Recent content by Triplegreen500

I know I always get at least 2 people start talking to me when I drive my Daytona...and that's just grocery store runs or to the outlets, not car shows! You're right, they were disposable for most people. I knew early on mine was rare - one of 150 AGS package cars and 1 if 26 in my color combo...

Replaced my 70s unit this winter. I want to say I jacked it by the diff...but may have used a forward spring perch. I just don't remember maneuvering around a jack on the side is all. It's a little rubiks-cube...but it comes out. Run the tank as dry as you can though, so you don't shower with...

LOVE IT!! You will have no problem finding mechanical parts - they shared everything back then. Body names: G - Daytona. P - Shadow/Sundance. J - LeBaron coupe/convertible. K - Aries/Reliant. A - Spirit/Acclaim. Even the first gen minivans used the same powertrains and front suspension bits...

AWD = mo' maintenance...and mo' fuel (heavier). And, they look like they have a lift kit to me (just sayin'). But, you do you. It'll be column shift, possibly no console (depending what they left in it), but one nice bonus (unless they changed it) is when you hit the "traction off" button...it's...

Agreed. Any fixture that allows you to select "how hot", has a mixer in it. Basically a bleed from hot side to cold side. One of them, is stuck open. Easy way to test your water heater, is open the purge drain at the bottom and see how hot the water is, coming right out of the tank (you should...

No...I was stupid. I "consolidated" debt, so SHE could be debt-free, and WE would "share" the payments. Young, stupid, and in love. Fat lotta good that did me.

I did a HELOC when I got married. Biggest mistake of my life (take your pick). I was in great shape on my house, then I married her...and (being a good husband with no debt other than my mortgage) I took the HELOC to pay off her cards. And her car payment. And her student loans. "We" wanted to...

I have a mortgage on my primary residence. Bought it 12 years ago, 4.0%. Owe right around $200k; current zillow is $585k. The mortgage was just sold and I keep getting mailers (2 or 3 a month) from the new company, trying to snag me in a HELOC - I bet they want that, my rate is so low right now...

The late '70 tailights are the only ones that had any reflectors at all. The overall pattern of the lens reflected a little light...but not a lot. The reflectors were added, along with the larger side markers, due to DOT regs for '70. I contemplate spares as well - grille, bumpers...

Put the bike rack on the Jeep TJ, and went to Gettysburg to get some exercise. 8.5 miles on the mountain bike, good cardio workout. On the way home I saw something, so I went home, grabbed the Charger, and went to check it out. Another very cool survivor! And the interior was SPOTLESS No...

Yea it'll come apart. Depending how the practice run goes on the core, it may get a bench rebuild and swap in. Sucky part is, I want to convert the van to a 5 speed...just can't find a console, or pedals. I have a shifter and trans and flywheel/clutch... Who wants to bet I find what I need at...

Anyhoo, this is in my '90 Voyager turbo and I figured I'd ask here as well as on the turbo sites, to get a consensus. 3 speed non-lockup. Van had an issue of wrong-gear starts for a while; would always start from a stop, in second. I'd drive around the problem by manually putting it in first...

Read the ad folks. The VIN is right there. Some cretin may have written that on the glass because it isn't a 17 digit like current vehicles. Or, the dash plate may have been destroyed in the fire. But, it's somewhere on the car, since they have it in the ad.... Be a great roadkill car. Make...

Especially if you force standing water into it while backing, or catch it on the side of the launch as you back up...

But if the gauge has a different sender than the ECM.....you aren't seeing the right data stream.