Recent content by jerrysdustydog

I purchased the car from the original owner! Car spent most of it's life in California and then it's owner moved to St George, Utah. It had been raced on the drag strip for some time with a dual quad on the 383 Magnum. Niels, I sent you a few 'before' photos and have more info when you email me...

Sent you an email Niels! Hope you are enjoying the car!

I guess no 4 speed tranny gurus on this site???

Well, I finally got to take the '68 Roadrunner to a show, some 50 miles away. Got half way there, then a slight vibration began. Within a half mile, had to stop. It appears that the bushing? in the tail housing failed. Tail housing got so hot it burned off the paint. Have not torn down yet, but...

Bob, I am going to have to dig into this a bit. No, the engine does not sound "right", also has no power to speak of. I need a real Mopar guy to help with tuning, and it might just be the cam is off as you stated. Did drive the car 6 miles into town (Williams) last weekend, tends to run hot at...

OK, now I'm really confused, I marked the tire rolled the car forward and counted the revolutions of the drive shaft. I did it twice just to be sure, but it came out just over 4 complete revolutions of the drive shaft for one complete revolution of the wheel/tire. This goes along with what the...

Looks like I have found the problem. I jacked up one side of the rear, rotated the wheel 1 revolution and the drive shaft turned 2 1/4 times. Yeah, no wonder I had problems taking off.

Yeah, tag is long gone. This car came with a 3.23 sure grip originally, was changed to an A-body 391 sure grip at some point for the track use with wrinkle tires, and when I got it, someone had put a open diff. rear in it. Yeah I will check it out closer this time. thanks!

No John, it's definately not 3rd, the shifting sequence feels right once you go through the gears (all 4) with each shift dropping the rpms as they should, just not near low enough in 1st. I know the original owner used to run a different rear end at the track, and who knows what has been done...

I need some feedback from original roadrunner owners with the A833 tranny. I believe I have a 491 8 3/4, but not a sure grip. As some of you know, I just got all my issues resolved and got to drive the car finally. I have only put 6 or 8 miles on it, but have noticed that first gear feels alot...

Well, got it done. Found the front bearing retainer was cracked. Some crackhead tightened the bolts too tight without a gasket (part of the problem). Found a good retainer in Arizona, 20 miles from home the same day. Got a new seal and gasket installed and wallaaa. No more leak. Thanks guys for...

Finally got the transmission problems corrected and finished hooking up the Z bar and linkage. Nice to finally get to drive it. Still needs lots of tuning on the carburetor and timing, for it doesn't run as good as it should. Still nice just to get it on the road. Thanks for all your help and...

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Finally got the '68 out in the sun for some photos to see what it looks like in the sun. No I have not color sanded and buffed the paint yet. Doesn't look to bad for no paint booth!