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When I first moved to NC I went to the local Ace Hardware and asked where the lag bolts were. The man said aisle 6. I went done aisle 6 and was surrounded by laht bulbs.

For years I would always send my new young carpenters to the local lumberyards to pick up supplies for our projects. I would usually put a board stretcher on the list and most of them would ask the the yard guy for a board stretcher, everyone except the kid would get a good laugh. After several years of this I sent a new guy to the yard and he returned with my items and also a big ugly piece of steel all welded up that appeared to be a homemade tool at one time, it took up most of the bed of my truck and needed to be loaded with a forklift. I asked the kid whats this? and he replied its the board stretcher. I busted out laughing as he told me the owner of the yard waited on him and he helped load the board stretcher. That kid didn't last very long working for me.

Heads are officially done. All new valves, guides, seals, hardened seats, milling etc. Also added the Hot Hemi Heads spark plug tube inserts which help keep oil out of the cylinders when changing spark plugs. Waiting on the rest of the rotating assembly to be finished and pick up parts from the powder coater and chrome shop. More updates coming soon.

I'm happy to be a heathen............err, well at least a hot rodder and a heathen if truth be known........lol.............anyway the XJ6 Series 1/2 or 3 have been used extensively here in Oz in hot rods BUT ......the rear ends used to be installed by removing them from the original Jag "cage" but that has been changed to most people installing the rear with the suspension still in the cage and using the Jag rubber mounts to adapt to the original rear frame rails, a mate did this on his 1940 Ford and it was a very simple install............however the front suspension is another thing.........at least installing one in a mopar or similar car with an original independent front suspension as the Jag front end mounts essentially to straight chassis rails and the mopar chassis with the large spring pockets and bulging side rails to accommodate the springs means that the Jag suspension won't fit.............BUT I have seen a few installs where the builder cut the original mopar chassis rails off just in front of the firewall, where the mopar chassis kicks up and installed fabricated straight rails which allow the Jag suspension unit to fit...........the only hiccup with the jag front end is the requirement that an upper shock mount has to be fabricated, usually from a piece of 2" box tube cut on a long taper and welded to the Jag crossmember behind the Jag upper inner pivot pins........Jags use the same bolt pattern as late model 1949 on Chevs..........I'd also check the track width as Jags have a fairly wide track and use positive offset wheels which might not clear the Mopar fenders.............sorry don't have any pics, hope this helps.....Andy Douglas

Look on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Chrysler-Intake-valves-218-230-1941-1960-Set-of-6-/252723410923?hash=item3ad77d37eb:g:D-IAAOSw9GhYeTOc&vxp=mtr http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Chrysler-Exhaust-valves-NEW-218-230-1941-60-/320143976372?epid=1241289215&hash=item4a8a1167b4:g:6acAAOxy1RZSVDzR&vxp=mtr

I got my set from Terrill Machine in DeLeon, Feltz would be glad to hear from ya

We discussed that, but apparently I lost!

Ahhhhh,that's southern for "die screaming in unbearable pain,you(&^%&!"

I got better after a couple of years ... bless your heart!

You need to start buying fuel pumps that are certified to work with ethanol. They use different diaphragms than the traditional fuel pumps. Same thing with carb kits with rubber or plastic parts. "NOS" ain't the way to go. Newly manufactured parts kits or parts are the way to go until this nightmare welfare program for corporate "farmers" ends. Assuming it ever ends,of course.

run coiled copper and can double as a portable still

Shucks, he may have jumped out of an airplane and become a feral legend!

I googled this first try....http://shop.obsoleteautova.com/Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth-218-230-228-241-251-265-Valve-Spring-Set-VS348.htm

Hey all, been close to 4 months, so figured I would "bump" this thread, and keep it alive and breathing. I have been extremely busy since April, with work, and family commitments, so unfortunately have not tackled the A833 swap, the trans is ready, have my drive shaft donor. I need to have my clutch rebuilt, and a new disc made, which is being done locally. Most if not all of the A833 adapter plates were and are sold, and many conversions have been completed, most if not all of those, are by folks who do not hang around internet web sites. I can almost share the sentiment, but some time ago GTK did share with me he and many members are looking forward to the swap and its process. So at this point, I may do this swap very shortly, or it may be shelved for a little while, and the only reason I might shelf it temporarily, is to rebuilt my 265 engine, as my 228 is tired, has leaky cylinders, and do not want to do a trans swap full well knowing the engine needs to be pulled for replacement, but who knows, will make a decision real soon. So those interested, whether you are contemplating the A833 swap, or are in the T5 camp and want to see the end results, buckle up, and hang tight, it won't be long........ The Fargo, at sunset, what a beautiful thing....

