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  1. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

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

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

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

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

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

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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:
  5. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  6. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  7. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  8. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  9. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  10. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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.
  11. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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.
  12. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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. :)
  13. JamieZ

    LCA Bushing Question Need Help for a stupid question

    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...
  14. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

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

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    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...
  16. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    The video. At no point do the car's wheels actually move. https://youtu.be/5LU_jU3oqOw
  17. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    Thanks for the suggestions. All of the front suspension parts are new, I put them in last summer. I'll double check them but they should have 0 wear as the car has driven less than 10 miles. Right now with the car in the garage on the ground not running, I would say the wheel has 1/8 of a...
  18. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    Put the dash back in. This is like the 4th time I've done it so it wasn't half bad this time (I also labelled everything a while back which really helps with some of the lights). I took the car out and there is good news and bad news. The good is the speedo works, as does the tach and all the...
  19. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    Finally got the reverse lights working: Before the weather turned I managed to diagnose the problem as the harness which ran from the trans to the firewall. So when spring rolled around I decided to swap the harness. I expected removing the original and installing the new one would be the...
  20. JamieZ

    JamieZ's 68 Charger

    Finally got the compressor painted. It's been sitting around waiting for a break in the weather and today was warm enough. Now I just need to reassemble everything.
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