What did you do to your Mopar today?

Have to remove the pad again, bump in the middle came back. After thinking about it, when I put the pad on, and install the nuts hand tight, pad lies flat. After tightening them up some the bump comes back. I think the nuts on the end are pulling the ends in causing the center to buckle. Hopefully I can pull it off, straighten it out, and put in on hand tight, and then only tighten it a half turn more. And maybe it won't buckle.

I finished my console courtesy light mod for Grendel.

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

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Yesterday on my A100 I removed the dash cover of the gauges to clean the bulbs and the reflective area around them and the glass so that maybe the lighting and viewing of the fuel gauge would be better. The fuel gauge is the farthest away from the bulb on that side and it's hard to see at night. Sorry I didn't think of taking a pic of the whole dash to show you. Looks like I'll have to put an LED to brighten it up.

While cleaning I bumped the amp gauges needle and noticed later it looked like it was leaning out towards the steering wheel a tad and tried to correct but noticed also how delicate it was and decided to leave well enough alone for now. Eventually put it all back together not catching the needle touching the viewing glass.

Today I'm traveling around town and saw the amp gauge on a slight discharge and thinking Uh Oh, have we thrown the new belt, ...voltage regulator died, now what!. So I pulled the lights on to see if the gauge would show more discharge and NOPE! it didn't even move! WHAT! So I thought I must've moved the connectors on the back of the amp gauge while changing the bulb next to it. Waited for the battery to slow down on restarts and, it didn't. So finished my town business and went home.

Pulled the dash cover and noticed the needle moved outward towards the wheel and said Ah, ...NO WAY. Hooked the battery back up and pulled the lights on a Wa La,...I'll take that easy fix any day. Delicately bent the needle back towards the gauge face and life is good!

Wow, it doesn't take much to bind a needle's movement!

I got my blue front inside door panels degreased & scuffed, then masked off to be painted black with SEM Color Coat.

New tires on repainted wheels.

Received my new set of center cap screws for my Torq-thrusts. A couple that were bolted to the rims decided to flee. I will use a little blue loctite to keep them from escaping again. Also spending another night working on replacing the DODGE letters on my trunklid. Not bad projects for this current rainy, muggy hot weather

I managed to get my "super cheap bolt on"....

Actually bolted on. Found these springs at Tractor Supply...had to mildly modify the hinges...but it's on!

Need to drill for the front pins next, then yank it back off for sanding and paint.

Reassembled the rear end this morning after disassembling it for cleaning and maintenance... 8-3/4, 489 case, 3.23 gears, tapered bearings set at 18 thousandths. 58 years young...
Rolled it under the car on a little home made wooden dolly... ready to lift into place.

Installed LCA with Hotchkis greasable pivot shaft, and the associated Hotchkis torsion bar. I'll get the other side installed tomorrow.

Sprayed the engine bay on my 70 Runner

Put a fresh pair of mirrors on the wagon. Rh side had the head broken off. Have a matching pair of nice ones now. Not "correct", but neither were the ones on the car. I can see the rh side now. Vey important to have when backing up into the garage.

Put my body side molding back on now that I got some clips. Dang, no pics. Change the PCV as well. No biggie. I did get the canister purge solenoid changed on my truck. It was bolted to the side of the block on the drivers side. Pull the wheel and fender liner to gain access.