What did you do to your Mopar today?

[67 Mopar]

Just waiting on new brake hoses from NAPA now... the rest is done and ready to roll.
It'll be nice having the old 90 Dodge/Cummins W250 back on the road again.

 

[1970RT]

Rev2 Rockers

David

 

[SSSN8KE]

Cleaned her up today then going for a ride. I'm going to test fit the new car I got this week. I hate to say "hibernation" will be here soon <sigh>

 

[themechanic]

I installed the front bumper and turn signals then took it to 7-11 for a full tank of 91 octane no ethanol gas. First drive in about 2 years or so.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Getting her ready to burn some premium tomorrow. I think she is ready.

 

[themechanic]

I bought LED bulbs for the interior, front turn signals, tag light and backup lights. I installed the interior lights today.

The car has been backfiring out the exhaust for a while now and running like crap. I found a cracked plug wire boot on cylinder #7. I have a 440 with 2" TTI ceramic coated headers. The wires are FireCore50 Pro-Fit OEM 8.5m.

 

[Top Banana]

Today I changed my idler arm in my 71 Charger. Simple install and made a big difference in the steering. New member here and love this site!!!

Thanks to everyone again!!!

 

[mr. b]

welded the left rear window corner and deck filler on the road runner

 

[khryslerkid]

Getting her ready to burn some premium tomorrow. I think she is ready.

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I'll take her out for you!

Looks real nice, my favorite Plymouth

 

[themechanic]

Last night I ordered some Accel Extreme 9000 ceramic boot plug wires part # 9045C. All the reviews I read say they solved the problem with header heat. We shall see.

 

[beanhead]

Last night I ordered some Accel Extreme 9000 ceramic boot plug wires part # 9045C. All the reviews I read say they solved the problem with header heat. We shall see.

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I've used those; they are pretty much impervious to heat and I never had one crack..but, I was also able to position them so they never actually touched the headers. As I recall the only drawback was, they could be a little more finicky to snap on or take off, just because the boot isn't flexible..but that's no big deal.

 

[themechanic]

I've used those; they are pretty much impervious to heat and I never had one crack..but, I was also able to position them so they never actually touched the headers. As I recall the only drawback was, they could be a little more finicky to snap on or take off, just because the boot isn't flexible..but that's no big deal.

There's an installation video saying to put a dob of dielectric grease on the tip of each spark plug before snapping the boots onto the plugs. I'll try it.

 

[themechanic]

I saw that the front parking light lenses had small cracks. So, I searched pricing and ended up ordering the whole assembly from Van's eBay store since I need the lenses, gaskets and the little rubber bumpers that go on the bottom against the bumper.

Lenses $45 (for some reason they are much more on many other online retailers) vs $120 for the assemblies.

Mine oems will be going up for sale soon.

 

[beanhead]

There's an installation video saying to put a dob of dielectric grease on the tip of each spark plug before snapping the boots onto the plugs. I'll try it.

For sure. I smear it on the plug's ceramic, even with rubber plug boots. With those accels, it's just that you can't really wiggle them. A trick that helped me was centering the plug terminal in the boot first with a skinny pair of needlenose pliers.

 

[Paul Boucher]

Installed new valve covers today.

 

[themechanic]

I installed new plugs and a temporary plug wire on #7 (see post #7266 above) because I'm too impatient to wait until the new plug wire set arrives to drive it. Perfect day for a drive; cool temps in the low 60s. I may have opened up the secondaries a few times with my great nephew along for the ride just to blow out the cobwebs as it's been sitting in the garage for years.

He and I will still be smiling as we say our evening prayers.

 

[67 Mopar]

Montana is back on all fours again now after replacing the bad U-Joint in the drivers side steering knuckle. Of course, while I was at it I swapped everything else out for new from the King Pins to the Rotors and Calipers. I bedded in the new pads and rotors this morning and took him out for a test drive. The Cummins was purring like a kitten, and those recent pesky steering issues are now history. I deserve a beer... just as soon as I get off work.

 

[vintage chromoly]

More progress on the Dart.
Shell is cleared.

 

[vintage chromoly]

Deck lid, hood, door insides, rear wheels, and some misc stuff is in base. Clear tomorrow.

 

[Basket case]

get it done in time for ODOT to bring our driving season to a screeching halt.