Recent content by ruppster

First thing you need to check is to make sure it isn't over-charging the battery. Perform step #7 from my previous post.

Well, this afternoon I made an interesting discovery. Went up to my buddy's house in Brooksville to help him with front end repairs to his van today. While I was there I spent some time taking apart the driver's door on a 1981 Imperial parts car he's letting me store on his property. Turned out...

I believe it was the 255. Will have to check later on to be sure. I tried to get a pic of the two side by side but it didn't come out to well. I think the only real difference between the two is the spot where the rubber attaches to the spine is a little lower on the 256. If you still want to...

Okay, before I went to bed last night I was able to sneak away and play with the Imperial while the wife made dinner. It helped that her van needed an oil change so while the oil was draining I took the driver's door on the Imperial apart. And the answer to the question of the day is: yes it...

Okay, here's a few things to check with the multimeter. 1.) First make sure you have a good ground wire from the engine to the firewall. 2.) Then check the alternator housing for a ground stud. If it has one check the wire that's connected to it and make sure the other end of it is properly...

Short in the alternator? Do you have an ohm meter or multimeter?

Well, thought things were going to get better this morning because early today I checked the UPS tracking info and it had an interesting update from first thing this morning: 3:59 A.M. UPS will attempt delivery; package will not be transferred to...

Well, just wanted to update this as it's been a while. I ordered the stuff on the 16th and it wasn't shipped via UPS till the 26th. Since their warehouse isn't too far from us it was possible that it might be delivered today (their web site said deliver would be the 28th). Sure enough when I...

I was wondering the same thing last week and found a few threads that helped me. http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/showthread.php?494-Rear-Hub-to-Hub-dimensions http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/showthread.php?1653-Rearend-swap...

My Imperial has the same problem. One of their distribution hubs isn't too far from me. So I order a piece to try it out. Will post my findings when I get it and can compare it to what's on my car. That's if you are still interested in an answer to your original post. :)

Since I have several things I want to do to my Imperial I thought I would start a thread for it and update it as I go. First thing on the list was new rims. While the snowflake rims aren't bad I wanted something with a little more of a deep dish look. And since my goal was to use factory parts I...

Here are some pics of a few kits I built years ago. The first two are WWII Dodges and the third is a WWII halftrack, all 1/35th scale. I have a few more pics of them on my web site at http://www.dodge-semis.com/Models/. I still build them (I like everything from WWII airplanes to race cars to...

Oh I know that there are Saginaw(GM) parts already in the car. Just like how Chevy and Ford 4x4 trucks used New Process (Dodge) transfer cases (now called New Venture). I just want to keep it Mopar as much as possible and Dodge has a nice MPFI system on the 5.2L Magnum engines. Plus I like a...

Hi everyone, Long time Mopar owner but a couple of years ago I bought my an FMJ car. So I thought it was about time I joined the forum here as I have some ideas for a few mods and have many questions. First off let me introduce the car that started my trip here. It's a 1981 Imperial...