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From what I read, the V8s used a carrier with 4 spider gears instead of 2 like in the 6 cylinders. Last year I put in a 3.73 pumpkin out of a 1954-56 DeSoto into my truck. The only changes needed were to the side gears. It is pretty straightforward and should fit.

That’s great news!

Do you have your pedal return spring in place?

Going on up to Pioneer from the Bay Area!

Hot damn! I am moving up that way - I THINK I may be able to actually make it in April!

That is what I did in my truck. Four wires - power, ground, and 2 wires for the speaker! Works great!

Put light pressure against the center button and turn counter clockwise. It should turn about an eighth of a turn. Then the center button should come out (might need to pry it out a little). From there, there should then be 3 screws holding the ring on.

If the rotor is not the problem, don’t discount a bad condenser right out of the box. The failure rate is ridiculous. Have had way too many go bad. My latest was my 1940 Chrysler just 2 weeks ago. Ran briefly then died. Did this a few times and long story short - was the condenser, with MAYBE a couple hundred miles. This was from Napa, but had same luck with Oreilly and others as well.

I have done a couple of different set ups. In my truck with no radio, I bought a blue tooth receiver and cheap speaker. $25 investment and I can play off my phone. On my Dodge and my Chrysler, I am using Redi-Rad to play through my radio and speakers. It uses a cord, but I like the sound quality, as it sounds more like an AM radio in these cars should. They were about $100 each. Sorry, neither was a direct answer for what you were looking for, but I am very happy with the results of each.

My car and truck did the same thing. I found the wicks for the Speedo, cleaned them and used light oil or even engine oil in a pinch (not recommended) and it solved the problem almost immediately!

I never saw Red Asphalt, but I think it should still be shown. I work in accident reconstruction. Between the classes, the scenes, and the investigations we do, I do not like speeding much anymore. I have learned to let people be jerks and let them go. I am paranoid driving and am extremely defensive. Too many people have some false sense of security about themselves, and others are over confident in their driving skills!

I have the same valve. It has an integral clamp for the cable. It works well actually.

I daily drive my old stuff. Funny, on the freeway I am in the slow lane most of the time. If I get tailgated or high beamed… I go even slower. Not necessarily to be a jerk, but for crying out loud, I cannot pull to the right. Most people are okay on the freeway. On city streets on the other hand - people just drive stupid. My biggest issue is the people that refuse to dim their high beams. My stuff is still 6 volt, so it is not quite as effective trying to high beam them. I work at night, so it really screws up my vision.

I really didn’t view it as political and thought it was pertinent, but whatever, especially based where I live. No harm, no need to apologize.

That was it. Plymouthy pretty much summed it up. On my Royal, nothing needed machining. On my truck, I needed to space the drum from the flange. I never experimented with different drums, so something else might work… I also used later axle retainers so I did not need to cut up the backing plates. I am very happy with the brakes, and it will give the op a parking brake option.