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  1. 69PHOENIX

    Goldie will get her orginal heads reconditioned.

    O.K. Stupid Question Time Again. Recently had My Mechanic (A Friend of 40 Yrs Install a New Set of Valves & Springs in a Set of 906 Heads. While Chin Wagging with Him I asked about Reco-ing the Heads. His Suggestion was that with the Cost Involved Nowadays it would be a better Idea to Install a...
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    318 rebuild

    As We Get Older We Realise Why He was Called Solomon the Wise! One Small Point I Will Mention Only Because You Have Stated That You are a Novice. I Once Bought a Burnt Out 68 383 at Auction. It Had All the Hallmarks of an Insurance Job. Couldn't Figure Our Why It was Burnt, Until I Dissasembled...
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    1962 361 core plugs

    O.K. A Little Advice From the Depths of Experience. There is Nothing More Embarrassing Than Giving it a Boot full, Spitting a Plug & Ending Up in the Guard Rail, When the Radiator Empties Under Your Tyres. Our Solution was to Drill & Tap Either Side of the Plug & Lay a Strap Across the New...
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    New oil leak on my fury

    G'Day, Just a Simple Suggestion! Check to see if the Oil Pressure Switch at the Top Rear of the Block is not Leaking. Many Years ago I was about to Replace the Rear Main When a Friend with a Little More Experience Mentioned the Possibility of an Oil Switch Leak running down the Block & Looking...
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    Puddles of gas on my intake manifold

    "The people on this website are one of the best parts of owning a C-body. Thanks from a newb." You Forgot to Mention That We're Good Looking Too! LOL Regards Tony.M
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    Puddles of gas on my intake manifold

    G'Day, Please Allow Me to Make a Suggestion! I Note That You Appear to Have a Paper Air Filter Element. I Had a Very Nasty Incident with One of Those. It's a Long Tale so I Won't Go into Too Many Details. But I Had a Power Steer Hose Burst & Spray Hot Oil on to the Exhaust Manifold. In the...
  7. 69PHOENIX

    8-10 mpg

    A$ 7.42 - A$8.64 Per Gallon This Side of the Big Blue Thing. Don't Know What You're Whinging About. LOL Yankee Motors Don't Run Anymore Economical Over Here in the Mystical Land of OZ. My Last 440 Ran About 10 M.P.G. Latest Beast has a 383 in It. Have Managed with a Lot of "Jiggling" to obtain...
  8. 69PHOENIX

    Need to replace trans pan gasket, maybe?

    G'Day, At the Mention of REAL Gaskets I'll take the Opportunity to Ask. I Bought a Set of R/Cover Gaskets (& Trans Pan / Sump Gaskets) from REAL, Just about to Replace a Set of Heads. My Mech Scoffed a Little When I mentioned the REAL Gaskets. I Don't want to "RISK" Being "I Told You Soed" If...
  9. 69PHOENIX

    Rear Differential Model Identification

    I have Always Loved Mother Mopars Habit of Not Changing Things unless It Had to Be. I Swapped a 65 Charger Diff into a 59 Custom Royal and was able to Swap "C" Body 11" x 2.5" Drum assemblies from a Later Model for the "B" Body 10" Assemblies. A Simple Swap. Regards Tony.M
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    Differential from 68 New Yoker or Newport

    G'Day, Please Forgive My Comments, But, If You Don't have a use for Something There is More Than Likely Someone Who Does. All the Crying that goes on About how some Parts are Impossible to Get is Caused by the Fact that Nobody bothered to Save Them to Start with. Not Criticizing You at All...
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    1959 Dodge Coronet

    G'Day Ben, Thanks for the Information. I Have a Pair of 10" x 15' Rims for My 69 Sedan. (8" x 15" Fronts) So I am Sneaking a 68 Diff, being a Little Narrower, Under the Rear. From what I have Seen All the Perches are Spaced the Same 65-72 over Here. So Not a Complicated Job. Seeing the Cars...
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    1959 Dodge Coronet

    G'Day Fellas, "According to my reading, 1965 - 1969 c-body rear axles are the same width' (1970FuryConv) Please Note: No Criticism Intended Here! Every time I Read Something Like This I Become More ConFused. Here in the Mystical Land of OZ Our 65 - 72 Phoenix's were Plymouth Fury's Which May...
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    Is this crap in the transmission pan normal?

    ToolManmike, You Are of Course Correct! But the Steel is the Most Damaging of the Loose Stuff. A Normal Service will Clean Out the"Gunk" Many Years Ago I was Taking a Two Thousand Mile Round Trip to Visit My Brother in Queensland. Had the Trans Serviced before I left & the Mechanic told me the...
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    Is this crap in the transmission pan normal?

    G'Day! If You Put a Small "Rare Earth Magnet" on the Outside of the Pan It Ain't Gonna Fall Off! I Have Two key Rings in My Pocket Joined Together by a Small REM (1/2" x 1/4") They have Never Separated in About 5 Years. I Have to Pull Pretty Darn Hard to Separate Them. Also Cheap as Chips...
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    Engine Fire

    G'Day, Many Years Ago I Had a 69 Phoenix (440 C.I.) that I Didn't Drive Very Often. (9 M.P.G.) A Friend was Arriving from the Bush and So I Started the Car & left it Idling Against the Front of the House Ready to Move When He Arrived. When he Did I Climbed into the Drivers Seat and Gave It a...
  16. 69PHOENIX

    Terrible Start Up Sound and Oil Issues-Advice Needed (77 440 NYB)

    Hi Fellas, I'll Leave it up to you Blokes to Say "Good or Not" I Recently Purchased a Set of "REAL" Rocker Cover Gaskets (For Future Use) I haven't used them Before But the Idea Seems Sound. But have Any of You Fellas had Experience with Them? Might be the Answer. Not Cheap But if they ARE as...
  17. 69PHOENIX

    How quickly does one rebuild A727 transmission?

    G'Day, "detmatt" In My Youth, (MANY Years Ago) I was an Avid Science Fiction Fan. (Asimov, Heinlein, Zelazny, Miller Etc. Those were the Days, Wonderful Stories to a Young heart) I Remember Reading a Story Where You Paid a Permanent Rental. You Never owned a Car, What Happened was That if It...
  18. 69PHOENIX

    1959 fury disc brake conversion

    G'Day, I have Put this Up Quite a Few Times Before. No-One has Ever Acknowledged it as Helpful or Not. So Here I Go Again. I Had a 59 Dodge Custom Royal I was Experimenting with for Disc Brakes. The Front Discs off a 69 - 72 Plymouth Fury Appear to Bolt Straight onto the Dodge Spindles. Bearing...
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    1976 Gran fury wagon. Want to go from 440 to a 318

    G'Day, WARNING! Long & Perthaps Boring Rant to Follow. While I have No Kids of My Own, I understand your Dilemma. I had 11 Nieces & 4 Nephews, Unfortunately the Young are All Immortal Until Sadly Proven otherwise. (Most People Consider Themselves Immortal until around 35 Y.O. Then Suddenly the...
  20. 69PHOENIX

    Big Block Oil Pan Baffles

    G'Day Fellas, Thanks for All the Info! My Main Concern was to do with Oil Sloshing about under Acceleration. Back in "75" My First 69 Phoenix H/T had a Painful Habit of Suffering from Oil Starvation Under Hard Acceleration. Lots of Fun for the First Hundred Yards But Then the Oil Light would...
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