Recent content by 72polarbear

a few weeks ago I drove the car and I got some smoke but complete forgot to go into why and it turns out brake fluid is leaking right onto my exhaust so thank goodness I got home safe but defined do not want to drive it until it’s fixed or changed out completely it looks to come from where the...

I’d like to know more regarding this as it seems to be nice just to make my life better in the future.

Changed out my bleeders right before this photo, resorted to channel locks and vice grips

Those photos are of the calipers that are on my car right now. Are those not cbody calipers?

Looking to replace my front caliper if possible. Not really sure on how to read for part numbers so I included photos of what I assume them to be.(first is passenger side and second is driver side. The rest are just photos of how it looks like with the two pins) I’ve seen a few of them online...

Practicing magician of putting my car away on jackstands and never seeing it again.

Update: got the hardware and installed it by getting a little creative with a grinder. The door was all opened up and cut as the sheet metal was used to fix up the previous owners bondo work. As for installation I really didn’t want to take apart the doors and drop the windows so I slid the...

I have a 1972 polara with the passenger side missing one of the rollers which leaves to swing side to side. I have a 4 door parts car that I want to take the roller from but after getting the front disc to turn it doesn’t feel like it’s getting loose. Is there a specific way to remove them or...

I’ve been wanting to finish up the interior on my 72 polara for some time now but I want to finish the doors by getting all of the rubber weather trim or whatever else Is needed so as little water as possible gets in the doors since I really don’t want trapped water to start causing rust inside...

putting a 392 scat into a new yorker

Currently falling through a rabbit hole trying to diagnose why the passenger side front brake was smoking after a drive home. At first I realized that the eBay rotors I bought were rubbing and grinding itself against the ring around the spindle so after ordering the proper ones from oreilys and...

Looking for the window roller hardware. I just keep finding stuff for e body’s and whatnot. Does anyone know where to source a set?

It’s the one with the black rod going to right on top

Any idea where to start or where to find a linkage set up?

After driving fine all day when I was parking it, it would idle way higher than before. Once turned off and back on the idle speed would just climb up to 1k when it used to be 400. The previous owners did leave a mess of washers and welds but I can’t find any part where It might get snagged.