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For several years I've been looking for an old timey keychain for my Cacharro. I had an eBay search saved for Thayer Motor Co., the long defunct dealership in Clearwater, FL where the car was originally sold. I've only ever been able to find a matchbook, not a keychain. So, I broadened my search...

I posted about this before but haven't been able to resolve it. Here's the situation. Car cold-starts perfectly. I drive it for a while and after about 30 mins I'll pull up to a stop sign or red light and it will stall. Engine temperature is not HOT but warm, normal. Restarting is difficult and...

Hi fellers, I'm thinking about chucking my 14" wheels for 15" wheels. For one thing it's getting harder and harder to find 14" tires. For another my wheels are in pretty bad shape. Wheel covers won't stay on tight, I have to constantly nudge them back into place to keep them from working their...

I recently replaced all the bulbs in the car (except the ones in the dash) with LEDs. I also did some other work on the car that required me to do some wiring. Now, when I start the car, as I turn the ignition key, the dome light turns on momentarily. I don't remember if it did this before. Of...

Hey guys, 318 Poly. 66 Polara. Just curious about this vacuum port on the intake manifold. The pic is from my old manifold, which I replaced with one suitable with my new 4-bbl carburetor. The "new" manifold has this port as well. I'm away from the car for the moment. I believe the vacuum line...

318 Poly, New Edelbrock 4-barrel. I know it's normal for RPM to be a little higher when idling in Park or Neutral, vs. Drive. The question is what governs this? What actually makes the RPM go down in drive. Is it just a matter of the transmission engaging and slowing the engine down? Is there...

What's the disc thing on top of this distributor for. I assume it's for certain applications but what are they?

Didn't know whether to post this under electric or engine. Could be either. Here's the situation. I recently replaced water pump, intake manifold and carburetor (upgraded to 4 BBL) on my 66 Polara 318 Poly. When I got everything back together it wouldn't start. Turns out the Florida moisture...

I recently swapped the intake manifold on my 318 Poly to go from a 2-BBL to a 4-BBL carburetor. Pardon me for not knowing the exact terminology but I noticed that in the cavity where the water and coolant passes through the heads that there's a thin metal rod (about the diameter of wire clothes...

Vehicle: 1966 Dodge Polara with 318 Poly Engine. Problem: Car wont start. Turns over but no electricity getting to the spark plugs using a spark plug testing light. Additional Background: Car was running on Thursday after intake manifold/Carburetor install. Because I had coolant in the oil and...

I removed the intake manifold to change the gaskets (I have another thread about coolant in my oil after manifold swap on my 318 Poly). I was scraping some of the sealant off the head with my cheap hobo freight scraper (see picture) when I dropped the plastic cap/cover down the lifter valley...

Hi guys, I just completed an intake manifold swap on my 66 Polara with a 318 Poly. The purpose was to go from a 2-BBL to a 4-BBL carb. I just ran the engine to tune the carburetor and checked the oil afterwards. The oil was brown and tasted of coolant. I have some questions, but first a little...

Long time, no see guys. I've got an issue with the headlights on my 66 polara 318 poly. The other day turned them on and they seemed to short out. Tail lights are fine. When I push the high beam floor pedal, all four come on. As a temporary fix I've disconnected the two on the inside. Wondering...

1966 Polara, 318 Poly. At least one of the bolts intended to fasten the exhaust pipe to exhaust manifold flange has vibrated off and is nowhere to be found. Anyone know what size, thread and length these bolts are? Video here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BGU5buA1ADRUFx317

I searched the forum and found one thread about this but didn't get a definitive answer to my particular question. 66 Polara with a 318 Poly. I checked my plugs yesterday and the ones closest to the firewall on both sides were fouled with oil around the threads and the ceramic. What's causing...

Anyone know where I can get ahold of a pulley for my 66 Polara 318 Poly with AC? I found a shop called Damper Dudes that will refurbish mine, but my car is my daily driver and I don't want to have it out of commission for a week. Just got it back after a week in the shop for shocks, bushings and...

Hi folks, long time no see. I've decided that I'm finally going to convert my 66 Polara with a 318 Poly engine to a 4bbl carb set-up. My rationale, in case you're interested (though I've made up my mind) is that my mileage already sucks, so a little more fuel consumption isn't going to bother...

So, I just got my 66 Polara 318 Poly back from the shop. They replaced the evaporator with a unit from original air. Now the blower seems to be blowing much less powerfully than before (on all three settings: low, medium). Any ideas? Faulty install? Something electrical?

Hi guys, I'm looking for an inexpensive solution to monitor RPM while adjusting my carburetor. I'm not looking to install a permanent tachometer in the dash. There's a bunch of inexpensive tach/hour meters that are wired to a spark plug on Amazon. The biggest complaints I see in the reviews...

A couple of weeks ago I had starting problems. Turned out the MSD distributor had gone bad. Was under warranty and the guys at the shop replaced it for free. Everything was running fine until today. I keep the car at my office garage, two blocks from where I live. I started it and began to make...