Recent content by BudW

Any news on this? Mechanical fuel pumps are either good ... or bad. Vapor lock is a valid possibility (heat is vaporizing the fuel before (or inside) the carburetor). The in-take fuel strainer/filter can be a cause if mostly stopped up. It will not act up as long as fuel flow is less than...

you do not have to use compressed air, to change valve seals. It can be done using rope. Snake several feet of rope (any kind) into the spark plug hole of cylinder you are working on, then rotate piston up until you get a little resistance (going towards TDC, going either direction). Remove...

The grease in the door latches gets rock hard over the years. I have 3 door latches on my Fifth Ave that are sticky/hard to open because of the hardened grease. You will need to get an Impact Screwdriver (as shown, above) to remove those screws or YOU WILL tear up the screws. Once you get...

Adding power locks and/or power windows is doable - but you do need a parts car and requires a lot of teardown/re-assembly to get installed. If you have the interior and dash removed (and access to parts), i would recommend going for it. If you have no plans on removing vehicle interior...

Chrysler used build sheets for a long time after the end of FMJ's. When a car was going to be built, the assembly line would print off a single build sheet, but print it in muliple departments at once. Seat department would a sheet, Dash department would get one, engine department, and so on...

Are you looking for Factory Fuel Injected parts or "converted to carburetor" parts? I do not have either, but was thinking some clarification might be helpful to your search. BudW

I was 3 at the time. Family watched it in black n white TV

On ANY vehicle that has Air Conditioning, that also has a wet floorboard – feel the floor after a drive. If the floor is cold, then the A/C drain is not draining. If the floor is hot/warm, then most likely it is the heater core leaking. Bugs and other “stuff” (leaves,dirt and/or bug dirt) can...

Do you have the caps for the wheels?

Five years ago, I bought some steel stock and gasket material to make block-off plates (and gaskets), for about 20 block-off plate kits - but the project got deeply buried in my garage - so something to do on another day (or year...).

Actually Fel-Pro makes the gasket - BUT it is only available as part of a head gasket kit - so, yea (sigh). BudW

Can you re-phrase that. I'm not exactly sure what the question is, exactly.

Unfortunately, I stopped paying attention as to the break-years, so can't give a good answer to that, EXCEPT: If you are looking at a transmission without a speedometer gear hole, it most likely will not work for you (for more than the obvious reason). Now a person might be able to reuse your...

My '77 has what @Aspen500 refers to pulse air. Chrysler calls it an aspirator valve. The valve blocks off the exhaust pulse then opens with the exhaust suction, allowing fresh air into the exhaust. It uses the hose that attaches to bottom side of air cleaner (which is VERY noisy when...

I both sorta like the Chrysler new transmission numbering system on one hand and on another, it can be confusing. The (automatic) transmissions that originally came in FMJ's are: A727, A904, A998 and A999. Of the last three, the A904 is light duty - and phased out/last used behind a 318 in '78...