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    Car won't crank, need help- ideas?

    Are the battery terminal posts AND the inside of the cable ends CLEAN from having been cleaned with a wire brush cleaner? They might look good, but actually have a thin layer of gunk between them. I used a meter and had voltage through them, but the relay would not click when the key was...
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    Disc brake conversion kits

    If you dig out some of the old road tests from back then, a big lot of drum brake cars had 0-60 stopping distances of (generally) about 130'. Some got down to a bit under 120'.CAR AND DRIVER used 0-70mph, which resulted in longer distances. NO ABS, other than the driver's left foot. That...
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    Battery or Alternator?

    The old points-style voltage regulators were supposed to be set for 13.2volts when running, with the ambient air around the regulator at 80 degrees F or so. Unless you want to buy a battery, get a battery charger and fully charge the battery. If you need to remove it and take it inside (or on...
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    66 300 replacement gas tank

    REmove tailpipes? Did somebody run the duals UNDER the tank??? All things considered, look at the Spectra Premium website for the part number and application. Don't worry about the price on the website, just use that part number to shop price from other vendors for what should be the same...
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    Disc brake conversion kits

    Finding and using used factory disc brake parts, competently rebuilt, will provide a much more ROBUST braking system than ANY aftermarket kit. Check other threads in here for what to look for/get. The ONE plus for Wilwood is their longevity in business. I remember when they first appeared on...
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    65 New Yorker, first project car

    By observation, Chrysler was NOT known for putting out vehicles with brakes which were not up to the weight of the car. They were very good back then and no reason for them not to be similar again. Like any car back then, you had to try to not lock-up any wheel when stopping. But this was a...
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    Heater cable routed wrong or just short?

    The earlier vacuum-modulated water valves were plastic, although the replacement industry had some metal versions. The cable-operated valves were all metal. What I did on our '72 was to move the heat lever just past the click and reset the water valve to closed, with the heat lever in that...
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    Heater cable routed wrong or just short?

    On our '72 Newport Royal, the Chrysler service manager explained the heater water valve cable routing, which is different than prior body series cars. He noted that the cable was a two-piece cable. This was needed as there was now an a/c compressor switch in the works. I had noticed that when...
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    Power Boost Break - Valve Cover

    The necessity of the clearance areas on the valve covers has to do with how the engine is installed at the factory on a UniBody car. On a frame car, the rolling chassis is on the conveyor as the body appears from above and is "dropped" onto the chassis. On the UB cars, the body is suspended on...
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    low vacuum 383

    Of course, with the vac advance on ported vacuum, that part is not advancing anything at idle, so it's all what the base timing is. At 2000rpm, though, it's fully operational and hopefully will be in the 18+" Hg at that speed. The base + centrifugal + vac advance should be in the range of 50...
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    4x10 dash speaker won’t fit

    The magnets might be small by modern standards, but they are BIG by the standard of when the car was built. Might need some countersunk-style screws to mount the speakers, rather than what is in there now? Some which are flatter that do not stick up so much. Is there a flange toward the lower...
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    low vacuum 383

    Intake manifold vac at idle is one thing. What is it at 2000rpm? What about if you advance the timing to 10 degrees BTDC or so? Miles on the motor? Hard to start?
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    Power Boost Break - Valve Cover

    Have you looked in the 1971 Factory Service Manual? Plymouth, Dodge, or Chrysler all should work. Do I see some aftermarket valve covers under the hood? Now we know why the factory painted valve covers had some clearance areas at their outside rear corners. CBODY67
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    dash bulb list?

    Usually, 194s work in all of the sockets. Make sure the locking ends on the sockets are NOT cracked. At least on my '70 Monaco. DO check the FSM, though. As generic as the sockets can be, there still ARE quality differences, from my experiences with the clock light on the Monaco. They are...
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    what is best size torque wrench to buy

    When I went "big time" and bought my first torque wrench in the 1980s, I looked at both types, the bending bar (which was the first type, from back in the 1960s) and the "clicker" (like everybody I knew had). I first used it on lug nuts, in a torque sequence. They were 1/2" drive, so I bought...
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