What did you do to your C-body today....

75LandYacht · Oct 11, 2021

SPF Required said:
did that fix the gauge? Trying to figure out mine too.

Haven’t put the tank back in yet, tomorrow. I’ll let ya know.

thethee · Oct 12, 2021

75LandYacht said:

Pretty sure the inside shot of your tank shows the remains of the sock/filter. Those two squares are it, it must've split at the seam and unraveled. It's held at both ends by a plastic piece, one of which appears broken off the old sending unit and is also still in the tank. Mine was the same.

Good looking new sending unit and grommet, where did you get those?

thethee · Oct 12, 2021

Finally finished up work on the 727. Had two small leaks that needed some attention, one was the dipstick seal and the other was the NSS, but both are dry now. Managed to tighten up my shift linkage with a couple washers and some grommets. Haven't been able to test the new valve body with PTK yet though. Something decided this was the time to break resulting in a no crank issue. Traced it back to something with the seatbelt interlock since both relais and nss are good, but I ran out of time. Will work it out coming weekend. Gotta love electrical.

Snotty · Oct 12, 2021

Washed it!! Yesterday I cleaned out the turn some stray cat left in it!! Yuck!!

75LandYacht · Oct 12, 2021

thethee said:
Pretty sure the inside shot of your tank shows the remains of the sock/filter. Those two squares are it, it must've split at the seam and unraveled. It's held at both ends by a plastic piece, one of which appears broken off the old sending unit and is also still in the tank. Mine was the same.

Good looking new sending unit and grommet, where did you get those?

I thought the same so I’m gonna poke at them and see if that move, if so I’ll dig them out.. I got both grommet and sending unit from eBay.. the seller is a Mopar guy and has lots of Stuff. I’ll put the tank back in today and report back once done.

live4theking · Oct 12, 2021

75LandYacht said:
I thought the same so I’m gonna poke at them and see if that move, if so I’ll dig them out.. I got both grommet and sending unit from eBay.. the seller is a Mopar guy and has lots of Stuff. I’ll put the tank back in today and report back once done.

I know that you baby Ginger, but have you considered spaying Fluid Film or some type of oil based treatment on the underside where the tank will be?

75LandYacht · Oct 13, 2021

live4theking said:
I know that you baby Ginger, but have you considered spaying Fluid Film or some type of oil based treatment on the underside where the tank will be?

Thx John. I suppose I could. The pictures don’t really show the true condition of the metal, but it’s in really nice shape. But I may tape it off and put some kind of preservative on there just to be safe.

live4theking · Oct 13, 2021

75LandYacht said:
Thx John. I suppose I could. The pictures don’t really show the true condition of the metal, but it’s in really nice shape. But I may tape it off and put some kind of preservative on there just to be safe.

The underside of my trunnk looked real nice as well, but I put some on it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

75LandYacht · Oct 14, 2021

live4theking said:
The underside of my trunnk looked real nice as well, but I put some on it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

Took your advice John, scuffed it up primed it and undercoated it. All good forever and ever amen. LOL

live4theking · Oct 15, 2021

75LandYacht said:
Took your advice John, scuffed it up primed it and undercoated it. All good forever and ever amen. LOL

75LandYacht · Oct 15, 2021

Well the tank is back in, and the new sending unit is exactly was needed. Although I haven’t filled the tank up, I did exercise the sending unit and my gas needle went to full as it should. But of course! One small job turns in the something much bigger. While I had the back of the car up, I decided to pull the bumper and everything associated with it. And give it a fresh up, I’m disassembling the bumper completely and having all the raw bumper supports and brackets and bracing sent out for blasting a powder coating. I already have a recurring true bumper which I will reinstall if everything goes back, I’m also sending out all the shiny bits to get polished or chromed.. it never ends with these Ol girls.

Samplingman · Oct 16, 2021

Prepping panels for prime and laying down some color in the jams.

xxcarguy · Oct 17, 2021

thethee said:
Pretty sure the inside shot of your tank shows the remains of the sock/filter. Those two squares are it, it must've split at the seam and unraveled. It's held at both ends by a plastic piece, one of which appears broken off the old sending unit and is also still in the tank. Mine was the same.

Good looking new sending unit and grommet, where did you get those?

I always thought there were baffles in the fuel tank to keep it from shlawshing (is that a word) around.

thethee · Oct 17, 2021

thethee said:
Finally finished up work on the 727. Had two small leaks that needed some attention, one was the dipstick seal and the other was the NSS, but both are dry now. Managed to tighten up my shift linkage with a couple washers and some grommets. Haven't been able to test the new valve body with PTK yet though. Something decided this was the time to break resulting in a no crank issue. Traced it back to something with the seatbelt interlock since both relais and nss are good, but I ran out of time. Will work it out coming weekend. Gotta love electrical.

Found my electrical gremlin! Turns out I have the green seatbelt warning box, p/n 3501500, so no actual interlock only warning light. BUT there was a single burnt out resistor preventing current to the starter relais, upper left in the picture.

thethee · Oct 17, 2021

xxcarguy said:
I always thought there were baffles in the fuel tank to keep it from shlawshing (is that a word) around.

It's a word if you say it is

LocuMob · Oct 17, 2021

xxcarguy said:
shlawshing (is that a word)

Sloshing.

SuperDave · Oct 17, 2021

I have seen illuminated Chevy bowtie emblems and lit up Ford blue ovals before, even Toyota emblems adorned with LEDs. But not Chrysler pentastars. No glowing glory for Mopar exist in the commercial aftermarket realm. So I decided to make my own.

Using the acrylic scraps from my light up speaker rings I made, some spare orange LEDs, sandpaper, power tools and a dash of ingenuity, I present to you my latest custom adornment for my mighty Mopar.