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Recent content by taguy16

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    Aftermarket stereos for Road Runners?

    That sounds like a good idea but I'm too old school to know where to begin doing that, and my preference is always to keep things as simple as possible. I do like listening to classic rock radio stations while I drive, however. It's nice to have a tape or CD player for long road trips, but it's...
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    Aftermarket stereos for Road Runners?

    Are the aftermarket stereos that are available worth getting for Road Runners? For my '73 there's only three available: two from Custom Autosound and one from Retro Sound. These are just AM/FM stereo radios, but the more expensive CA stereo has a CD controller built into it I believe to control...
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    New Power Steering Pump for the Bird

    According to the people at the store the PS pumps are tested with ATF so that's why the one I got had some in it. I have no way of knowing the truth of that statement unfortunately. My 1973 Chrysler service manual says in the maintenance section to fill the PS pump with the power steering fluid...
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    New Power Steering Pump for the Bird

    Thanks. I got it at Auto Joes (otherwise known as autozone) so I don't know how much help they'll be since the people working there have never impressed me as knowing much about cars.
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    New Power Steering Pump for the Bird

    I just got a new power steering pump for my RR and it looks like there was automatic transmission fluid in it for some reason because red oily fluid drained out of it when I installed it. Is this what these things are assembled with nowadays or could this be a return that someone used auto...
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    Master Cylinder

    I had a big ordeal with getting my brakes to work with new master cylinders I got for it. What ended up doing to bleed the MC, instead of using the plastic plugs supplied with new MC nowadays I bench bled it the Chrysler way of running lines from the outlet ports of the MC back into the MC: you...
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    Throttle Cable Issue

    I'm having trouble getting the idle to stabilize in my '73 with a stock 400 engine that now is option free. I shortened the throttle return spring located in front of the Thermoquad carb. to give it plenty of tension but I'm still having trouble with the engine idle racing uncontrollably at...
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    ENGINE OIL...

    I use 10W-40 (whatever is reasonably priced) with STP oil treatment added to get the needed ZDDP. We have cold winters and hot summers where I live so the 10W-40 works well.
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    Which wiring harness brackets?

    I wasn't being snarky - just stating what I decided to do. I don't know why people are so terribly sensitive nowadays. Yes, this probably isn't the best forum for getting info on what I'm working on.
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    Which wiring harness brackets?

    I'll answer my own post since no one else will. I decided to go with the above style brackets/clips. Without the brake booster on the firewall the wiring seems to go in an awkward way if I try to use the single tree-like bracket that is used with the brake booster. The wiring takes a more...
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    Differential and new leaf spring's installed

    That's what I was thinking, too. My experience with new leaf springs is they always make the vehicle sit too high. They say they'll settle and bring the car down to the right height, but I put new leaf springs on my Firebird over 15 years ago and am still waiting for them to settle. I need to...
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    Starter Recommendation for stock 383

    I got mine rebuilt at the local auto electric shop, too. I also had the alternator done, too, by him. The guy we have doing this here in town is really good at it and my preference is to have him rebuild what I have rather than take my chances on something "rebuilt" from a parts store. I got...
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    WANTED Two Groove Later Style Crank Pulley

    Thanks, but as I mentioned above I found the two groove pulley I was looking for.
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    WANTED Two Groove Later Style Crank Pulley

    Like I mentioned the sad part is all the salvage yards around here have either crushed all their old cars or closed down altogether (the really good yard we had here in town did both). The yard I found the pulley at that is located a few miles out of town used to have a multitude of old cars...
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    WANTED Two Groove Later Style Crank Pulley

    That's a weird pulley set-up alright. It almost looks like something that someone concocted to be able to get rid of the A/C compressor without having to change out all the pulleys to the non-A/C ones. I wonder what went into putting that together. Well, I think I got lucky today. I drove out...
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