Recent content by cv300g

I used grease from a tube of Speedometer Lube made by Lubriplate. It was a clear lube. Not the yellow lube.

Thanks for your very detailed description. I'll have to wait for a warm weekend day to replace the speedometer head.

Thanks CBODY67 and Davea for your replies. All of this happen because I lubed the cable ? If what each of you saying is true , why does it spin freely and smoothly with a piece of cable in the drill. I will have to wait until a warmer day to investigate further.

The speedometer in my 62 300 Sport Convertible was working fine except that the needle was a little bit shaky. I disconnected the cable from the speedometer head, pulled out the cable and lubed it. To be sure the speedometer was not causing the shaky needle I slipped a short piece of speedometer...

Wouldn't broken rings show up as oil on the plugs ? All 8 plugs look normal and identical and not oil fouled.

That's my Red 1962 300 Sport Convertible with the 413 with the problem. I am restoring my Black 1961 300G. Soon ready to install the engine and transmission but that will be on hold until I get the other problem corrected.

I did pit a borescope camera in each cylinder and all the pistons look good. From what I could see the cylinder walls seemed normal. All spark plugs look normal and inentical. I am waiting for warmer weather to do more research / diagnosis. The leakdown tester that I will be using is the Snap-On...

Thanks to everyone that replied. In the fall of 2014 I had a blown head gasket and the heads were rebuilt , by a shop, that winter. When the pan gasket was off I found a piece of piston skirt in the pan and some copperish sludge(bearings). At that time I just put the heads on and ran the car in...

The engine is a 413.

On a recently rebuilt engine it started to blow smoke out of the oil breather cap. I did a Compression Test and No. 2 cylinder is 30 PSI and No. 5 is 40 PSI. All the other cylinders are from 120 to 135 PSI. I want to do a Cylinder Leakdown Test. I understand that you go from one cylinder to the...

I am converting my 62 Chrysler 300 Convertible, with a 413, to Pertronix Electronic Ignition. Its their kit number 71381A. Has anyone installed this in their Mopar? The instructions are not clear as to where to attach the Braided Bare Ground Wire. I photo of your installation would be...