Your fuel pump may,or may not be bad,but your immediate problem is either your gas tank is full of trash and blocking the fuel line there,or your gas line from the tank to the fuel pump is stopped up with trash.. If you have compressed air,take the cap off of your gas tank,take the fuel line from the tank off at the fuel pump,and blow compressed air into the tank from the fuel pump end of the gas line. If you can't hear gas "bubbling" inside the tank when blowing air back to the tank,your gas line is clogged up,and the smart move it to just take it off,throw it away,and replace it with the new copper/nickel brake line. 25 Feet is around 25-30 dollars,and you will have a new clean fuel line that you know has no rust or trash in it,and it will never rust inside or out. You can even bend it with your hands and it won't kink. Best stuff ever for brake and gas lines. If you do hear air bubbling when blowing it back down the line to the tank,chances are you had trash blocking the line at the tank,and the compressed air blew it away. The bad news is it will come back,but wait until you are far from home before shutting the engine down so you have an expensive tow bill to pay. The smart thing to do is remove the fuel tank,throw a bunch of nuts and bolts in there,shake it around a bunch of times,and then blow all the trash out. If it were me,I would fill it half full of white vinegar and let it sit overnight,then turn it over and let it sit overnight again,and then pour the rust and vinegar out,flush the tank,and immediately coat the inside of the tank with a sealer guaranteed to stand up to ethanol use. While the tank is out,you might as well blast and paint the outside and the straps,and replace the insulation that goes between the straps and the tank that keeps it from rubbing and squeaking. Replace all your rubber gas line with new gas line rated for fuel injection use. Ethanol won't hurt it,but it will eat regular rubber gas lines like acid. If you have any inline gas filters,replace them with new ones rated for use with ethanol.

Well Ed, you sir are the winner! She's a runner! Filled the gerry can up all the way, kept feeding the carb fuel, an low and behold . . . . She starts and runs AWESOME. Almost perfect idle, but she's really rich. Thanks to everyone for the advise! M.Klapp

Tom , Use distributor number IAP - 4001-1 when ordering parts . Cap IAO-1003 , rotor IGS - 1016B , contact set ( points ) IGP - 3028ES , condenser IG - 3927G , Breaker plate assembly IAP - 3004 R . These are all Auto-Lite part numbers . I usually find my NOS Auto-Lite parts on ebay . If you don't have any luck finding that breaker plate assembly let me know and I might be of further help . Here is one on ebay for $25 . 222446349012 He doesn't ship to UK but you might ask . If not , I can forward it to you .

no problem Tom, happy to help. By the way I'm the same mark that Bob Drown referred you to on Facebook in case you hadn't already figured that out. Cheers!

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Great Mopar knowledge. Thank you for the clarification

I bought a 5 bolt Dakota rearend from Falconvan for my '47 Plymouth but haven't gotten around to installing it yet. I believe the Dakota has somewhere around 3.55 gears. He relocated the spring perches and rebuilt the rearend but ended up using an Explorer rear. My car has already had the u-joint conversion completed so it should be an easy swap. The original rear is working fine, brakes are good, etc. so it's not a priority. I'll post results when I finally get around to changing it. That's my 100th post!! I'm getting way too gabby!!

If your engine will not run now why do you think installing electronic ignition will fix the problem. Suggest you first fix the problem and then upgrade the ignition system.

Ed, I think you may be remembering Dave Erb, a.k.a. Greybeard. Another good one lost...

Glad you like it. Here's a link to the movie. Engine info starts around 20.

looks like Officer Opie, (Alice's restaurant fame obvious by the 8 x 10 glossy photograph) has bagged three DA'ed badguys... OR modified version of Mumbly-peg

I have also done that a few times. One time I arrived a few minutes early for a staff meeting. The meeting host was a real butt. When I arrived early I noticed his computer had not yet gone to sleep so I added a new screen saver of a guy with his head stuck up his butt. When the host arrived the first thing he did was bump his mouse and the new screen saver was visible. He was not happy but everyone in the room burst out in laughter.

