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Off Topic Discussion / Re: When did you last: Pull an...

Last post by b5blue - Yesterday at 02:28:58 PM

  Dog you don't know me. I even know how A/C works. (The exact system that has you mystified.) Matter of fact I can size pics to one meg and understand why the data is limited here.
  My Charger has been paying the bills not some pretty boy toy. I kept it running with little help and resent you talking out your butt.  So yea I was interested in what you ended up doing with the roached 440, not insulting.

#22

General Q&A / Re: build sheets and window st...

Last post by Charger jUNkiE - Yesterday at 02:25:31 PM

thank you sir.

#23

Off Topic Discussion / Re: When did you last: Pull an...

Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 01:36:50 PM

Hell yeah....
It is refreshing to see that there are still some guys that can and DO work on their cars here.

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General Q&A / Re: build sheets and window st...

Last post by John_Kunkel - Yesterday at 01:27:42 PM

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https://window-sticker.com/product/mopar-order-form/

#25

Car Guys Discussion / Re: Have you realized… ?

Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 01:15:42 PM

Oh, you misunderstood.
That isn't whining. That was stating opinion which could be interpreted as fact.
The Moparts site is failing and has been for awhile. Only a scant few sites have thrived and Moparts isn't one of them. Just like government, when the overlords push the people too far, they will respond and it won't bode well for management. You can enforce rules without being assholes about it. Police don't arrest people for driving 10 mph over the limit but there are moderators that choose to use a hammer when a simple email or private message would work instead.
Sponsors will see a drop off in site traffic when decent members quit logging on, then the ad revenue drops off.

#26

Off Topic Discussion / Re: When did you last: Pull an...

Last post by timmycharger - Yesterday at 01:12:50 PM

Fun! ill play..

Rotate the tires? Reupholster a seat? Rewire a car? Replace a fender? Paint a car?
Change torsion bars? Install new shocks? Flush the coolant? Tune up your car? Drive 100 miles in the classic?

Can't rotate the tires on my Charger as the rears are way too big for the front.

I rebuilt all 3 of my holley six pack carbs myself in 2001

I re upholstered the fronts/rears of my Charger back in 2017ish..

Re wired the car in 2016 or 2017 including the headlight relay upgrade and the bulkhead bypass (Nacho)

We painted the jambs/trunk area and engine bay in 2016 in my garage.

Changed out my torsion bars around 2020 (finally took out the 318 bars, currently making a knife out of one of them)

Shocks - while fixing my rear axle leaks, I saw I lost 1 lower shock nut and washer and the other side was finger tight! Repaired now (with loc tite)

Coolant - never flushed coolant in my life (including my son's 2000 300m my Dad had since new, 245k miles)

Tune up - played around with timing and jets 3 years ago when I went to the drag strip, have not touched since.

100 mile trip - when I went to the track 3 years ago lol

[clearly stated]

#27

Car Guys Discussion / Re: Have you realized… ?

Last post by John_Kunkel - Yesterday at 01:09:19 PM

Slow site traffic could be for other reasons....like validating insanity or pacifying weirdos.
Moparts used to be a great site but their draconian Moderators ruined the place.

IOW, they gave you numerous "time out's" and finally kicked you out for repeated violations of clearly stated rules. Want some cheese with your whine?

#28

Off Topic Discussion / Re: When did you last: Pull an...

Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 12:44:23 PM

THAT is your response to the question here?
It must be fair to say that you don't have the interest, the skills, the tools or the place to work on your car even if you have one?
At the core, this IS a car forum specifically dedicated to the Dodge Charger. That would mean that the members should be for people that have an interest in the cars and hopefully own one of them. Taking it further, it would really be great if the owners actually had their own hands on their own cars..
To answer the question though...
My second 440 threw a rod at around 850 miles after the rebuild. The #4 rod broke between the big and little end. The piston flew up and slammed into the head bending both valves, then it split the cylinder wall. The big end stayed on the crank journal. The block could be sleeved and saved. I still have it. There was nothing wrong with the build, it was a metal issue on a rod that failed. I've made mistakes and had setbacks but rarely have screwed up an engine build.
Every engine in my old cars have been rebuilt by me. None are wild or exotic. My red car just has a 4.15 stroke and a solid lifter cam but nothing wild like a roller cam, belt drive, electric water pump, turbo/blower/nitrous or anything like that.
Come on, guys....When have you changed a clutch, tuned a Holley with air bleeds, power valves and jets?

