Recent content by JamieZ

Yeah it's awesome. Done in 1978/79. All old school techniques. Not everyone's taste to be sure.

Took some fall photos of both cars: Challenger And the Charger

Here it is at the Wheels and Wings show at a local airport. It's right next to my Dad's 1974 Impala

Finished the cleaning and took it to a local cruise night. Probably the cleanest it's been since I've owned it...definitely the best mechanical condition:

It's been a while since I posted but I haven't been idle. Once the steering box was back in, my dad came over and helped me get the steering coupler back on. My coupler doesn't have the dowel, and I have heard trying to get the coupler to stay together just by bending the tabs on the cap is...

Last week I pulled the starter out: Didn't have time to get under the car for a few days so I cleaned it and repainted the cover. This morning I got up early and crawled under there and stabbed the steering box back home. It was much much easier without the starter in the way. Now it's...

Swapped all the hardware over to the new box and installed a new pitman arm to the new box. Tried to reinstall it both from the bottom. It's heavy and I tired out pretty quick, so I ended up giving up for the night. Tried to remove the battery and tray and install it from the top. That was...

Went to a car show last night with my dad and mentioned I needed some roll pin punches. Turns out he had a set and picked them up today when I went over to visit for Father's Day (yay Dads). Knocked the pin out no problem. Quickly discovered some issues with the coupler/pot. Turns out there...

The past weekend I went to the Junction Auto Mopar show. I try to go every year and it seems to just keep getting better. I took the Challenger because she is much more roadworthy than the Charger. You can see some photos here (there are duplicates as I didn't get around to cleaning out the...

Maybe down the road. For now my Charger budget is going to a Firm Feel steering box so the white knuckle driving experience is not due to steering.

Car has been back in the garage for about a month, but the weather has been pretty bad. I decided to do a quick little project and switch out the positive battery cable. The old one was pretty corroded, not much left of the bolt.

Pulled it out of the garage so I could do some maintenance on the Jeep. Unfortunately I didn't get it parked beck in quite the right spot so I'll have to take it out again. Darn. :)

I used the 1-3/8" tap method. Essentially buy a used 1-3/8" tap off eBay (or similar) wind it in and then drive it out. It worked pretty well, but once the shell was out, I couldn't figure a good way to get it off the tap, so I just chopped a groove in it with the angle grinder and vice gripped...

Before and after version https://youtu.be/K2KJwxEULAQ

I went to adjust some of the slop out of the steering, the lock nut proved particularly stubborn. I tried PB blaster, etc to no avail. I ended up removing the battery and the battery tray, along with the boot off the number 1 plug. Then I was able to slip a socket over it, put a breaker bar...