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Thanks, Dodger! ... Everybody wants to be a smart guy, but one of the smartest things a guy can ever do is recognize when somebody else knows a lot more than he does and defer to their knowledge and experience.

Thanks to everyone who replied! Today I decided to call O'Rielly's one more time. This time I talked to someone differnt. When I told her what I was looking for, she said," yeah I think we have that, let me check." About a minute later she came back and said that she has 7 quarts on hand. Someone else in town with an older car needed some so they ordered a bunch for him and there were a few quarts left over. Every store I called didn't have it or could get it. So it's lesson learned, it's all in who you get on the phone, there knowledge, and how willing they are to help you. So thanks to all of you and Barbra at the store I am now one step closer to having the car on the road for the summer! Can't wait to get it out on the road.

Wow....a guy who actually reads what the members write and trys to learn from it to expand his ideas and options. lol...very cool. 48D

OT: "Mine runs great but it tinkles a little oil" Pflaming Boy....I just got done tellin Paul in a PM how his skills and his automotive speak have grown. Then he sez 'tinkle"...hahaha Tinkle: The specific gravity of oil as it exits the valve covers, or sometimes refered to as the "Paul Effect" 48D

I finally got around to getting the old rims blasted, then primed and painted. And last Sunday was the big day....finally got my 7.60x15 wide whites mounted! After the rims were blasted and painted I noticed that 3 of the rims had oval holes where the valve stem is to go. I asked the tire shop if they could work around this as the tires I had were "tubeless". They said no...so I had to get new tubes installed as well. Fresh back from the tire shop..... And after a little simple green and a stiff nylon brissel brush.... Now I need to get my dash back together, so I can get the steering column hooked back up and get the car outside. Can't wait to see, and drive it around the block with the new tires.

Tractor fluid is not a lubricant. It is suitable for use in the fluid coupling only. The transmission itself uses 10 wt motor oil, which i'm pretty sure I saw at Walmart, although they only had a few qts on the shelf.

Mopar Benny, Great explanation! These Car Shows today (at least in Charlotte, NC) Motor Speedway have about 50 each of the same three years of the same three colors Corvettes, Mustangs, and Chevy's from the fifties and sixties. Now don't get me wrong they are nice cars, however, when you see 150 to 200 cars of the same three years and the same three colors and all their owners standing there ogling over each others cars - its just plain weird. The oldies and goodies aren't there anymore. The REO's the Essex's the Pierce Arrows, The Airstreams and the Airflows. Gone. Unless its a WPC National Show or Carlisle Show - very very few Old Mopars. Every now and then there's a good one (smaller show) like at Salisbury NC (Mopar Show) in September etc. Most big Shows are half way across the USA and would cost an arm and a leg to go to with or without your car. In fact just getting together with my local Carolina Chrysler Club for a picnic at the lake is about all I'm interested in. Sometimes a Club Member will host a cookout in their back yard and we'll all ride over with a covered dish and eat good. It seems the smaller the show the better the show. The big Car Shows fill up with obnoxious drunks by mid afternoon, and they all act like they own your car and want to get in it or open doors to look inside etc. Charlotte Motor Speedway Shows are becoming a joke. I have to roll up my windows and lock my car just to go use a restroom. People seem to have lost their manners. Oh well I guess I'll stay home, mow, and drink a cold Barley Pop. Tom

For the first time in a couple years I did remember my anniversary. 31 years today. As Lisa is in Indiana grandmothering I sent her a big box of chocolates so the grandkids can all share. I will take her out when I get there a week from today.

Since your wiper motor is broken anyway, why not try and fix it yourself? You can't hurt something if it's already broke. I had a frozen 52 DeSoto wiper motor a few years ago that was stuck when I got it. Took it out of a parts car. Took the end caps off, cleaned out all the dirty grease, put on a little penetrating oil and worked it by hand to get it free. Then greased it up again and put it back together. Worked good after that. Maybe that's all that yours needs.