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  2. I can’t believe so few people seem enthralled by the eclipse. I am no where near the line of the eclipse but still amazed by it. You could fit over a million Earths inside the sun and it is going to be blocked by the moon that has a diameter 1/4 that of earth. Probably not many places in our galaxy of 140 billion+ stars can that happen. If you are not totally amazed by what happens in our solar system, galaxy, universe, I feel sorry for you.
  3. Wern't Powerflites air cooled anyway?.........no expert tho'...........andyd
  4. Some of those FB groups are really trying hard to weed out the scammers, but this place, as a sort of "community", makes a person a whole lot more at ease to make a deal with someone you don't know face to face. But I watch those groups mainly for photos of the cars, mainly detail pictures that might someday help me (or someone else) know how things go back together. Then the interior photos, for original detail in cloth pattern, etc. (I don't really look twice at the heavily customized cars. Not that I exactly despise them or something, but there's no need to know "what it's supposed to look like" if it's going to be a custom.)
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  6. usually the best seat for this is your living room watching it on the TV....my only advice, to enjoy turn off the sound and deaded out the humdrum play by play commentary crap. If you have seen one eclipse you've seen them all....crossed this off my list long ago....
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  8. You know Facebook has a lot of Mopar parts for sale it may be a good source to find what you are looking for. This forum here is great for information, but the classifieds adds are every minimal. I bet the Plymouth 7-passenger body would be the same the difference would be the tail lights and the deck lid emblem.
  9. That's not the converter for this transmission. I just scrapped this transmission. I desperately needed the space and cleaning out due to most likely a divorce. Most folks here in So California switch to Cheby V8/auto trans drivetrain so not much demand for it here and too heavy to shift. Thank You all for the input I truly appreciate it.
  10. All ready to re-install. I bought this one on eBay for $400 delivered. When I changed the Counter Shaft Gear ( aka Cluster gear ) I didn't like the countershaft so I replaced it with a good used one. The reverse lock out switch was open so I replaced that as well. Other than those items it was in very good shape. If you are going to go through one of these, the service manual and a parts book will help. There's a couple of little secrets you have to know about. Example: the lockout arm must be retracted to take the back housing off and there is this tiny tapered pin you have to drive out with a pin punch to do that. If the transmission is covered in grease you may not find it. I got all my parts super clean and checked the movement and function at each stage of assembly. I did not however install the governor as the book says to do. When I rolled the transmission over on the bench the pawl slid into place and things wouldn't turn as expected. I took it apart once more and figured out what had happened. Not a bad thing as I am now really good at assembly and disassembly for the experience. lol Of course it happened again and I simply turned it over and the pawl slid back into its rest position. Since my Suburban has Back Up Lights I wanted to see if I could add the switch with the Overdrive. It does fit and it does work! The beauty of the B-W R10 G1 Overdrive is all the MoPar replacement parts fit. Most of the wear parts in the Overdrive unit are standard B-W parts common to the other makes that used it. The reverse lock out switch is different however. When you see them on eBay most sellers call them a "Neutral safety switch" because that is what they look like. If p/n 1370-462 ever becomes hard to find at a decent price an adaptor could be made to fit a "real" neutral safety switch. ( another note: there's a short little round part that relays the movement of the reverse shift shaft to the switch. If you remove the switch under the car it will fall out and you could lose it. Best to check it before you install the transmission )
  11. @Ivan_B Ok cool. I should of specified im just wanting to get fuel hose and rig up a boat tank not fuel line. But it should be the same size right?
  12. I typed hammer paint but auto correct strikes again.
  13. Below is some info on the distributor lead wires and sizes this was taken from my Echlin catalog. It tells the lead wire number and the then the picture of each wire and length. The part number in ( ) is the autolite part number on the wire picture. Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com
  14. It was about 15-18 years ago not sure what year. I was in Albuquerque and it was being played up everywhere .... we were going to be in the zone. I have never had the opportunity before ..... it was on the weekend, I was off work, the wife was at work ...... I drug a lawn chair up on the roof, had a 6 pack of beer .... real cheesy cheap sunglasses that everyone was selling so you could look at it .... Just saying I was pumped up and into it .... when it actually happened I was left with a lot of questions. What I saw, as if the sun went behind a cloud for a second ...... Why is everybody so excited about this? You going to watch the eclipse? Cool it is going to be a good time, have fun! Me? ..... Naw, think I'm going to be busy that day
  15. It’s a burn day in the San Joaquin Valley (for Ag purposes.)
  16. Key point to keep in mind is the amp meter feeds the ignition switch but also all HOT circuits. Many times the voltage loss is here and one needs only to clean and secure the wires affixed to the amp meter both from the battery and the down stream feeds.
  17. I see, yeah. Normally do not want to see these during the day because if you do - you are too close 😂
  18. Not really, just that seeing it during the "day" courtesy of the eclipse is fairly unique.
  19. Being in NE Illannoy, if there is a celestial event, it will be overcast. We deal with it and move on.
  20. Is that any different then observing them at night time?
  21. What are you planning to do for the rubber floor mat, up front?
  22. I started assembling the interior. All interior parts were made new.
  23. Mine is 5/16 as well; copper lines work well and are easy to work with. Make sure that you read the description well, plenty of sellers sell copper-plated lines (which are fine as well, unless that's not what you are looking for, of course).
  24. The last eclipse we had, I was in the middle of. Doing the same thing I did then, whatever, not planning on doing much, if any observing. Seen one, seen them all and I saw my first in middle school. The only even moderately interesting things is that there is also a comet and you might be able to see it during the eclipse, maybe even it's tail, if the stars align, pardon the pun.
  25. @Ivan_B Ok yeah I'll check that. Thank you! I'm also wanting to get fuel line and I'm not sure what size to get for this carb. Do you know what size they take? I was looking and seeing 5/16?
  26. At this point, I am still debating whether or not to keep it. I am definitely accumulating some sediment. But, for some reason, this strainer's flow accumulates the dirt inside the mesh cylinder, and not outside as I would expect. I have followed the correct installation instructions, but am actually thinking about reversing it, because the mesh is glued in place and not removable (hard to clean on the inside, and difficult to see whether or not it is full).
  27. That's a good point. For starters, filling it with boiling water and checking for leaks should probably be sufficient. The non-pressurized system is great, by the way! No need to gorilla-clamp the hose connectors, etc.
  28. You could use hose covering and the paint the plastic housing with hammer paint and it would look good
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