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Progress! Well, a little anyway. Old manifold is off. Coolant passages were covered in rust. Heads didn't look much better but those will also go at some point. Plenty of sludge to be found. Lots of scrubbing was needed to get rid of the old gaskets. All the old gasket removed. New...

I'll never recommend USAA either. I had USAA for nearly a decade, ever since I started driving. First time I ever had a claim (last Jan) they tried to total my car and offered me hardly anything for it. I have an 01 BMW M3. My idiot neighbor managed to back into it while pulling out of his...

This. I'll never get the purist stance on cars. I get where it's coming from but I'll never really understand the need for such purity. Many of the Mopar purists rival the air-cooled Porsche folks in this respect. Among the car groups I'm in it's almost always the Mopar guys that take it...

It's been a while so it's time for a progress report... Little has been made. But progress is progress. I worked on the timing some. Set the engine for 36 degree total giving me about 10 at idle which sounds about right. I'll have to recurve the distributor so I can get more at idle. The engine...

Made some progress the other day. It was suggested to me that the choke might be killing the engine if it closes while the engine is warm. The carb requires a manual choke but the prior owner never had a choke cable installed. With that being the case I figured that maybe the choke was closing...

FBO parts came in yesterday. Because I have no patience when it comes to car parts I installed it around midnight after a late night at work. Had to drill out a mounting hole a bit to get it to match the firewall. Otherwise, it all went together well. Didn't get a chance to run the car till...

Moved the vacuum can from ported to manifold vacuum as per FBO Ignition's website. Didn't seem to do much but I'm sure it'll be feel-able on the road should the car ever actually get on one. Finally picked up a timing light from Harbor Freight. Found the timing mark on the balancer and put...

Haven't had a chance to do much with the ignition problem lately. Took the time to start cleaning up the paint some. Paint from the doors forward is starting to oxidize but it serviceable until I can get around to a decent paint job. Rear quarters and trunk will need a respray to look decent...

Yep. Normally it would be a four post to match a stock 5 pin ecu. At some point, this car got a 4 pin ecu. Looks like a typical Summit replacement. So now it's a two post. If I'm understanding what I've read about 5 to 4 pin swaps, it should be ok.

Did some messing around with the ignition components. Took some voltage readings at the coil (pos to neg post). Key on - 4.3-4.5 Running - 4.5-4.8 Cranking - 6.75 Occasional stumble at idle From what I've read, those readings are all on the low side (apparently I should be getting somewhere...

The adapter is definitely not necessary. Looks like a regular filter would attach to the block and clear the headers just fine. I'd like to get rid of it but, as I understand it, there's a required metal plate and a gasket or two that is now missing due to adapter use. I don't have big block...

Got the oil changed the other day. Went out and picked up a new filter and fresh oil. GTX 10w-30, same as I use in the Cougar. Lifted the front end a bit and drained the oil. Everything was going smoothly... Until I tried to remove the old filter. With the 90 degree adapter I couldn't get both...

Definitely a keeper. I've had a desire to pick up a B-body ever since I saw the Charger on tv in Burn Notice. I prefer the loop bumper Plymouths but those proved too often to be out of my reach both in distance and price. I'm quite happy with the 74, though, even with the less ideal suspension...

A week or two back I picked up a 74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring that had been turned into a Roadrunner clone. The owner was planning on restoring the car but that never happened. I know very little of the cars history, only that it's been sitting in a barn for the last 5 years or so and driven...

I put a new resistor in and the car started right up. No long cranking or pumping extra gas. I was hopeful for a while. Unfortunately, just as before, after warming up the car shut off. The car will crank no problem but won't start. Crank it long enough and you can smell fuel. So, the engine...

So, definitely an electronic distributor. Oddly enough I'm getting spark now, though the car still won't run. Holding the large coil wire next to the main distributor cap terminal shows a good spark going to the distributor. And now I am getting spark to the plugs too. At first crank, the engine...

I was about to say "I checked" but thinking back on it I don't think I did it right. I'll test it later today and report back. As for the ballast, sounds I'll go ahead and pick up a couple regardless of the part at fault.

I don't know. I'm not familiar with the Mopar electric ignition system. I'll have to check later. I'm thinking that an electronic unit won't have points? Should be easy to check if so.

Hello all. I recently picked up a Satellite Sebring that was turned into a Roadrunner clone. It's a 318 car with a column-shift 3 speed auto, nothing special. It used to be a blue on blue car but the exterior is black with a black 3/4 vinyl top, a good look I think. The 318 is lightly modded...