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  1. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Damn.. .I'd say the kid got a good car from what I see!
  2. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Brakes adjusted tight? Also, were the shoes "glazed" over? Can't remember if you did new shoes/drums. If I do new shoes, I usually break the glaze on the drum with sandpaper
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    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Can you out put it on coasters and park it sideways? Your garage is WAYY bigger than mine, lucky!
  4. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Btw how does your steering ragjoint look? Mine was torn, in the mix of using the land rover one right now
  5. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    I was talking about brake hoses/hard pedal
  6. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Could be bad hoses if you didn't replace also
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    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    This is the best way I've always tuned, give it a shot?? 1. Set timing, 34 total @ 2500?? Where ever it falls, this will put initial to probably around 12 2. Get dwell meter, set to spec 3. Turn idle screws out 2 turns. Turn idle down to spec. ( 600 ish)? 4. Hook up vac gauge to manifold vac...
  8. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Ugh.. that sucks
  9. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Yes it does, I've probably only got 15 miles on it so far, rides/drives great so far. Tow truck driver had problems winching it because of weight
  10. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Good to know, the joint was totally siezed, I'll take a look at drive angle
  11. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Yeah, I just did the bypass too CHANGE the ujoints! Just blew my front one without warning. I thought they always gave a warning, it didn't
  12. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    I hope he's still working on it and it didn't blow up or something.... My 65 wagon is ready for a test drive, convinced the DMV to give me plates yesterday! They normally mail them, she came out to me
  13. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Remember abestous! ( sp) work wet with a mask, I rebuilt my fronts and replaced my rears
  14. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    No prob, always good to see someone saving these!
  15. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Put at tdc and check distributor rotor, see if pointing at #1
  16. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Compression check would let you know if your gonna be busy doing a timing chain...hope not
  17. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    You try putting a wire from the + coil to the battery to check that idea? Check ign timing/firing order too
  18. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Another thing to check, inspect battery cable by starter. I saw a crack in the insulation, turned out it was all corroded and insulation fell off on my 65
  19. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    Yes, vibration dampning I believe
  20. M

    '65 New Yorker bringing it back to life thread-

    You get it running again yet?
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