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    65 New Yorker, first project car

    Good start! If problems seem to point towards the fuel pump itself, bear in mind that the camshaft driven pump push rod is prone to wear on these big blocks. Peeps have had issue with hardness on the replacements too. A good used original is the best bet if you should need one.
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    383 Intake install

    Not a one size fits all question. Fiber gaskets are often used with aluminum manifolds as John said. However, if machine work required cutting of heads, block, manifold or all, then you may have to have them. Best practice is to drop the manifold on with NO gasket or bathtub, then look...
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    65 New Yorker, first project car

    Lets start with this; what mechanical problems is it having?? Are there pics maybe and a general idea of the cars condition in the welcome section here?? Whatever you can tell us about the car will help. Welcome to the group!
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    Parts cleaners - Ultrasonic, vibratory & solvent-experience welcome.

    I use that psc-1000 from tsc now as well. I use to buy only Super Agitene because it was the least problem for your hands....not that you should get any of that stuff on your hands if you dont have to. Seems the price of Agitene and Super Agitene got quite hogh and i dont even know where to...
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    question on harmonic balancer

    If it looks good, and the timing mark at TDC is spot on, id leave it alone.
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    New Orleans Mopar show. March

    The B-bodies were well represented.
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    What is going on with my valve train?!?!?!?!

    What do the pushrods look like on top?? Who supplied them? Sizes match up??
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    Need help to ID broken wires

    Google Mymopar wiring diagrams.....the site hosts a whole bunch of mopar diagrams for specific car..... download the '72 diagrams....there are two within specific to the Imperial.
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    4 barrel swap 66 Newport

    Used, or brand new Torker? BB swaps are usually pretty easy, since you dont get into the cooling system. Just test fit and be wary of a manifold that may have been cut on. You may need one or even two sets of paper gaskets and i would leave the bathtub in place for initial fitment. Two...
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    Tight Thrust Bearing, Why ?

    Any pix or clues given from post #4 may help you (and us). That is a forged crank engine, or at least it has one in it now. Maybe pull the bearing shell you already have in hand off the cap and give us the info you find on the back of the shell?? Also, there may be a forging number stamped...
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    Tight Thrust Bearing, Why ?

    Did you check end play??? As-in you had none before starting to teardown?? You should be able to fit a feeler gauge in between each bearing shell and the crank. Both top and bottom shells have the same issue?? Also, if you put the crank back in without that #3 bearing, torque the other 4 caps...
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    Goldie will get her orginal heads reconditioned.

    Looking for the small oil port on the block, you'll see there is one on each bank of the block, which feeds oil up to the valve gear on each head. Looking for the adjoining holes in each head, you'll see there are two small holes in each head. The oil passages go to two ports on the heads...
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    Goldie will get her orginal heads reconditioned.

    I can see that one oil port is plugged on each head. Make sure that you either clean these passages out thouroghly or be sure to return them to the same side of the engine they came from. Don't assume that baking/soaking the heads will clean them out. Personally, I'm not sure I would go to...
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    No gears

    Agreed. You list two distinctly different issues that could explain your problem, and would not normally happen together by chance. Give us some background on the car and the two issues..... you drove to the gas station? Rusty car? Maybe the bolt broke on top of the shift lever??
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    Can I use a b-body gas tank on my C body?

    The sad truch is, if you don't buy stuff specifically for your cars, the vendors who make and sell stuff for your cars will become harder and harder to find. Which is already bad enough as-is.
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