Recent content by dostroupe

I bought this ‘71 Charger SE last July from northwest Illinois. I didn’t get a lot of history on it. It was listed on marketplace. It’s kinda weird, doesn’t seem like a ton of miles, absolutely no rust whatsoever. Someone has cleaned and painted the whole underside. Floors are mint even under...

Yes, I have sucked all of the fluid out of the pan and cleaned thoroughly. The last time it was coming from the top somehow, that little tang that hangs down from the tail shaft gets in the way.

Dang I just had the valve body off to get to the kick down shaft seal. I’ll try again taking extra care applying the sealant.

My transmission is leaking from a plug above the rear of the pan. I don’t know what this plug is or what it does. I’ve cleaned it thoroughly, sealed it with some silicon, still leaked. Cleaned it again and put some aircraft sealant on it, still leaked. I need help fellas. If it makes any...

I boiled my lawnmower battery in the spring of '23, just to see if it works. I got on it Sunday to chop up some leaves and had to boost it off. So, 2 1/2 summers, not to bad. I boiled it with my big battery charger set to starting amps, 200amps I think. I'll be buying a new one in the spring.

The alternator isn't in line with anything but the compressor and crank pulley. So, I just can't measure for a belt. I'll take the clutch off and investigate, I know there is a bearing in there somewhere.

I'm not worried about having ac just yet. I'm trying to get a quick and easy fix for charging/alternator. I can't drive it far.

So, I just bought a 71 Charger S/E. It's a factory 383 2BBL car. The A/C compressor clutch had locked up on it and burned up the belts which were also connected to the alternator. What will be the quickest/easiest way to eliminate the A/C compressor temporarily? I have a 78 440 from a truck that...

I just bought an Advantage Lift 4 post 9000lbs lift. You would not regret it. Everything about it is awesome. Lifts my 2021 Ram 2500 CTD with no problem. Yes it was expensive, everything is right now.

Ah, you could be correct. Thank you @CudaChick1968. I have resorted to painting the strings black so they're are not noticeable. I see you're from Tennessee, so am I, I am just misplaced at the moment, Go Vols.

I might could try to turn it upside down before I stick it in the oven. That might work.

I'm cheap, have the stuff already, and don't want to pay someone else!

Yeah, believe me I know the factory dipped the wheels. That stuff is very hard to get off! I wouldn't have the same problem if I were to paint them, but I wanted them powder coated. I enjoy the method of it and have gotten really good at it, except for this one problem.

I am powder coating a set of original cop wheels. The problem I'm having is where the wheel center is mounted to the wheel hoop, that little gap in between. The first one I did had little spaghetti strings in between the two. So, I figured that on the next one I would use a little extra powder...

I will look for the oil hole, but don't remember seeing anything. I have put some oil on the back where the cable goes into the housing and on the housing under the disk and let it soak for days.