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    Carlisle Show

    Nice ride dude! So is the 'under the roof' admission by invite-only kind of a thing??? I've gone to shows where that's been the case...and this is the BIG-ONE...yeah?
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    DRIVE SHAFTS....

    I can't speak to the factory "how many would have had a balance weight" question, however you can get this one installed and do a quick check whether you've got a problem or not - and this won't require a test drive either. Put the rear axle on stands, tires off of the ground, put some...
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    FOR SALE 78 Volare Coupe Trim Pieces Free for Pickup

    Do you have the '78 Parts Book already where you can xref the M-body to F-body trim? I do not want to assume the scans you posted mean you do...and if you do not, I have a 1980 & 1981 books, but nothing prior for our rides.
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    360 Oil Filters ?

    That's a good point...but for what it's worth, when I used to run one I ported the snot out of those passages. All hard corners were removed, smoothed the bends, etc....hey, made my head hurt a little less!
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    360 Oil Filters ?

    SHOW OFF!!! BUT BUT...I have seen both, and hell ya, that's a slick (no pun intended, you know, oil, slippery...drummmroooollllll please....) setup!!!
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    360 Oil Filters ?

    Well, you could clock it upwards, meaning the filter actually drops-down onto the adapter...I think some of the factory thinking went along those lines seeing as there is a U-shaped cutout in the framerail on my coupe (which I have always seen in all the M-bodies I have owned) that would allow...
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    360 Oil Filters ?

    All WIX filters: 51335 2.483" by 3.660", 3/4-16 thread, by-pass valve 8-11 psi, drain-back valve, 280 psi burst pressure, 7-9 GPM Flow Rate, 21 micron 51085 3.836" by 3.660", 3/4-16 thread, by-pass valve 8-11 psi, drain-back valve, 340 psi burst pressure, 7-9 GPM Flow Rate, 21 micron 51085XP...
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    Leaf Spring Shackle - regular vs HD and sway bar combo

    Very nice insight on the torsion bar adjustment. I can certainly attest to the fact that the final-adjustment does in fact make a difference!
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    TOOLS - Air compressor oil...wow, that much of a difference?

    Yikes! I hope/take it no one was hurt? What was the root cause? Old tank and corrosion, or something more sudden?
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    TOOLS - Air compressor oil...wow, that much of a difference?

    Mike, That DeWalt oil was a Priness Auto purchase btw...easy!
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    TOOLS - Air compressor oil...wow, that much of a difference?

    So a few years back I picked up a used IronHorse 60gal compressor (Model# 6160V1 by WOOD Industries). Had some teething problems to start off with, embarrassed to admit it, but the price was a steal (too good to be true as it turned out) and seeing as the compressor switch (another missed...
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    Yeah, absolutely agree with this! Sure, you could patch it up with plastic stuff, but after a few years it'll come apart.
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    Leaf Spring Shackle - regular vs HD and sway bar combo

    I was going to post this in a separate thread, but seeing as I had already started this one (on the same topic) I figured I would just tack this on. So I have been looking at the overall ride height (at the back) of my Coupe, and really getting that thing about 1" lower would be nice. That in...
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    Rear leaf spring "tensioner"??

    So the weird part to me - which is what I have been thinking all along in this thread - is that I have never actually seen a set of F/J/M-body leaf springs that actually extend the shackle back so far that is hits the dead-stop bar! That would just seem like the leaf spring is too long...
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