Recent content by pops1969RR

Welcome. I'm partial to the 69 B5 look myself...

My right tail light was receiving 8 to 9 volts several weeks ago. After I ruled out a grounding problem I traced the wires back and found some corrosion in the wiring harness connector behind the kick panel under the drivers side dash (near the emergency brake pedal). I pulled the connector...

Thats a good one, reminded me of a Tiger joke... A young man joined the circus to learn to become a tiger trainer. He worked under an old man who had trained tigers all his life. The old man told the young man, "When you think a tiger is going to attack you, grab the chair that is with you...

An update for those who might look back on this post in the future... I disconnected the cable at the speedometer and at the tranny, pulled the steel cable out of the plastic sheath, sprayed a lot of WD-40 white lithium grease through the sheath, put it back together, and it works as it...

After I get up to speeds over 30mph, my speedometer startsmaking racket and the needle bounces back and forth to 20+/- mph faster than I'm going. The noise sounds like the speedo cable is slipping in the socket, or the speedometer gears are jumping track. It doesn't always start at 30mph...

Wow 69hemibeep, our cars are almost twins. Mine is a 383 4 speed, AC, no power steering car. According to family recollection, mine had hubcaps that covered the full wheel, and the vents on the hood were not orange. Otherwise it's pretty much correct from when dad bought it on Jan 4...

Sure did...mom had the original sales receipt and we tracked the car down off of the VIN number.

Grew up listening to dad talk about the 69 Roadrunner he purchased new. We tried briefly to find it but could not. He has since passed away and I found his car and bought it from a really cool guy that gave it a rotisserie restoration about the time dad passed away.