My '65 D200 has the "Deluxe" interior package that came with the remote heater control as shown in Ben's photo. My '66 W300 did not have the deluxe heater and that had a spigot type valve on the heater hose under the hood. The original valve looked something like a hose bib, which was siezed when I got the truck. I replaced it with a 1/2" ball valve (brass), so it
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Is the 5" offset on both sides? If the 5" offset is apparent on both sides, could you have a dual wheel axle on the back? Jerry compensated for this on his W-500 by changing the wheel off-set, right Jerry?
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Just my 2 cents, and remembering my time in Ridgway, CO with a D200/Poly 318; A normally aspirated engine will not perform as well as a turbo or super-charged engine ( i.e. 6BT) at your altitude. What about a turbo on the /6?
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I'm sorry to hear about your wife and having to sell such a great car. I am very tempted to consider buying it as my first car was a '65 Fury I, 2 door sedan with 3 spd column shift, manual steering and a wide block 318. I had it through high school, college and beyond for better than 15 years and racked up over 150,000 miles on it. Bought it for $200; those days are gone.
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For what it's worth; when I overhauled the 318 in my '65 D200, I put in an r/v grind cam, port matched the heads and manifolds and modified the stock cast 2 bbl intake to match a Holley 350 cfm 2 bbl. Basically I used a die grinder to port the openings at the base of the carb and opened up the passages. The truck has gobs of torque over the original set-up and the Holley is easy and c
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I did a '68 or '69 100/200 cab to my W300 a few years back, from my rusty memory; 1. Needed clutch/brake pedal supports as the later years had a mechanical clutch vs. the hydraulic of the earlier years. 2. swapped firewalls because of clutch/brake M.C. mounts, the throttel linkage (pivot and rod on earlier and cabel on later) and the windshield wiper motor and linkage system. 3. The
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Try www.springsnthings.com, they had all the bushings, pins, shackles, etc. when i did my '65 D200. They offered both rubber and polyurethane. If the link doesn't work, Google "espo".
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I can look at the set of NOS drums I have, but they're at the other house and I won't be able to check for a couple of weeks. Let me know.
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A while ago (about a year, or so) I posted a query with a problem of my 65 D200 having a "popping" in the exhaust. I did vacuum, compression and timing checks (all o,rebuilt the carb and bought/swapped a new ECU, with no change. Next I pulled plug wires 1 at a time and found 2 cylinders suspect. I repalced the spark plugs and checked resistance in the plug wires; it ran a little bette
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I had similar experience at 3 dealerships when enquiring about a Challenger R/T. They had none in stock, couldn't tell me when their ordered ones would arrive and did not offer to order one for me. In addition, when i asked about test driving one when they finally get one in, they just about laughed and said they could not be taken for a test drive due to the "collectability" of
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How are you doing Jerry? Thanks for the link. I'm seriously considering a mechanical locker for the rear of my W300 and an electric locker for my '08 Ram 2500. These fella's look like a good source for both.
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My '65 and '66 have 18 gallon tanks per the service and Owner's manuals. I have a 22 gallon that came out of a '69 and was told that was an option. As for mileage, I'd think 17 or better but it all depends on gearing, driving style, auto/manual trans., weight, etc.
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Norm, It was timed with a timing light, then I checked the vacuum. The vacuum gage was connected to read manifold vacuum, not the distributor vacuum (the distributor port). The last time I ran it, after I rebuilt the carb, it does not pop while idling, occasionally while holding a steady rpm above 900 and constantly while the engine is slowing down. I have not taken it on the road to see how
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The ballast resistor checks ok and I've had the ignition switch problem on my '65 Fury in the past and this does not act that way. I am probably going to try ignition wires, and then the ECU and will update when I'm done,
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The timing has checked spot on. My father-in-law suspects plug wires, even with the continuity check coming back ok. I'll update progress next weekend.
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I did inspect it and there is no sign of carbon arcs inside or outside of the cap or excessive corrosion on the nubs inside. I've got a new spare that I'll try and update all after trying it.
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Good idea, I'll try this and let you know.
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My '65 D200 developed a problem while cruising a while back. There is a loud "popping" in the exhaust, especially when the engine is slowing down, but also periodically while cruising. I've run a vacuum check (all o, a compression check (all cylinders but 1 reading 125 psi, with the 1 low 1 reading 115 psi, but it's still within specs), the plug wires are showing consis
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