Recent content by cbunt1

Bruzilla, thank you for the reminder. "Good enough" is just that. Sometimes I need the reminder on my own projects, since I suffer from engineer's disease (letting the perfect become the enemy of the good enough).

When I needed to clean mine out, I used Prestone's super flush with good results. Had it not worked, I was seriously considering the same stuff I use to clean firearm brass with excellent results. I mix a couple of tsp . LemiShine and a few drops of Dawn dish soap in a 2l-sized ultrasonic...

You will definitely need a disc-brake master cylinder to complete the job right. You'll also need to replace the metering valve in the drum brake setup with a proportioning valve. I don't know whether the power booster is different between the full drum and disc/drum setups, but I wouldn't...

Wes, Welcome from just up the road from you...I'm near Jones & Grant myself. We've got a few nice Mopars in the area you might have seen around, and it looks like the "Mopar Corner" at Nifty Fifties gained a few cars this last season. Look forward to seeing your pics/projects and maybe...

I get that. It didn't come out when I was an adult, but the first NEW truck I got was an '88 Chevy, then an '89 Chevy. Under Texas' standards, both of these trucks are "classics" and qualify for special license plates, no emissions testing, etc. It was a shocker to me when I realized that. It...

Poor car, poor guy. Yes, this is the very reason that the few repair shops I like to visit smell like grease traps, you have to wait on the "service writer" to come out from under the car he's working on, and you don't want to sit down on anything in your good suit. In fact, it's a criteria for...

I haven't replaced mine on the Plymouth yet--but I started replacing one on the '67 Skylark this weekend (very similar setup) -- on that car it's just a matter of putting a little silicone on the new gasket, and sliding it down the channel. I'm hoping the Plymouth will be as simple once I find...

Well, I'd think that paying a pro 10 hours is excessive...but, after having just done mine on my '72, I'll admit I've got at least that tied up into it. I ended up pulling the header, and the column. I was having hell getting to the three magic bolts, until it dawned on me that the steering...

It's been a *LOONG* time since I messed with car audio...BUT if memory serves: You don't say exactly how you hooked the known-good CD player up, whether you came from a headset jack, speaker-out terminals or RCA jacks, so forgive me if I'm covering ground you've already covered. The RCA-style...

Welcome from Houston, and nice 'runner!

A million thanks, Mark, that really helps me along. So it looks like I only have one broken trim piece...and that the windows don't have to come completely out of the car to replace them. And it tells me that some of the alleged pics I've been seeing for the back quarter window glass in a '72...

Well, *I* like it, and it pretty well says it all. "You have now been properly negotiated with".... Who cares if other people think you're not playing with a full deck. Anyone can be "normal" :) Thank you for your service!

One of the gun forums I visit frequently has a section for "Straight Shooters and Deadbeats." Anyone can post a "straight shooter" thread, but it takes an admin to authorize a "deadbeat" thread...very few deadbeat threads, or even requests for them on that site all told, but the ones that do...

OUCH! I don't think I've ever thought to take a picture right after it happened. Wife took a couple of pictures of one of my fingers after it got intimate with a table saw, but I don't think she kept 'em. I do have a couple of memories of busted knuckles/fingers/hands tied to cars, farm...

Mine ('72) is plastic, and I have the whole column out of the car right now. It's a slight crush/pull fit on mine, pulled together and held by the screw into the turn signal lever. I have no idea as to whether mine is original, but I suspect not. I'm putting a few drops of blue loc-tite to hold...