What did you do to your Mopar today?

[icetech]

Checked my intermediate shaft (I run a roller cam in my 500 CI stroker based on a 400 block).

Left is new (but has assembly lube on it) and right was in my car. It might be hard to see in the picture, but it's time to replace it.

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Just curious.. how long did it last? I have never run one til this motor and worry bout it..

 

[71SandbugCharger]

Tried to find the screws and electrical posts for this in my build boxes! I've lost or temporarily lost them. Got a little more organized in the project build pieces!

 

[junior340]

Spent the day yesterday at something new to me
I was approached a few months back requesting I enter my car at this event .
After some discussion with my wife , we decided to give it a shot
2025 Western Spring Nationals/Grand National – Tucson, AZ – AACA – Antique Automobile Club of America



I decided to enter a local event for the AACA club aaca.org
Its close enough I could sleep in my own bed.

And was something I decided to do to see how my car was viewed by an actual judging staff / team
After talking to the judging team captain, he said the only real deductions were the radial tires ( I will send in to get a copy or the scoring sheet in the next few weeks )

We came home with a Junior 1st . And I was quite suprised / elated to say the least

I told said team captain, I had virtually little to no interest in going after something higher / more

Ps, there was a really, REALLY nice / very cool little Valiant wagon there.

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Awesome day!!!

 

[Triplegreen500]

Replaced a bent steering sleeve on her Wrangler today. Something dinged it hard enough it had the wheels toed in probably at least 3 degrees - it was SUPER twitchy. Straightened the old one in the vise and set the new assembly (sleeve and 2 tie rod ends) to match it's (straight) length, put it together, test drive....MUCH better. Might not be 100% "right"...but definitely closer than it was. Added bonus? The steering "CLUNK!" is gone too. Apparently one of the old tie rods was also shot.

I also lowered the skid plate 1/2", to space it away from the frame and help keep it all from rusting. All the TJ/LJ jeep frames rust in the middle at the skid plate because that joint holds ALL the moisture. Space em a half inch, and it has room to dry out. On my non-lifted TJ, I spaced the trans mount back up so my angles stayed the same. On hers, with a 3" lift, I let it drop the 1/2" for a better angle on the (16" long!) driveshaft.

And I wired up the DRL rings on the headlights.

And wired the aftermarket driving lights so they're triggered by the high beams, and not just wired to the battery.

And put 2" lift blocks on the driver's seat (Michelle is....stumpy).

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Went to town to buy some bits, website said they were open.
They were closed. Will go again tomorrow. But I did get to meet the bike mob early on. Some sharp looking modern bikes, and some old ones. A cool looking Vet Stingray was there. Doug had me open the oil filter and inspect. Looked okay to me.

 

[autoxcuda]

My car in Hemi Survivor tent at Spring Fling

 

[AR67GTX]

Completed going back to stock wheel look on the 66 Satellite.

Beautiful weekend so took both the 66 and the 67 out for a spin on Sunday.

 

[HawkRod]

Just curious.. how long did it last? I have never run one til this motor and worry bout it..

I don't know. @qkcuda had it before me. Then I put around 3500 miles on it. So it is 3500 plus whatever Dave had.

 

[icetech]

I don't know. @qkcuda had it before me. Then I put around 3500 miles on it. So it is 3500 plus whatever Dave had.

ah ok... that's like 10 years for me then.. i was afraid it's gonna be like 6 months

 

[qkcuda]

I originally built the engine in 2009, and I sold the car in 2019, so I ran it for 10 years. I had replaced the bronze gear once. The car did not see a lot of long trips (mostly 1/4 mile at a time), so I probably only put on 1000 or 2000 miles per year. Likely I changed the gear closer to when I sold the car.

 

[icetech]

I originally built the engine in 2009, and I sold the car in 2019, so I ran it for 10 years. I had replaced the bronze gear once. The car did not see a lot of long trips (mostly 1/4 mile at a time), so I probably only put on 1000 or 2000 miles per year. Likely I changed the gear closer to when I sold the car.

Thanks QK, makes me feel better

 

[qkcuda]

I just checked my pictures and apparently I changed to the Edelbrock heads in 2014, so likely I swapped the bronze gear when I had it apart, which would have been 5 years of limited mileage.

 

[moparwacko]

Worked on the other Mopar. 2013 Jeep Wrangler, replaced front calipers, rotors and pads. Went on the precursor road trip, then ended up replacing both front brake hoses. All better now.
As a side note, the Holt vacuum bleeder thingy from Harbor Freight works beautifully. I used it prior to this to just bleed brakes on my Son's car, but the Wranglers fluid looked suspicious. It took less than an hour to change all the fluid and bleed all four.