I was 18 and offered to work one Sunday at a gas station to fill in for a friend who was married and needed a day off sometimes. They had a dummy display battery - an empty battery case with a removable top. We had a none OSHA approved air gun with about a foot of steel brake line screwed into the nozzle. I show up early on Sunday morning, and there's a car in front of one of the bays with a "dead battery". They had drilled a hole in the dummy battery case, stuck the brake line from the air gun with the button taped down into in the hole in the battery, filled the case with water, put the top back on the battery, and set it in a car. The hood is up, one of the guys is leaning over the engine doing something, and he tells me to get the old IH service truck and bring it over for a jump. He then hooks the cables up to the truck and tells me to connect them to the dead battery. When I touch the jumper cable to the dummy battery, they connect the air hose to the shop air. It blew the top of the battery loose and soaked me with water. The "explosion" scared the piss out of me - I thought I was going to die! I never even noticed the air hose going under the car. Every new guy received this initiation so they told me.

Some notable mentions I've seen and or been a part of. We had a guy that we enjoyed giving a hard time. He was cracking fat jokes often on a fellow co worker. So for a couple weeks we would come in early on Tues when the uniforms were dropped off and "take up" his work pants a bit with a few stitches. We were changing clothes one evening and the guy he had cracked the fat jokes on said, " Well now... having some trouble getting buttoned up there"? We all laughed when he started bitching about the laundry service shrinking his clothes. The one he had cracked on said, "yea that's what I use to say, next thing you know your friends are calling you fat". We soon came clean, had a good laugh. One guy always brought something really good for lunch, while the rest of us had a sandwich or soup. His wife was really taking care of him, he said "yea she loves to cook, I never know what she's going to put in my box". So a few days later close to quitting time a co worker brings in a huge pair of pantys and sticks 'em in his lunch box. He carries the box home and never opens it. lol. He came in the next day and said, " I hope you know you SOB's that wasn't very funny'! At one time our company sponsored Bass Tournaments and they were pretty popular. The second shift guys would all pull there boats to work, park where they could get out quick, we got off at 2 or 3am at that time. The tournaments started early and those guys always wanted to get to the lake as fast as possible. We unhooked one guys boat and had it propped up on the jack. When the buzzer rang at quittin time he rushed out, jumped in his truck and drove off. He drove 3 miles before he looked up and noticed the boat was not behind him. Said he about crapped right then, drove back kinda looking for it as he did. The whole time he said he was thinking " did I not latch the hitch? Didn't I hook the chains"?" When he got back to work and saw it sitting there he was happy, mad and embarrassed all at the same time.

I was stationed in Augsburg Germany working 3rd shift. Once a quarter we'd have to wear our gas masks for 3 hours while working. Well being 3rd shift, sitting down, and the mask restricts airflow it was very common for people to go to sleep. We'd take black ink and paint the eye lenses in the mask then we'd make a loud noise to wake them up. They could't see due to the black paint and wouldn't even remember that they were wearing a mask for a few minutes. Lots of choice quotes were spoken. A few would always fall over on the floor.

We usually switch the right and left mouse button in the settings when people leave their computers open during lunch. Every time they lift click the right click options show up. Another one I wasn't part of. A real Jerk of a manager would sneak out onto the roof through a window to smoke every 15 minutes. He had a 5 gallon bucket with sand up there for his butts. In between one of his "breaks" somebody added a little gun powder to it. He's probably still working on getting his beard to grow back.

My stepfather's family had a farm that he and my uncle worked (which means our entire families worked it). Their brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces only showed up during deer season to visit the old folks (once a year) and spend the weekend hunting. One of my cousins had the reputation of not being able to hit the broad side of a barn with a rifle, but he would be there to spend a week hunting. So, we got an old, mounted deer head with a large rack, made an oversized sawhorse to hold it, wrapped some tow sacks around the wood frame to give it color and depth, then inserted the "buck decoy" in a clump of brush, where it appeared the deer was just looking out. My cousin spotted it shortly after the sun came up and started shooting - a box of shells before he gave up and walked back to the farm house. When he was asked how his hunt was, he replied, "Not only are the deer out here hard to shoot, they're hard of hearing, too!"

