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Old Plymouth And Dodge Pics From Seattle Archives
martybose replied to jcmiller's topic in P15-D24 Forum
There isn't any gearbox, just a clutch mechanism. I saw the one that Don Garlits bought, and it also had the small propane cylinder to run on. His had been on the top of a building. Marty -
In my experience the front turn signals are much more likely to have ground problems than the rears. Tell your mechanic, more ground wires!
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C-Clips Holding The Brake And Clutch Pedals On Shaft
martybose replied to Sport1012's topic in P15-D24 Forum
I don't take anyone seriously that doesn't have at least 3 sets of screwdrivers. The A list qualifier is how many torque wrenches you have; I've currently got 4, thinking about a fifth ........ Marty -
Same thing here. I had beadblasted it, inspected it, then painted it, and 6 months later a blade broke off. Go figure. Marty
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Definitely not an OD setup; it doesn't have any of the external OD parts. Marty
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I beg to differ with this observation, and I have a cut fender and hood to prove it! Marty
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I had no idea that PAM was so useful! Marty
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Good plan; you know you would never forgive yourself if they got hurt in your old car. Marty
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I left my original 218 alone, until it blew the head gasket between 5 and 6. That's when I found out that half of the head bolts were only finger tight. I'd pull the head!
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I know what you mean; when mine let loose it sliced both the passenger-side fender and the hood. Marty
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The Hydrive-equipped engines have that oil pump with a different end plate that contains the oil pressure relief valve that is normally in the block in all other cases. I'm familiar with that pump because I used one as the starting point for the external oiling system on my car. I don't know what is in the block location on these engines. Marty
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Rich, All of the bladders I have seen have a glued seam somewhere, and that is what comes apart. NASCAR isn't a good example, as they tend to throw the cars away and build new ones every year. I was speaking from personal experience in the SCCA arena, where a number of classes require pump gas in a fuel cell. They all tend to have problems in the 2-3 year timeframe and wind up replacing them. The classes that allow racing gas don't have this problem. Marty
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This may not be as good an idea as you think. Most fuel cell bladders have problems with delamination because of the ethanol in pump gas. Be sure to ask about that before he puts one in! Marty
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Mind-boggling workmanship, I can't even imagine doing something like this! Marty
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Totally agree, but I like the paint job! Marty
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It's probably an oversimplification, but most subjective testing has rated NAPA gold filter as both better constructed and better filtering than any of the FRAM's. Marty
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If it's just the oil filter hitting, you can get remote filter kits that have a very short adapter with two hose fittings that screw onto the original filter location, then you run hoses to wherever you can mount a filter mount. Much easier than moving the engine! Marty
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You need to be wary of fuel cells; a lot of the sports racers that I used to work on were seeing delamination of the bladder because of the requirement to use pump gas. New bladders and switching to race gas was the fix! Marty I should add that this problem occurred after a couple of years of mostly weekend use.
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I guess you wouldn't like it if I put a thermostatically-controlled engine oil cooler on my car; I've just been too lazy to mount it and change the piping. Marty
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That's a little extreme. I might agree a little on some level, but a lot of us have upgraded to newer technology to make our cars more useable in modern driving, and everyone is entitled to do whatever they want with their own car ...... Marty
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I have to agree with Greg. Although I have never had any problem with my Langdon HEI, I do have a box in my shop that has a complete spare original ignition system, all the way down to sparkplug wires, a coil and the complete primary wiring package. It would probably take me half an hour to change over. If I ever take a long trip I will put it in the trunk. Since I am set up for it, I don't expect that I will ever use it. Marty
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I don't think that Plymouth's used the arrows, just Dodge's and Chrysler's. Marty
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Don't forget to get the 230 flywheel when you get the crank and rods! Marty
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The bolt breaking sounds like an coincidence, since there is no way you put anywhere near a breaking stress on the bolt. As for the ARP studs (which I use as well), I hope you remembered to reduce the torque value when you tightened them down. The nut uses a fine pitch thread, which increases the clamping force for a given torque value. Working off of the top of my head, I believe that the bolt torque value is something like 75 lb/ft, where the stud torque value is about 55 lb/ft. If you torqued the stud to 75 you may be bending that Edgy head! Marty
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That's great news, but I would still caution you to be a little skeptical. When I was initially diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer, I opted for radiation. I went through 48 sessions, and was pronounced cured. Three years later my PSA count started going up again, and they eventually figured out that I was among the unlucky five percent that don't get a one hundred percent cure from radiation treatment. I then had to go through a surgical-type procedure that should have killed everything, but has a few side effects. It's been several years, and everything still looks good, but I'm still not assuming I'm done with it for good. Marty