if you are close to Oakland Ca, look up, "Mor Drop", they can do it. they dont have a website, but a lot of references to them online. phone number 510-261-1888
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Ok, for the last few months, my dome light has been out, no biggie, next time i go to the parts store i will get a bulb, and when i say out it's off, its not on with the door(s) open or the headlight switch in the full CC position. So get this crap, i have to take something to the girlfriend and i pull over in front of her office (yeah, my girlfriend has a job, kind of nice huh?), i pull t
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tell you what i feel like doing when i hear a wierd noise, first drain all the oil out of it, then start it up, stand on the gas pedal untill it blows up, tow it over to Terry's then huh, no more wierd noises. problem solved.
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1970 Power Wagon . Front frame, 1991 Ram Charger. The rear frame is from 1969 truck. Motor and transmition is from a 1981 blue bird buss. YES! a 35,000 pound buss!!! It's a DT466 International turbo diesel . Dana 60 axls with 4.11 gears 44" swampers (gateway) tires with about 1000 miles on them. Selectro hubs, the good ones with the big knob. warn winch. A master cylinder from a F
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Hey just wanted to say thanks again for your continued effort to keep the forum alive, even though i do not post as often as others, i do visit the page more than once a day. Thank you again, "VIVA LA FORUM!"
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i live in the bay area of California , my zip is 94565. i posted it on craigslist, no offers, eh, im not worried, i have actually been driving it, its running great. I think after i put it back together i was a little nervous about it and cautious, but now, eh, i'd take it anywhere.
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Hey guys, just mulling around the idea of selling grandpas truck, i have spent alot of time and money on the old gal the last few years and with deep regret i somewhat feel the need to sell it. if you have been fallowing my posts over the past few months, i am sure you know the truck. I have recently rebuilt the top end (new valves and hardened exhaust seats),new hi volume oil pump, new timing
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still running , took it to Oakland the other day, ran well. keyrist, you dont drive something for a few months, you noitce what needs to be done, power steering SUCKS! gas mileage SUCKS, i might need to lean it out a bit now that i have valves that seal. Rattles squeeks, wind noise, wiper blades sliding out, dammit when will it ever end!!!!!!!!
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Ok, here is the results of spending 800 dollars, new timinmg set,new oil pump,a valve job, and a bunch of gaskets, paint and my labor
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IT'S ALIVE started it tonight, it fired right up, small oil leak on the valve cover, fixed that, set the timing and watched it warm up and burn off all the crap on the manifolds. pictures comming soon.
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IT'S ALIVE started it tonight, it fired right up, small oil leak on the valve cover, fixed that, set the timing and watched it warm up and burn off all the crap on the manifolds. pictures comming soon.
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the 383 is back together.....almost, got the heads done, installed torqued, intake on, need valver cove gaskets and exhaust manifold gaskets, toss in the HEI and fill it full of water and it should be "good-to-go" if it goes Vrooom! great, if not it towing it over Terry's house and shoving the pink slip in the tail pipe.
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let me say it has been fun and the forum will be missed not only by me but by everyone. thanks
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update, heads are in the shop, all new valves and installing hardened exhaust seats. it's just money!
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wasn't really the timing chain, but all the nylon teeth off the cam gear, most of which was layin in the pan, few were sucked up into the pick up screen. Terry, i got the heads the shop, will get them back next friday, if you need that tester let me know.
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more crap! bent valve on #6 exhaust. heads off, headed to machine shop, couple hundred to start, goes up from there....yeah, fun fun fun!
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she did great, thank god for speaker phones. All i told her was not to hit the brakes
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picture this, new girlfriend, I say hey lets take the old truck out to dinner. Well, we get going, about 2 miles from the house, and BANG, dead, nothing, couple of pops while cranking. fast forward, broken timing gear. Seems that the stock one had a set of nylon or plastic teeth on the aluminum cam gear, well 42 years of service, it decided to let go, and let go it did. I got the truck home, towe
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mine was steel, i went with the plastic, works great!
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I might just have to grab one, along with the dual speaker plate from Jerry. (saw his add on the buy/sell section). retrosoundusa.com
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this is what chrysler should be building this is what we want, we don't want leather, navigation, clear coat, and we don't want to pay 20-30k for a "toy" build a capable 4x4 with minimal options for about 15k, and let me decide how i want to outfit it.
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i used some of that white dense foam and over that i put the headliner material you find on E-bay, i used the contact adhesive to put it all together. i stuck it to the metal with the same adhesive cut it over sized and tucked in the excess.
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Here is the old man after a hard day of chasing pheasants, enjoying his one beer. My Pop, worked for Delta Dodge in Brentwood for 30+ years. bought many mopars over the years, the short list, 55 dodge royal, 57 Plymouth fury,62 imperial, 65 300L, 65 CSS , 70 D200, 70 polara wagon. also put a 273 in my dad's 54 Willys pickup. pissed off he had to rebuild transmission in the Fury several t
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the HEI project the single most important thing i did since i have owned the truck. made a world of difference, IMO it does not compare to the stock points or the mopar electronic ignition. i ran the mopar electronic ignition for a year, not impressed. goes like hell, i could have buried it but it was hard to take a picture holding on to that factory steering....wow. recovered the seat,
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Thanks Norm, I drove it yesterday, stopped over pwrwgndrvr's house, had a nice visit. Happy holidays everyone......Steve Hartwig
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If you need help , give me a call, I can bring beer.
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eh, who knows what I will do when I get the plymouth out of the garage. The daughter turns 16 in december working on getting her permit now, wants to drive the neon, good, gets it out of my garage. Igot a quote to media blast it, and put it in prime. might go that route and keep it in the garage for a year and then put it in poly gold.
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got a 93, 5spd, CC, cummins, sitting in the garage, only 120k miles, bought it new in 93, paid 26k for it. W.W.G.D "what would grandpa do" he would sit and watch it rust, he was a mechanic, never worked on his own crap....only when he had to.
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I have a pretty nice original 70,D200,383,727.power steering, and air conditioning. I am kicking around the idea of media blasting it, putting it in epoxy primer, and spraying it with the original poly gold color. The problem i am having is that i am removing 40 plus years of cool, the original paint on the tailgate letters, the factory pin striping, all the holes have meaning, all the scratches
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