What did you do to your Mopar today?

[kiwigtx]

Sorry if this disappoints you but my A100 is a toasted roach now. It was in fair condition when I bought it 28 yrs ago, and can't find my pics of it from that time. It looked better then than now.

Drove it for about 10yrs, then it sat for about 15,..........outside, ....and it went down hill,... while working on other stuff. Brought it back into the shop about 5yrs ago to try'n get it somewhat out of the weather and get it running enough to move it out-n-in when needing to work to other projects. It's on the bottom of my Totem Pole of drivers, as far as condition I guess.

Probably should've left the Moss Patina on it. People would've probably though I found it that way, and ask is that a "Barn Find"?

I did that Steve Dulcich, Covid tank swab thingy a few yrs back . Gas tank was lined with crud so bad I put a spare Grasshopper mower fuel tank in the bed to be able to move it around on its own power. A little Road Kill...ish.

Got it dependable enough for short trips, with that 4.3 gal tank (X 2 later ) to where it lasted for 5 yrs till just a couple wks ago I posted where I put a new full Tank kit in it.

1st pic, when I drug it out'a da weeds. 2nd pic, not a good view but its current condition and my daily driver most of the time.

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I've seen way worse..... looks like a solid project for someone ...or yourself one day down the track a bit. Thanks for the story & pics.

 

[Vaanth]

Installed the new bumper, tail lights, rear wiring, etc. NOS tag bracket/fuel door too.

 

[Don selleck]

looks great!

 

[RemCharger]

I'll have to remember to take a pic of the wiring harness and ign work they did back in the day. It'd make for a great electrical post

Forgot about this, but did get a pic. I don't think I'll bother posting it for Bob.

 

[thehemikid]

Last Saturday a buddy (in a 1 gen mustang) and I (in my 62 330) was on a "where did you and your car go today" cruise to eat. We decided to go eat after we put a vac gauge tune (the best we could) with a tad to big of a power valve on my 330. Well I only made it about 5-6 miles and the motor started loading up so bad that I was switching off the fuel pump try'n to keep it running for another 1/2 mile where there was a lot better place to get off the road,...and just barely accomplished that.

Popped the hood, pulled the breather, and those top pockets just outside the venturi's on a 1st gen dominator, were full of fuel! Yowza! Top of the rear fuel bowl and all over the back of the motor too. If it had caught fire, it would've been bad. I do carry a fire extinguisher,...and have stayed at a Holiday Inn once,... but that probably wouldn't of helped.

The front bowl (site glass) still had fuel but the rear bowl looked empty. Pulled that bowl and saw the white plastic float was almost full of fuel. Realized right quick,...wish I'd swapped the brass ones in instead.

Had to make a hard decision,...call a rollback or leave the car alone for about 15-20 minutes. That was a hard 20 minutes for me! Buddy drove me home, grabbed another Dominator that I knew had good brass floats and back on the road. We just got roll'n when he got a ph call from his brother about my car sitting by itself and knew that wasn't right turned around and pulled in to help. My ph rings with another friend noticing the same and the truck sitting there too with my car. He pulls in and finds out they"re friends from way back too. Small world sure helps ease the mind till I get there.

Changed the rear float, went to eat, plugs weren't getting over the ordeal tho so drove it home. Live to fight another day.

Found the leak, a crack perpendicular to the seam on the pivot side.

 

[67 Mopar]

I got most of the front end assemblies up in there today. The only thing missing here now is the steering linkage and the sway bar, but that'll be coming up here pretty soon.

Almost ready to put the rear axle assembly up as well.
I need to put some fluid in it and put some brake lines on it first however.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Replaced the factory HID headlight bulbs in my 2014 Grand Cherokee today.

What a pain in the ***.

Glad I only have to do it every 109,000 miles....

 

[67 Mopar]

Slow day... Calipers and Drums cleaned up and Painted.

 

[desotoman]

Picked up some much needed trim ,and glass for my road runner

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Slow day... Calipers and Drums cleaned up and Painted.

