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mgm1986 Personally, I do not use any sealer on intake bolts. The sealing is accomplished when the manifold is torqued (35 ft lbs - I think). These bolts do not intersect any water passages (that I know of). I do not use the separate the gaskets that come with the valley pan. There have been...

Good Afternoon I installed one of the Fel-Pro valley pan with the blocked crossover on the 'Party Barge' for a couple of reasons. Hot restarts was one and it also saves scorching the paint of the intake manifold. Word of caution, if you are using the original style choke thermostat (manifold...

The gremlin has been exorcised. The FSM write-up indicated that a gauge tester is needed, but at the end of paragraph it indicated that a cause could be a shorted or BROKEN Wire. The wiring schematic showed that the wire (gray) terminated in the top plug of the bulkhead connector. As it didn't...

Good Afternoon and Happy Mothers Day A gremlin has decided to give me something to do. The oil light comes on but the mechanical pressure gauge shows anywhere from 20 to 60 lbs depending on if the motor is idling or cruising down the road. Once on, it stays on. The car is a '65 Newport...

Good Afternoon If you replace the carb mounting gasket with a thicker one, be sure to re-adjust the choke thermostat linkage to accommodate. Omni

CBODY67 I mis-spoke in my original post. The plugs are Autolite NOT Motorcraft. No numbers on the hex, just on the porcelain. Omni

volksworld Car is stored in a LEVEL heated garage. Float is set a 5/16 (to the crown) as per FSM. I guess I'm too dumb; you will have to explain that response. Omni

Big John Will Do. Thanks for the suggestion. Omni

Good Morning All. Replaced the plugs in the 'Party Barge' ('65 Newport 383 Carter BBD point style ignition). Six of the eight were dark tan ( I am OK with that as the 'Barge' has not been on any significant road trips this year) 2 plugs (#7 and #8) were gas fouled. Wires are from Lectric...

Good Evening All I have read all the comments (good and bad). Today UPS dropped off the new tank and associated parts. I unboxed everything and compared all the parts with the original. All seems well . I was pleasantly surprised to find that the tank was produced in Taiwan (at least its not...

Just Got off the phone Vans. Tank/Sending Unit/Pad/Filler tube grommet should be here early next week. The straps and 'J' bolts were replaced about 2 years ago, so they still look good. Planned on reusing the lock ring as the replacements appear to be sub par. I always run the float be hand...

Good Morning All Went out to the man cave today to prep the 'Barge' for the sending unit removal and to my surprise my full as of yesterday fuel tank is emptying itself on the floor. So, now I am on the hunt for a fuel tank as well. The one bright spot is at least this happened at home and...

Good Evening All Got the Party Barge ('65 Newport) out of dry dock today. All the upgrades/tweaking done over he winter months checked out O.K. However, a new gremlin has appeared. The fuel tank reads empty. Preliminary checks lead to the sending unit itself. The float was replaced a...

Good Morning All I added a later style cruise control (turn signal lever actuated) to a '65 Newport, I am looking for the upper speedometer cable that connects the unit to the speedometer. Does the earlier style auto pilot upper cable have the same nut on both ends of the cable? In other...

Looks like it time to consult a service manual.....

Good Morning Your carb originally had a metal tag affixed to one of the bowl screws. Sadly, through the years these tags either are left off during a rebuild,, or are broken of. Also, that may be a re-built carb in which case the tags are left off intentionally. Why? Because rebuilt carbs use...

Had an 1988 Omni that I got in VA for free. That was 20+ years ago. Allegedly it is still on the road, although I have not seen it for years..... Omni Edit: Found a couple of pics 'back in the day.....'

Good Afternoon All Not sure where to post this. Driveline issues seemed appropriate. With the Part Barge ('65 Newport) in dry dock for the winter, I am addressing some 'gremlins' that pop up from time to time. One of them is the speedometer. Every now and then (no reason that I can find)...

Not stock, and probably off topic, but here is a padded wheel that is in my '65. My Upholstery Shop whipped it up with some left over leather.

Good Morning If you are after originality give Murray Park a call wwwcbodies.com. Omni