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  1. Merle Coggins
    Have you looked at Tire Rack? https://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/homepage.html
  2. Merle Coggins
    All I did with the Ol’ Dodge was set things on it while I was tinkering on other things. I mostly worked on installing a voltage inverter in my work truck, between rain showers as I was working in the driveway. Also, we had grandkids here yesterday that occupied my time.
  3. Merle Coggins
    If it’s a “clicker” type pump I don’t believe they are polarity sensitive, but wouldn’t hurt to reverse the wires to test it. Also, it may seem like an insensitive question, but are you sure you have the inlet and outlet plumbed in the correct direction? If it’s being fed gas via gravity feed, and it’s clicking away with the key on, it should be pumping. As Ed said, crack a line loose on the pressure side to purge the air and check for fuel.
  4. Merle Coggins
    Trucks use rubber isolators top and bottom on both sides.
  5. Merle Coggins
    Motorcycle camping in style... ?
  6. Merle Coggins
    "You and your &%$#@ side hack... by the way, can you carry this for me? I don't have room on my bike." ? I haven't done a good motorcycle road/camping trip in a while either. Always a good time though.
  7. Merle Coggins
    Use this site to to get info on your chassis serial number. https://www.t137.com/registry/help/decode.php
  8. Merle Coggins
    Take a close look at this area of your frame. The Chassis serial number should be stamped here. You'll likely need to wire brush the area, or lightly sand down to bare metal to see the stamping.
  9. Merle Coggins
    That restricted fitting is usually used for gauges as a damper, to reduce pressure spikes at the gauge. If you have high pressure readings on the gauge I would suspect that you may have a stuck pressure regulator. A restricted fitting won't lower the pressure shown on the gauge. To verify that the gauge in the dash is reading correctly you could connect another gauge, for diagnostic purposes, and compare readings.
  10. Merle Coggins
    "Fluid Drive" refers only to the fluid coupling between the engine and clutch that works sort of like a self contained torque converter, but without any torque multiplication. I believe your Dodge's were available with either a standard 3 speed trans behind that FD unit, or they could have the "Gyro-matic" semi-automatic transmission. If you only have Low, High, and Reverse on the shift lever you have the Gyro-matic. If there are 4 positions for the shift lever you have a 3 speed.
  11. Merle Coggins
    No need to pull out the thermostat. Could you hook a bicycle pump up to the overflow tube, and seal off the filler neck with a good rubber cork or the cap doesn’t seal good enough?
  12. Merle Coggins
    The hood lacing fasteners may be tacks, not screws. As I recall, on my truck anyway, they are a spiral tack. If you can get under the head you may be able to pull them out.
  13. Merle Coggins
    It's been a long while since I've had mine apart, but I recall that the "T" bracket that connects the vent door to the linkage arm has slotted holes. I would loosen those screws, and possibly the pivot bolts, then place a weight on top of the vent to hold it down into place. Once you confirm that it is down tight against the gasket go back and tighten all the hardware.
  14. Merle Coggins
    Maybe not, but when I was logged into Photobucket and went to their Cancel Subscription link it redirected me to iTunes. I had to login to the iTunes Store, via iTunes, to cancel my subscription.
  15. Merle Coggins
    This got me thinking... I also just received my renewal notice from Apple/Photobucket. Apparently Photobucket is now part of Apple. As I am not getting much value from their service any longer I have decided to cancel my subscription. I downloaded all of my photos from there and saved them as backups on my Dropbox account, then I had to login to iTunes to cancel my Photobucket subscription. My older posts with linked photos will be messed up now, but oh well... If anyone needs those photos for information while doing a search, they are welcome to contact me for them.
  16. Merle Coggins
    I'd rather pay you for storage space over paying Photobucket. They've really gone downhill in the past couple of years.
  17. Merle Coggins
    I got 'er done... Past the test first try in that beast. I did a lot of my "practice" driving in Grandpa's '66 Newport. I think the '70 was about the same size, although it looked bigger.
  18. Merle Coggins
    You're not really giving it more fuel. You're giving it more air.
  19. Merle Coggins
    If the points are closed you won't read voltage on the wire between the coil and distributor as the points are providing a ground for that wire. You won't read voltage on a grounded wire. Hold the points open and test it again. If you still don't show voltage on that wire you may have it shorted to ground somewhere before the connection to the points, or the coil has an open circuit internally.
  20. Merle Coggins
    Very well could be a Hercules. I've heard of them, but not familiar with them. They were fairly common in industrial applications back in the day.
  21. Merle Coggins
    It's a common problem on these old vehicles. The gas in the float bowl tends to expand as the engine heat soaks after shut down. This expansion causes gas to push out the jets into the intake and cause a flooded condition. More often than not it'll start up easier by opening the throttle slightly. My truck has the stomp starter, so my practice is to use my heal on the gas pedal to open to 1/4 - 1/2 throttle while pressing the starter pedal with my toe. Starts every time. You have also need to lower your float level slightly. This will help reduce the flooding effect.
  22. Merle Coggins
    That same storm system rolled thru my area in the evening. I had just lit coals to grill up a tenderloin for supper. I rolled the grill just inside the garage and watched the storm while under cover. It was just pea size hail, so no damage.
  23. Merle Coggins
    May be a Ford Industrial engine. Does it turn over? If it is seized I would worry that it’s the compressor that is seized more so than the engine.
  24. Merle Coggins
    What engine is in it?
  25. Merle Coggins
    Oh yeah... We also had a 1970 Chrysler Newport. That’s the vehicle I took my drivers license driving test in.
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