#29

Car Guys Discussion / Re: Have you realized… ?

Last post by 426HemiChick - Yesterday at 11:45:54 AM

I personally like driving my pos 91 Honda Prelude 4WS. The younger kids really like it and it's way more fun to drive than the charger or challenger ever were. Plus it pretty much infinitely repairable unlike my wife's 18 challenger T/A which will be obsolete in short order especially if the electronics start to go. On the plus side a 440 and 833 could be bashed in the challenger so there's that

Hi Frank,            19 May 2024
Forgot to mention the dealer took our Interceptor to the Smog shop for testing; she passed with flying colors. She now has an AZ title and an Arizona Navy Vet plate with the Hull number of the ship I spent the most time on. The new plate reads:  TAGS23

Miss the old gal, spent 5.5 years aboard her. She was declared "Unfit For Sea Duty" in 1975, three years after I left and then disposed of (meaning Scrapped) in 1977. Lots of fond memories.

Best Always
426 HC's

What kind of ship was it?

Hi LaOtto70Charger,          21 May 2024

Thanks for asking; she was a converted V2 cargo ship from WW II. In 1954 she was taken over by MSTS (Military Sea Transport Service), Later MSC (Military Sealift Command). At the time the project was so secret she was barely acknowledged publicly. When I received orders to her, no one at my current base had a clue as to what she was or did. Those orders sent me to an Army Base (Std procedure). When I walked into the post HQ the person I handed my orders to looked at them and said: "Your Navy, this is an Army post." A guy sitting way in the back of the office told him to send me back to him. He was the only one there that knew about our project.

He arranged a room for me and transportation to my ship when she came into port. We wore civilian attire and were expected to remain silent about our assignment.

Long story short, the project is no longer classified. It was a Black government project for the FBM Submarine program. We used a Multi-Beam Phased Array Sonar system to map the ocean bottom so the FBM Subs could safely navigate the seas without having to surface.

Most of the maps we created are still classified Top Secret and are still the best and most accurate maps ever produced of the oceans floor. I also have the distinction, shared by shipmates, of having swan directly over "Challenger Deep" located in the Marianas Trench; it's the deepest spot in the Pacific Ocean and the oceans of the world.

Dr. Robert Ballard convinced the Navy to loan him some of our maps so he could try to locate the Titanic. He found her right where our maps indicated she was lying on the ocean floor.

It was an honor and privilege to have served in this project. The folks selected for it were highly skilled Engineers and Technicians. Unlike most Navy ships, we wore civilian clothes, had staterooms, ate in a dining room, sat at tables, picked up a menu and ordered our meals from a waiter. Our food was served on dishes not trays. It was an Elite assignment and I am proud to have served in the program.

After my enlistment ended in December 1966 I received calls from General Instrument Corp offering me a job as an Engineer for assignment aboard one of the three ships in the program. As fate would have it, I was sent to my first ship USNS Michelson T-AGS 23. I spent four more years aboard her as a civilian DOD contract engineer.

I gave 8 years of my life to the NAVY; in return the NAVY gave me a Lifetime. I am thankful for the honor and trust they bestowed upon me; my selecting TAGS23 for my license plate is my small way of honoring the ships and crews that served in the program.

Hope this post doesn't offend this sites self assigned elite guardian: kern dog.

Thanks again for asking.

Best Always
Chris for the 426 HC's

#30

Interior / Aftermarket wood grain wheel

Last post by will - Yesterday at 11:03:30 AM

   I got a P&G Classic wood grain wheel and I have it ready to go on. The holes for mounting the horn button don't line up. Would I need to drill new holes or is there something I'm missing? Does the wood grain wheel get a different horn button? I have the horn button mounted to the adapter, no matter what I do it doesn't clock right on the wheel. The adapter will not land right on the wheel when I try to use the predrilled holes. BTW this is for a 68 Charger.