Dan s

That’s what came out. The guy that use to drive this truck sure didn’t believe in maintaining the ole truck

edwinsmith

It's better that the rubber bushing that was not on one of my rear shocks. One more less rattle to wonder about.

Edwin

Rug_Trucker

My leaning tower of power at Beech Bend, Bowling Green Kentucky at the 2007 Chrysler Classic. 198 screaming cubic inches. Stock cam heavily ported head, Hooker headers, 3:23 open rear. Almost "getting some air" under the front passenger tire.

KRB

Sweet! Mine was the Leaning Tower of Power 225. IF I cut the wheel hard to the left and floored it I could chirp the tire...

Rug, betcha wish you still had the Super Bee and 'Cuda huh.

Dan, you're gonna need a manicure dude!

Rug_Trucker

I miss the Bee the most. It pops up in my dreams sometimes.

ToolmakerRob

Rug Tucker- That Duster photo stirs up some old memories!! That was my first car way back when. It was a 1975 225 auto, 4 wheel DRUM brakes and an AM radio. I remember taking the cylinder head off and taking just under 1/8" off in our big milling machine at the shop where I was apprenticing, porting the heads, changineg the timing etc. Had a lot more get up and go after. The thing I miss the most about it is that it was such a simple car to work on and the interior still looked like it came from the late sixties.

Rob

Rug_Trucker

I took .090 off the bottom of the head. You can go .120 without having to do shorter push rods IIRC. I get the dually up and running the Duster is next. I have 2 225 engines, and maybe a 3rd. I want to go EFI turbo. When I was doing that launch I had a 3 speed on the column. Damned linkage got hung up. I made 3 passes that day. Never got a 1/4 mile time on it as the shifter always hung up in first. I started installing an 833OD 4 speed in 2009 and never finished. I had to drive over the road for 15 months and never went back to working on it.



It has an M-1 Mopar Performance intake and a rebuilt Carter BBD 2bbl. I have scads of the BBD's and even some specific slant BBD's. Back in the day it was running 10.58's in the 1/8th @59mph.

Dan s

Here is a few of the car. I hope to one day start working on it. It’s a great driver. I need to fix the heater and it needs body work. I have an 8 3/4 rear end. A machined block and crank and a new air gap for it. Just need to fill in the blanks for the motor.

Rug_Trucker

"poverty caps!" Love 'em. I have a '66 8 3/4 that I can toss in. Also an open 3:91 pig. I have a '92 roller cam 360 that is supposed to be sold. Where's the money?

The Duster needs to happen indoors.

oliver foster

Thanks for posting the A - body Mopar pictures boys!

Dan s

Test light hooked to negative terminal. Light comes on when touched to frame

Any ideas what is causing it

I did get the cab lights on it.

edwinsmith

You have a really crappy connection between the Negative Battery terminal and the ground. Those test lights only need about 1.5 volts to light up. Those type replacement battery terminals suck. Get some military style and put big ring lugs on your battery cables. Then you can use ring terminals for everything else.

Edwin

nonrev

What I have always done is remove one fuse at a time till the light goes out.. then trace that circuit down

Dan s

thats all I could get at the time. The Napa in town is going to make me some next week. Merry Xmas to all

also this truck has a wiring harness that is totally shot. I suck at the electrical part on these trucks. I know it has some fusable links that are blown but I haven’t started to track those down yet. My son should be here today to help me out.

Dan s

Got the bed off yesterday

Swapped doors.

Not sure this is supposed to be there

Fuel neck gasket is shot

This is what I have to work with. Gonna try to get the brake lights working today.

More jacked up wiring

Any guesses.



and I think the sending unit is leaking