcel shelf. I've always mounted the 6 X 9s underneath the shelf for ease of installation, better fit and to keep them out of sight o...
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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