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That's exactly where I was going with my comment. Very important to have everything you need, and since this would be more of a mutation than a factory swap, I 100% agree that the easiest way to do this is with F-body components. Still, there's probably enough unofficial interchange between...

Harnesses should be there. But, you need the circuit breaker to power everything, so grab that from the fuse block. Access to front bolt on passenger side is through a flap in the cat heat shield. As far as room, yes, remove rear seat and seat back. Place new rear seat in place, put new...

Fakebook marketplace is full of thousands of F/M/J "restomods", unfinished projects, and unhappy results. The closer you can keep it to OEM, the better. Sorry, just the way it is. Chrysler barely supported these cars (and the R-bodies) while they were still in production. The aftermarket has...

Yep. 318 Magnum, swap intakes, bolt her up and go. 360 Magnum, you need the specific weight on the torque converter and a 3/4" nut (or equivalent) spacer for the left engine mount. Swap the intake, away you go. For either Magnum, you have to use an electric fuel pump off a relay. Those...

The ELE was the same old 318 flat tappet block they used from 1980 and up. No provision for rollers. Only reason I can think of that they didn't switch to a roller block for the ELE was cost, but the only "cost" involved was less power, for what was - by then - an obsolete engine. The ELA/ELD...

ELE engine is a non-roller block. Period. Use the newer Chrysler intake, unless you go with a carb that has a divorced choke, like the TQ. You can try to do this without pulling the pan, but I've never done it that way. If you're doing that much work to it, pull the pan and replace all the...

If nothing lines up (and it won't, guaranteed), there's a helluva lot more to it than just "hanging" parts.

They aren't a good choice for street/daily driving. The squads - even the current Durango and upcoming Charger Pursuit - don't use poly. They used a really hard rubber, which offered a little bit of elasticity at the limit, vs poly, which generally doesn't.

Anything is possible with a torch and a welder, but the A and F/M/J are completely different architectures. Nothing would bolt up.

My Durango is the same Red as my '79 St Regis E58.

For the record, M-body factory tire/rim sizes: 1980-83 Standard on 318 retail cars was 195/75R15, 5x6.5 rims Squads were 215/70R15 on 5x7JJ police steel 1984-89 Retail cars were 205/75R15 (not 205/70) on 5x7J solid steel Squads were still 215/70R15 Common practice, especially with state...

Oops. You're 100% correct. And I should definitely know better. AHV was taxi/SSV after 2008.

Relevant 1984+ Sales Code Conversions: A34 - AHV (taxi/SSV) A38 - AHB (Police) S16 - SBD (Police) Options were trimmed as model years went along. Also, almost without exception, AHB Pursuit models included the AHV/SSV package(s) as standard equipment. As I always note with Chrysler squads...

Somewhere in mid-1980, maybe beginning in 1981, they added some width to the rear ends, but a newer assembly will work just fine in an older car.

26", used in a lot of stuff, including pickups. Smaller rad was for Slant 6.

I have no idea how this thread popped up. Welcome to the Internet.

The 904 and 727 shared gearset ratios through (at least) 1980, and they were pretty tepid at 2.45/1.5/1.0. In 1981, the 904 family got the wider spread, although some trucks may have kept the older ratios. The nomenclature for the transmissions was all over the place. I had an '88 A999...

Definitely do not try to use it for cruise control. That's not what it was for. It was simply to raise up the idle speed a bit to accommodate extra electrical load and to assist with engine cooling.

The designations were switched up a little bit over the years, along with some other changes, and my advice from many years of experience: Here's the basic history - '81 - '83: A904 in all retail cars. 727 (36RH), all squads, all engines (Slant 6 and 318). These were all lock-ups. '84 - mid...

Be aware that today's performance shops will generally not have yesterday's mechanics working in them. Today's techs know almost nothing about F/M/J cars, except that they're from the "malaise" era. The FSM and copies of the '86 and '88 TSBs regarding alignment procedures are probably...

I always used a heavy 3/4" but as a spacer. Worked perfectly. Look in your junk drawer, it's in there, and the price is right.

4221979 - Stoplight switch w/o Cruise 4221980 - Stoplight switch with cruise I don't know where you could find the 4221980. Dealer search, Internet search. Most likely the boneyard.

Let's hope not. First thing to do is measure, measure, and measure. Get the FSM out and your trusty tape measure, and start with ride height, then measure pitman arm to idler arm (parallel to the ground), then measure the k-frame's mounting and everything else. Adjust the ride height and the...

There is no driveshaft bushing. That's the rear engine/transmission mount. Use the civilian version, not the police version. A heavy front vibration that's not from the tires or wheels, or any other front suspension/steering component is generally incorrect or insufficient caster (camber...

I already mentioned that, earlier in the thread. It can happen on the M-body, but these things have other issues that happen with a lot more frequency.