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Good find, sometimes I wish our country and Japan chose to drive on the right side of the road. Would make parts so much easier to get and Japan has some pretty snazzy cars lol. I'm too young to really know about this, but I wonder if it's because everyone uses FM now, so head units and...

Not necessarily aim, but the beam pattern - the reflector is shaped precisely to aim the light exactly the way it should: The shape is designed around the exact locations of the halogen filaments - if the diodes on the LEDs do not match up the beam pattern will be thrown completely off. Notice...

Yeah with a single dash speaker I just don't think you'll get a stereo effect no matter what you do. Only other way to remedy that would be to fit speakers or tweeters in the corners of the dash, either under or above, and stick some speakers in the doors. That would require cutting up the door...

A fancy/high-end dash speaker would probably be a waste of money; a vehicle is probably the last place you'd ever expect to get a good acoustic environment, especially with our cars that don't have the 40-50 years of advancements in acoustic engineering and knowledge. I went with a 4x10 Custom...

Do you have a headlight relay harness? Probably one of the first upgrades you should ever do on any car (aside from the bulkhead power feed bypass for our mopars); old car headlights were worse than rubbish because they ran all their power through the the firewall, into the headlight switch...

Off-topic, but...dunno if any of you guys have watched this video about dishwashers: Basically, tablets are a scam, powder is so much better and cheaper too, sometimes by as much as 10 times. And running the hot water tap before starting a cycle makes a huge difference too if you're not living...

yeah see i'm still a lanky nerd, so i have to work smarter rather than harder. unfortunately for me the smarts department has been going through a bit of a downturn in recent times. I do have a drum brake tool set, they were a fairly cheap set and they work well enough, but I was just wondering...

Anyone have a tip or trick for removing drum brake springs with just basic tools, not the actual spring removal tool? I know the trick to get them back on, that involves using a flat blade driver and it's actually very satisfying to do, but so far I've not been able to take the springs off...

That's going on someone's signature now. Lol

"That's a neat Fur-wait what...the steering wheel on the other side...? And it's got a Monaco dash??" Original it seems, judging by pics of other same year models I've seen

Finally posting a pic of mine...the paint is good from 30 feet away, lol. There's rust here and there, and surface rust all underneath. The front and rear windscreens also leak :D Mechanically though, it's in tip-top shape. Almost all the brake lines have been replaced, save for the long one...

Yeah that's the one. I think they're all just different brands for the same thing. It never gets old seeing people's reactions when they notice how freezing the AC is and what I filled it up with. Once had my dad riding shotgun on a 100F day and he turned off the AC after 10 mins because it got...

interesting. Wherever I look it seems to be 75-85% charge for an R134a retrofit. HC12/HC12a (really just a marketing name) is just a mix of typically 60% propane (R290) and 40% isobutane (R600a). The isobutane lowers the head pressures. For an R12 system you only need 50% of the original charge...

Wait what? I thought going R12 > R134a is 80% of the R12 charge weight. It will never be as good as the R12 though which is why I'm a sucker for HC12. From personal experience it's just as good as, if not better than R12, and your HVAC system will last much longer because it runs at lower...

wonder if it's because they're using r134a. fill it up with hc-12a and i bet you it'll be way cooler.

That's how I've been doing it - for my 383 I wedge it between the block and the alternator and push the alternator out/up as much as I can while I tighten up the bolt.

I have a Group 27 680 CCA battery...it starts my 383 up just fine. Although it doesn't get to 0°F here.

How does that alternator tool hold the alternator? Does the end with the longer tip hook into the cooling holes/slots? Would be very nice to have but I've been getting by so far with a crowbar for both that and the power steering pump. Found an ebay listing for the tool which had a picture...

I wonder if they've ever thought about looking for a wrecked Dodge Phoenix of the same year and using the dash parts to convert it to RHD. Then again, the steering box would be a problem, since they were mounted closer to the firewall and everything steering related, sans the outer tie rods, was...

I think these have been around for a while; I bought my first deflecting beam on Gumtree second-hand and it looked like it was made in the 80s or so. Sold it and got this one because I got sick of the non-ratcheting head. You guys also have them but they don't seem to be as popular, Powerbuilt...