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Time for another battery. Costco’s book only goes back to the 90’s. What would be a good one to get from there? 1968 Chrysler 383 automatic just regular street driving. (If anyone asks why there, I’m a business member (so I get money back), good return policy and no complaints on previous...

Okay, so I painted my engine so when I took the old distributor out I did not mark it. I thought I had the new distributor in the correct way but it would not start. I turned it 180 degrees (never done this before - do you just pull the distributor and turn the shaft 180 degrees then...

I have a '68 Newport with a 383 2 barrel and was wondering which type of Champion spark plug I should be looking at. The RJ14YC vs the J14Y? The 'R', I know, means "resistance", but I'm not exactly sure how what might affect things. Any advice would be welcome.

My turn signal cam is not in the best of shape (both of the arm ends are broken off). I pulled the steering wheel today to look at it (and centre the steering wheel!). Whomever a previous owner was did an interesting mod to help with the issue. As you can see in the photo they added some...

Working on getting my electric windows to work and found the driver’s window wires had been reversed. The window wasn’t working. I lubed the tracks with Deep Creep and while that was running down I swapped the wires back. The window works! But the switch makes the window go up when you...

Okay, this is frustrating. The fuse for the dash lights keeps blowing. It happens sometimes when the lights are first turned on. It does not happen all the time. I cleaned the ground wire from the steering column. I even ran a ground from the ground on the battery to the top left screw...

I've seen lots of photos with one or two extra gauges added under the dash. What are the gauges one should add? (I'm leaving this "open-ended" to get, potentially, the best possible responses and not skew the advice.)

so, I changed the gas tank yesterday in my 68 Newport convertible. The gauge was not working prior to the tank swap (figured the old sending unit probably did not work). I tested the new sending unit prior to putting it in and it seemed to work. (The movement on the ohm meter was not as...

After having done searches for visual guides regarding exactly how to go about replacing/changing the #330 bulbs in the fender top turn signal lights I thought I would post some pictures of my adventure. I’ve read what others have said but it’s very different having the background knowledge of...

I picked up a distributor cap by Blue Streak today. It’s supposed to be the “premium” model CH409 but looking at the metal inside it looks very roughly made. Not sure if the picture shows it but there is a lot of fine metal left that’s very thin and will undoubtedly break off; probably not a...

In my 1968 Newport the front (bumper) side maker lights aren’t working. How, exactly, do you change the bulbs? I don’t want to break anything. The bulb housing spins in the chrome piece but it won’t pull out (I don’t want to strong arm it if I’m doing it wrong!).

The small fender top marker lights, how does one go about changing the bulbs? I would rather ask for expertise than just trying things and possibly making a mess of it. I felt under the fender and I can feel what appears to be a nut - I am not sure if I have to remove the chrome piece or if...

My turn signals are working but the brake lights are not. The 1157 bulbs have been checked and the filaments are good (and I tried new bulbs just in case). Any suggestions for what I should be checking to help track down the issue? Also, when the headlights are on, there are no tail lights on.

I drove my new (to me) 1968 Newport Convertible home yesterday. There are a plethora of wires hanging from under the dash. Looks like some are a bit melted and none are connected anywhere. Any ideas of what is supposed to go where or be for what? (Yes, I have a shop manual, but wiring has...