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Tell us about those crossed drilled drums, I haven't seen any in years but have always wondered if it was worth it

 

[67 Mopar]

Tell us about those crossed drilled drums, I haven't seen any in years but have always wondered if it was worth it

I drilled the drums myself. I had a jig I made up for doing the job on a drill press.
I think you can still buy them or have them done elsewhere, but I haven't really looked into it.
Venting them serves a number of purposes... Vents provide an escape route for any dirt or brake dust to be expelled that would normally accumulate in the drums over time. More importantly, the vents allow any trapped moisture from deep puddles, etc to be expelled quickly, eliminating the common brake fade issues encountered under these conditions. The vent holes passing by the brake shoes also provides a small amount of fresh air circulation (venturi effect) in & out of the drums for added heat dissipation under hard braking conditions.
These drums will be going on the rear of the car obviously, so the benefits won't be quite as pronounced as they would be if the drums were mounted on the front of the vehicle but every little bit helps. I will likely need an "adjustable" proportion valve for these drums however. I don't believe the standard PV2 style Combo valve will work effectively here.

 

[71Beeper]

What size are the holes that you drilled?

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I drilled the drums myself. I had a jig I made up for doing the job on a drill press.
I think you can still buy them or have them done elsewhere, but I haven't really looked into it.
Venting them serves a number of purposes... Vents provide an escape route for any dirt or brake dust to be expelled that would normally accumulate in the drums over time. More importantly, the vents allow any trapped moisture from deep puddles, etc to be expelled quickly, eliminating the common brake fade issues encountered under these conditions. The vent holes passing by the brake shoes also provides a small amount of fresh air circulation (venturi effect) in & out of the drums for added heat dissipation under hard braking conditions.
These drums will be going on the rear of the car obviously, so the benefits won't be quite as pronounced as they would be if the drums were mounted on the front of the vehicle but every little bit helps. I will likely need an "adjustable" proportion valve for these drums however. I don't believe the standard PV2 style Combo valve will work effectively here.

Ok seems to be what I remember reading about it years ago. It was a few project cars back, I was looking at it either for the fronts on a Karmann Ghia or a 66 C10 truck. At the time (and maybe its still the case) no one had any before and after testing. I do remember people saying you need hardened drill bits or special bits. Did you use regular good quality bits or anything special?

 

[67 Mopar]

Drums are not made from hardened tool steel or stainless steel etc, any decent quality bit combined with a proper lubricant works just fine.
Drilling normally requires a jig for holding/rolling the drums and a template for accurately laying out the holes. A walk in the park if you have a machine shop, but folks like me don't have that kind of tooling, so we have to improvise.

 

[67 Mopar]

What size are the holes that you drilled?

5/32" if memory serves

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Today I replaced the upper and lower ball joints on the passenger side. The lower really took some beating and then finally a propane torch and then it popped.
I couldn't find my pickle fork so I ran to the store to get one, then 10 mins after using the new one I found mine in a tool drawer, what the hell was I doing putting tools in the proper place?!?!
Upper took one hell of a tug but came out, then I thought I ruined the threads, compared to the new ones and they are just really shallow threads compared to like a bolt.
Passenger side might be tomorrow, Sunday or Monday, have to see how my back feels, its pretty beat up right now. Also just from the pass side job I can see my toe is messed up which I expected since the arm that connects to the tie rod is replaced.
Now here are some terrible pics in portrait mode since I had gloves on and couldn't get it to switch.

 

[Black_Sheep]

Cruise night…

 

[Coelacanth]

Repaired a broken mounting post on the inside of my glovebox door. I was hoping to simply bolt the cleaned-up door back onto the car but nooo, of course things wouldn't go easily!

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

 

[Olivier]

Replaced the throttle cable that decided to suicide last weekend ...

 

[Triplegreen500]

Took it to work yesterday (early start)

I was working a concert at a county fair all day. Had a blast! But driving home I noticed it was covered in crush-and-run gravel dust. So today I washed it with water for the first time in about 5 years. Usually just gets a spritz of quick detailer and/or a wipe with a damp chamois, but today I didn't want to grind all that gravel dust into the paint...

Only wet from the windows down, kept the vinyl top dry (I don't think there's rust under it but don't want to take the chance). Hood, doors, and trunk are open to air dry the jambs before she goes back in the garage.