While I was in College, I worked one semester at the Local Sugar Beet processing plant. I worked on the second floor running a bank of 6 Centrificals for spinning out raw sugar creating molasses. There was a changing room / toilet just down the aisle from where I worked and I observed that people never pulled the door of the toilet to check if it was in use, they always looked under the door for feet. So I got the bright idea to take a spare pair of rubber boots and a pair of coveralls and place them in front of the stool with the legs of the coveralls draped over the boots. It was pretty fun to watch guys go in and out of the room because it looked busy. Then I told one of the maintanance guys that the toilet must be plugged up because guys never stayed there. They went in but came right back out. It was in use they said, they'd come back later. Someone called the foreman and he finally pulled open the door and laughed his head off. Then he called the superintendent and said there was some guy in the shitter that won't come out and he won't listen to me. The super said "by god he'll listen to me"! and he came down and pulled the door open then laughed. I guess they left that set-up for the next shift as well.

Tim and Don, I have requested a time out for you both for your above posts. Not funny, but mean. Defend all you want, but you are being bullies. It's his site he can decide what he wants to do but if it were up to me you'd be sitting on the sidelines for 30 days. I hope by now everyone has settled down and things can go move forward and not keep this crap up.

It's a good idea to put your name and contact information inside your hubcaps. Years ago, I lost a hubcap on the way to a DeSoto convention. Someone had seen the hubcap rolling away, some distance back from where he caught up with me. Later, and several times, I scoured both sides of the highway for miles, but didn't find the hubcap. I put an ad in the National DeSoto Club magazine. Someone had found the hubcap and contacted a co-worker who was a club member. Seeing the ad, the club member contacted me, and I was reunited with my hubcap. Then I put my name and phone number in each hubcap, just in case.

thank you andy, my motor has kew on the block its from a desoto ambulance, truck type to us aussies pilot house to our learned american friends, 3 7/16 bore ,were the crank and rods came from was a 1961 australian twin headlamps egg crate grill etc that us lucky Australians got crew cab ex pmg service truck that still has all its tray and ladder racks tool boxs fitted once again 3 7/16 bore longer stroke 4 1/2 stroke ,totally different crankshaft to look at ,I had all rotating assy balanced so it should be a smooth running sucker ,I'm sure our American friends will be saying what are these silly aussies talking about ,however I'm sure you will understand my lingo, scott

Tub, welcome to the best mopar forum, these guys know their stuff.......a couple of things to mention tho'.......they have no idea what a "Kew" engine is as its a term that was coined here in Oz to refer to the 25" engines ONLY, they being ordered from Canada via the British Mopar office in Kew, London, UK as part of the British Commonwealth connection and therefore a better deal via the tarrifs imposed, anyway the 25" engine is incorrectly referred as being a 230, its NOT, only the 23" Plymouth/Dodge engine of 201, 218 and 230 cubes is........the 25" De Soto /Chrysler based engine is the "Kew" as it came from Canada and was available in 217, 228 & 250(or 251 depending on who is telling the story) capacities( the 265 Chryser version was never available here in Oz)..........anyway is your De Soto a proper 1957 US De Soto or is it an Oz version using the 1954 body shell as as far as I know the only 1957 De Sotos sold here were 4dr USA sourced sedans with the 350 wedge V8 & torqueflite auto.............so if your engine is 25" long it should have "kew" stamped into the engine number pad and I think the only head differences are due to the compression that would be either via the chamber volume or size and possibly whether the head has been milled to also increase the compression...........I assume then that your "230" is actually the 228 with 3 & 3/8th bore and 4.250 stroke...........the 250 uses a 3 & 7/16th bore with 4.5 stroke..........just checked my 1954 workshop manual and the 228 engine number is suffixed with "C", the 250 uses the "kew".............lol................anyway I have the following workshop manuals.....1936-42 Oz, 1946-53 Oz, 1954 Oz, 1957 Chrysler Royal AP1 Oz, 1960 AP3 Chrysler Royal Oz and 1946-54 US Plymouth manuals.......plus a few others........lol.so if you need a page copied let me know via this thread, pm or give me a call on 02 6642 5963...I'm in Grafton NSW............regards, Andy Douglas