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  1. Fast Eddie B

    Parking brake holding up hill only!?!

    I have a 60 Plymouth with the push button trans and parking brake on the rear of the transmission. On very gentle inclines, it is holding pointing downhill, but no holding when pointing uphill. Brake has no effect. Pretty odd. is it just a matter of needing to keep tightening it? I think I...
  2. Fast Eddie B

    77 727 linkage adjustment

    New carb is in. Everything more or less fit even with the spacer on the carb, but the shift points are off. Mostly delayed shifting up. I am guessing it is this piece right here that at idle appears firm against the stop. I have no idea how transmissions shift themselves let alone how to...
  3. Fast Eddie B

    I realized today that I don’t like my wagon.

    I don’t drive it because it starts soooo hard warm that I don’t want to go anywhere and shut it off. 77 T&C. 440. 107k miles. Ignition all tuned and recent. New fuel pump (just in case) Rebuilt TQ -professional from a real good carb shop. Starts first crank cold. Runs like a top. Smooth. No...
  4. Fast Eddie B

    Problems with valve lash on rebuilt 318 poly

    motor was out and rebuilt. Reinstalled. Everything working. Sounded like it needed the valves adjusted. Rattling a lot. Pulled a valve cover. Went to adjust them, but I can’t. Most of the pushrods are loose and I have no room on the adjusting screw to tighten them up. The problem had been...
  5. Fast Eddie B

    What is the order for reinstalling the engine?

    Started by taking out the trans. Then the motor, then the radiator and mount... then disassembled the firewall... I will get the engine bay painted this weekend, what order does everything go back? I was thinking to reassemble the firewall, then put the trans on the motor, exhaust manifolds...
  6. Fast Eddie B

    How do you spot a bad motor mount?

    i pulled the engine on my 60 Fury this weekend and thought I would just replace the motor mounts, until I saw the price. These are 'Floating Power' mounts and a couple hundred bucks each. Probably original. 100k actual miles. One seems solid throughout all contact with metal. One is separating...
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