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The ride height setting of the torsion bars has nothing to do with how cool it looks but everything to do with car being safe to drive. The factory ride height is the first step to be done in a wheel alighnment. If incorrect none of the other adjustments work properly. As mentioned above ride...

Not mentioned here but are all the steering components good and within wear specs? Just thought I'd ask. As I see it there are two things that no one has mentioned. First, as per Chrysler instructions you must always adjust vehicle height to spec before doing any other adjustments. This...

Just a note on small v/s big. Back about 25 years ago I had a 1997 Ford Explorer with a 302 FI and averaged 600 km on a tank of fuel. That was driving from Edmonton to Kelowna going though the Rocky Mountains. One of the guys I worked with had the same 97 but with the 4.0 l V-6. He could...

Yea it was a great find. About the only options it did not come with was am/fm radio, Speaker reverb module, Cornering lights, bucket seats, and console shift. The fender tag even has two catagories for Unknown Options (w3) and (d7) which must cover for the power antenna, auto pilot and...

The best all around rear gearing is the 3.23, especially if you intend to tow with it. Anything less you will be struggling to get up and go and using way to much thottle opening just to cruise with a reduction in fuel economy by a lot. The purpose of any gear ratio is to multiply torque. The...

Just a quick note, how clean are the battery posts and clamps? Corrosion or black oxide creates resistance that makes it harder to charge the battery and to overcome this the regulator will increase the voltage to compensate. If bad enough the voltage increases with rpm increase, and I've seen...

Please flush the brake system completely with new DOT 3 fluid. The old fluid will have lost all its anti rust and anti corrosion components plus be heavily contaminated with water. The ethers in brake fluid will absorb water right through the rubber hoses and seals over time ( the term is...

Something that I noticed is that no one here has made any comments on your desire to use LPG/LNG fuel. These are gaseous fuels not liquid like gasoline and burns in a completely different maner. 1. They take three times longer to burn in the cylinder. This requires way more initial timing as...

The factory adjustment bolts are limited to about +/- 1.05 degrees. You can get aftermarket kits that give +/- 2 1/4 degrees of adjustment. Increasing caster with radial tires will improve the return to center and stability. I have found that doubling the factory spec is usually enough but...

Back in about 1970 or 71 my brother and I rebuilt a 390 Ford and reused the original balancer from the 1962 motor. We could not get it to start, it just popped and backfired. The mechanic who owned the garage down the block came over to give us a hand and it took him about 20 seconds to...

I noticed that some of the comments are recommending roller rockers to reduce side loading on the valve stem. Although this is true there are other factors to consider before going ahead with this. First is the cost of the rockers themselves. Second is that in order for the roller tip to do...

The cam and lifters are completely shot. The lobes are disintegrating and the lifter bottoms are no longer concave in shape. Time for a cam, lifter and timing chain swap. As for oil always use a high ZDDP content made for flat tappet camshafts. Lucas Hot Rod and Classic, Amsoil Z-Rod, Mobil 1...

The new stuff is just useless. Calling it a cleaner is just an outright lie. I used to go through a five gallon bucket about every two months, but that was when I was doing two or three carbs a day. After just a couple hours soaking they were ready to go and spotless. When it got kinda...

Uh, this might be a dumb question but do you have fuel in the carb? Look down the throat and pump the throttle a couple of times to make sure the accelerator pump is squirting. Last fall my brother asked me to come over and check out his 79 Trans Am for the same problem. Cranked fine, Had...

I found actual dealer paint chips for my 67 Newport on E-Bay as well interior color pages. The FSM manuals as well which paint/interior combinations that could be ordered. I also found a complete reprint set of factory assembly manuals. Car color and trim codes are on the metal fender tag that...

Yea, thank's for the info. I think I'll see if the can has a percentage or something of the lye in it and look for something stronger.

If you look closely at the top of the sector shaft adjustment bolt it has an allen key provision to hold it so you can loosen the lock nut. It is probably full of accumulated gunk so hard to see. Easy to replace the seal then. In the old days of yore a wheel alignment always included a sector...

Got our first real snowfall of this winter on Sunday and Monday. Very strange winter with most temps way above normal except for the second week of January with temps down to -51C and windchill to -60. Way below normal. I started with the stainless steel repair. Straitening, filing, sanding...

No it was in Edmonton. We also had another plant in Terrabone Quebec. We shipped to western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. They serviced the East.

It really sounds like a low voltage problem or current flow problem. Start by undoing the battery cables from the battery and make sure posts and clamps are clean and shiny. If corroded or blackened by lead oxide you can neither pull enough current from the battery nor charge the battery...