martybose

I'm at work, so don't have access to part numbers. They are rubber pads that are a left/right pair. If you go on eBay there is a guy in Turkey who sells new ones quite often; that's who I got mine from. Marty

That's pretty much it. There's actually a pair of gaskets. I changed mine while the car was on jackstands, and found out the hard way that the frame rails are full of dirt that goes everywhere when you pull the three bolts out. It was a little tough getting the steering column to let you line up the bolt holes, but it's manageable. Other than that, no big deal. Marty

Given the damage to the wristpin, I hope you are having the rod checked out. At the very least check it for straightness and squareness, maybe replace the wristpin bushing, maybe check the big end to make sure it is still round and replace the rod bolts? Marty

The swaybar on our old Mopar's aren't real effective; You would need a larger diameter one, probably better braced and connected as well. If memory serves someone here found another sway that would fit. Marty

Everything else was fine; it just took me a couple of tries before I got the plug wires clocked correctly so I could get the timing right with the Vacuum advance hooked up. I also found that there is a tach connection on the distributor that works well. Marty

Hopefully by now he has come up with a decent holddown clamp; the one he sent with mine was such a piece of c**p that I threw it away and made my own. Marty

A lot of them are located just behind the front cover and are run directly off of the crankshaft; one gear is on the crankshaft, the larger gear is in the front of the block around the first gear. Marty

When I was trying to figure out my gauge, I just carried a candy thermometer with me. I would just pull off to the side of the road (leaving the engine running), take off the non-pressurized radiator cap, and stick the thermometer in the top of the radiator. Virtually instant correlation. Marty

The one thing different about this version of the forum is that it is all here; everything from day one to the present. I wonder if we should thinking about buying GTK some Terabyte hard drives? Marty

I used a Chevy pickup shock, Monroe 33033; seemed like a good match for the mass of our beasties. I did have to adjust the upper mount location to get the shock travel correct. Marty

The double-armed bellcrank looks like part of the shift linkage. The bracket bolts to the bellhousing, and the arm connects to a transmission arm. The other one looks to me like a throttle bellcrank that mounts to the head. Marty

First, NASCAR (and Goodyear) don't even allow that low a pressure, as it is unsafe. They probably start at 15-25 lb. depending on the track and the tire location on the car. Second, the inner liners are only used on Superspeedway tires, not short track tires. They are inflated to about 60 lbs using a separate fill valve. Lastly, there are actually very few plies in race tires, as they tend to be rather light weight. The NASCAR wheel assemblies are heavy because of the mandatory steel wheels, which have to be very strong to support the high side loads of 3600 lb. cars. We tried nitrogen in our road race tires, and found the it was a royal pain to get enough of the air out of the tire so that the pressure rise of the nitrogen was predictable; it was easier to just stick with air, which was predictable. Marty

Not that rare; HD Theater covers it pretty well. Personally I'm rooting for Sebastion Loeb to repeat, although I'll admit I'm more interested in the Citroen Junior team right now! Marty

Yeah, sorry. On the other hand, the fact that you are getting oil into the filter still makes me think that the pump is primed and working. It also implies that the crossover tube is installed, which was my next thought. Unfortunately, my next thought is not a good one. I believe there should be a plug at the front of the block adjacent to the cam gear at the front end of the oil passage. If that was missing the oil would just flow into the timing chain cover and drain back into the pan. I can't think of a way to check that other than pulling off the timing cover. naturally, I can't find a picture in any of my manuals to confirm this, but there has to be a plug there to be installed after the passage was drilled. Anyone have any better ideas? Marty

My bad; I was working from memory, and had it backwards. Next time I'll check my manuals first! Marty

I just re-read the whole thread, and noticed something I missed. If there is oil coming up into the bypass filter then there has to be pressure in the block, because the oil pressure valve keeps the feed to the bypass closed until there is enough pressure to lift the valve off of the seat. Marty

Close, Don. IFF - Inverse Flare Fitting. There are pipe thread to IFF adapters and IFF to AN adapters if you don't feel like messing with the stock oil pressure hose. Marty

I made the mistake of installing a bunch of polyurethane bushings in my commute car, and now the front suspension squeeks like crazy. I'm looking forward to the next time it is in my mechanic's shop so that he can switch them back to stockers. Marty

$203 seems almost reasonable compared to some in the last couple of years; still way outside my pay scale, however. Marty

This is especially neat when you consider that the bobsled came into being because NASCAR racer Geoff Bodine got annoyed about the US team having to use obsolete foreign sleds and decided to find out what it takes to make a competitive bobsled. Geoff's sleds are now considered to be state-of-the-art. Marty

My wife kind of likes the car, but won't ride in it because the seat hurts her back. She likes the fact that our college-age daughter enjoys the car. She used to complain occasionally about the cost of the constant upgrades to the car, but that stopped abruptly when she bought a horse. Trust me, our Plymouth's have nothing like the costs of supporting a horse! Marty

I ran across a reference a while back that said that a radiator for a 289 Cobra was the same as a 46-48 Plymouth! Marty

I work in a medium-sized shipyard and am responsible for scheduling all of the available manpower to make sure that all jobs are completed in time. We work on most of the tugboats, ferry boats, barges, and Army and Coast Guard ships in the SF Bay area, as well as vessels that come to us from San Diego to Alaska. Marty

A good machine shop should be able to use a valve grinding machine to cut down the OD and then recut the face. All of my valves were made from Chevy exhaust valves that were cut down to the correct diameter. They were exactly the correct stem diameter and length, just had to use Chevy valve keepers instead of Mopar ones. Marty

Here's the Australian outfit: http://www.pearlcraft.com.au/welcome.htm Check out the 1950 Plymouth steering wheel on the custom page. Marty