SonOfaTomP
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these? or the older boxy ones?
Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)
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these? or the older boxy ones?
Ash_Whole
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i think the older ones, not sure, buddies have done them on cherokee's to get rid of the 8.25
Mikes5thAve
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What's wrong with the one it has?
SonOfaTomP
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thinking more about my my civ 88 Gran Fury. whines a lot, more than usual. i will always like the wooooooo sound these cars make but on the Plymouth especially it's getting loud. worn bearings
might be nice to upgrade the civ car if the upgrade is cost effective. i know 8 3/4 been going for big money these days. civ m's have 7 1/4?
silly question. i heard the 8 1/4 and up give you better "highway gears". maybe give me a few MPG? will you in turn loose some around town MPG? is that all BS?
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Mikes5thAve
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The different gearing would probably get you a bit better in the city and worse on the highway but how much depends on what the new ratio is.
It seems like a lot of 89 civilian cars also had 8.25 axle and other then the early years you never saw that in them.
SonOfaTomP
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It's been a long time. work and life has been getting in the way. but the old boy is still here.
he's been running pretty good. currently i've been sorting out the wiring mess this car has. someone put a subwoofer in this car and there is no reason to have this many wires in here. holy moly.
he's blown coolant hoses on me twice. but once was my fault because i had put a heater hose on that was too long and got eaten up by the belts. still leaks oil but i've narrowed it down to the driver's side valve cover. other than that not much going on except me going back and forth to work.
i got my money back from safelite. now i'm asking myself if i trust this car to go to Northern Virginia where i found a shop that has Diplomat glass.
he's been running pretty good. currently i've been sorting out the wiring mess this car has. someone put a subwoofer in this car and there is no reason to have this many wires in here. holy moly.
he's blown coolant hoses on me twice. but once was my fault because i had put a heater hose on that was too long and got eaten up by the belts. still leaks oil but i've narrowed it down to the driver's side valve cover. other than that not much going on except me going back and forth to work.
i got my money back from safelite. now i'm asking myself if i trust this car to go to Northern Virginia where i found a shop that has Diplomat glass.
AMC Diplomat
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glad you got your money back from those crooks!
