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About 2 years ago, I met forum member, Rod and others at the meet up of the Southern Cal Old Mopars group. Since then we've gotten together a couple of more times and in each of those, Rod would come in his truck, share stories, offer advice, and even handed out these cool Dodge truck shirts. Recently my master cylinder seemed to show signs of starting to go south and even though I found good information on how to replace it, as a novice, I just didn't have the confidence to do that job. So in sharing this with Rod, he offered to come out and give me a hand. Well, he did more than that. He taught me how to do it. And I can't even tell you how good that feels. Since owning my Plymouth, I've come into contact with the most amazing people from the previous owner, to the members of this forum, the Old Plymouths forum and Rod. So again, thank you Rod. And know that I will find a way to pay your generosity of time and skill forward. Among the photos are what the old brake fluid looked like after bleeding it out and what the new fluid looks like inside the new master cylinder. And of course, Rod himself. Tony

Ok, it looks like there will be 7 coming in our little group this year - 4 regulars and 3 newbies. Here's the breakdown: regulars - me (B2B); Charlie (B3B); Rudy ('48 Ford PU); Bob ('53 Chevy PU); newbies - Noe (B3B); Glenn ('57 Chevy PU); Ed ('56 Ford PU).Should make for a nice little caravan pulling into Tim's...

And when you're pulling the rear drums, try to cradle it as you remove it so that the inner seal doesn't drag on the threaded portion of the axle tubes. Same when reinstalling it. If you haven't gotten parts yet, all 4 cylinders were available from NAPA. Same p/n's for left front and rears. Same thing for the right side. They're mirror images of each other. I can look up the p/n's if you need them. Mike

I see a PeeP hole

You are not confused. . . I messed up. It is clockwise as viewed from the top of the distributor.

Paul; While they may have got their contraptions to move under their own power most were definitely not better than what the factories produced. If you had ever owned a real 50's era hot rod you would know what death traps most really were. And this is true of at least 99% of the cobbled together stuff. It might go fast......but some "nasty surprise" can almost always be found to negate all that hard work. Just because someone is creative.....doesn't mean their creation is good or even appropriate. If you want to understand the real refinement of automotive design and manufacturing you need to look more closely at the real automotive engineers that have shaped things as we know it. And if you want to look to outsiders that have contributed heavily......... much has come to us from the aeronautical boys. Jeff

That steel fish tail loom was a piece of art. How could you replace it with molded plastic? Might as well drive a LEGO car.

BS meter pegged for the day

Am so happy with the way it's turning out I had to make a video. Don't know why it stops and starts. I have been very nervous about how straight the metal work would turnout. This being my first time really doing what I hope will turn out to be a quality job. You Tube, patience and going back over every little thing one more time seems to have paid off. Enjoy.

I hoping to wrap up the last few details this coming weekend and do a road test. I've got the drive shaft in, most of the interior in, and the last few wiring details wrapped up. All I need to do is do the cam break in, set the timing, throw the hood back on, and a few other small things. I ran it for the first time with the exhaust on it today for a couple minutes and it sounds great; much better than the little V6. Wish I had done this in the first place.

most always your supplier of the new seal will have an instruction sheet available at purchase or as in Steele Rubber, an online download

Looks like he drifted....hit the shoulder with his left front tire...pulled it right, to get back on the main road....then over steered it to the left causing the right side to dig in and launch him through the fence almost head on. You can see the puff of dirt (0.09), then the driver side of the car as he goes right (0.10), then arches left through the median (0.10-0.11)..... Looks like distracted driving to me. Top ten distractions: 1. lost in thought (this is a new #1 for some reason and in some lists is the #2 to cell phone, ive seen reports as high as 62 percent) 2. cell phone use (ie texting or otherwise) 3. occupants (ie kids or rowdy friends) 4.reaching for objects (ie CD's or "stuff") 5. make-up or razor 6. eating (I remember when this used to be #1) 7. external events 8. reading signs (exits instructions etc) 9.moving objects (ie your dog) 10. smoking (I'm sure its the act of lighting a cig or getting it out of the box) 48D

Thank you for that post ! I played with the thought to do a request to the webmaster regarding that. I have placed a advert here on this forum, searching for ring & pinion gears. I got two emails, with the question, if I am still interested in. They requested me to answer, if I am still interested in ... I have answered both, never got a feedback ... I tried to check the senders and did not find a match of the persons and associated adresses. Maybe the circumstance that I am living in Germany protected me against dubious transactions ... !? But I have a sinking feeling that my PC is not working that proper since I had opened that emails ... If I don`t violent a rule I will publicate the names and addresses here ! (Excuse my English, I hope I could convey my intention)