Recent content by Ecwv83

Thank you so much for the help! It is greatly appreciated. My wife inherited this car from her dad, I’m no mechanic by any means so the help is greatly appreciated.

Does the cable come with new seals and o rings? I feel like I have two problems, a leak and a melted cable.

Also, this is the 4 speed manual transmission

I reread your comment and looked at the car again. So you’re saying the fluid filled up in the cable from the transmission? That makes sense to me now. From reading it looks like there is an o ring and gasket behind the gear. Would you know the part number or terminology for me to find them? I...

Thanks guys, that’s a start. Now to figure out why it touched the exhaust and where the fluid came from

I have what looks like a braided line going from under the hood below the brake fluid reservoir down to the transmission that fell onto the truck exhaust and melted. When I took it out a couple weeks ago as I was pulling in the garage it stalled a couple times and I thought maybe it was the...

Lol thanks. We drive it every now and again to a local cruise in but usually just around the block and to gas it up every so often. When we take it out for gas we usually go get lunch or something and drive it a little longer.

Thanks guys! I do remember years ago him telling me he ran Castrol but I don’t know the weight. I will probably give 20/50 a try.

Thanks for everyone’s input. Honestly I’m not much of a car guy. I like to look at them but don’t really know what I’m looking at. I do want to keep the car up in the condition we received it and possibly have it restored later in life. Ranger, thanks for the detailed post. It helped a lot.

Thanks for the info! What harm does the starter fluid do? Just for future reference. Also what weight oil do you recommend?

hi, My wife inherited her dads 68 roadrunner. Cosmetically it’s a project but mechanically it’s pretty sound. We’ve had it a couple years and just take it around the block once a month or so just to keep it moving. The oil still looks pretty good but I figure it’s due for a change. I have no...