Two 67's
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Im In Wexford Bit of a Haul From 84 straight out 79
65 Polara Thread
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Hi Joe. Mark/Crazyboutwagons suggested I contact you regarding the LEEDs disc brake conversion kits. He said you used one on your Polara. He mentioned you had to do some tweaking? Which kit did you use? What did you use for the master cylinder? I'm considering one for my '67 Newyorker. I still have the factory 14" wheels. Not opposed to upgrading the wheels, I'll need to use up my newer 14" tires first.
jbooth35
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Sorry I missed this post. I bought the LEED kit from PST complete with a master cylinder. It was supposed to fit the stock 14" wheels, but a part of the brake caliper crossover tube rubbed lightly against the wheel. It could have probably been bent to not rub, but I needed new tires anyhow, so I went ahead and got new 15" wheels and tires. I didn't like the way the kit mounted the booster away from the firewall (it pushed up against the oil dipstick and didn't look right to me), so I ended up mounting it closer to the stock location with some slight tweaks to the mounting holes.
If I did it again I would try and wait to source a 1973 disk brake setup. In the end, the brakes work well and I really don't have any complaints about stopping power.
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Been a while since I updated this thread, but since I’m planning on drive to Carlisle this year decided it would be a decent time to change out the timing chain and put in the rebuilt transmission I picked up last year. I thought I’d see a nylon gear but it was an original steel gear. My timing had always jumped around a good bit when using a timing light, even though it seemed to run well. Testing chain slack showed me I had nearly 15 degrees of slop, though chain didn’t seem terribly loose once I got the cover off. As soon as I cracked the cam bolt it was terribly loose though. More pics to come.
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Cleaning up and getting ready for paint. Replacement heater hose nipples not quite the same as original but close.
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Getting deeper into it. Ended up replacing the oil pan gasket because I can't help myself... The cork gasket I put on was in great shape, but replaced with the felpro permadry one. Getting the transmission out is quite a chore on these 65's as the torsion bars have to come out as there mount is connected to the transmission crossmember. Still haven't pried that loose. Are these small clamps that were on the torsion boot usually there? They aren't included in any kits. Also ran out of VHT Early Chrysler Blue which I liked, but now that its right up against the factory color it is certainly more blue and lacking some green. Picked up the Duplicolor Ford Green DE1618 I think, and it was too green. Oh well, whenever I rebuild the engine I'll pick one color and stick with it. Until then its a mismatch on the replaced parts. Summit timing chain is made in the USA, so that's nice. Back at it next week to hopefully pull the trans and put everything back together to make the trip to Carlisle.
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Hard to get those top bell-housing bolts on from the side, so I got brought in the kiddo and he was more nimble and creative than I. The rebuilt transmission performed flawlessly on the trip to Carlisle except for the adjust ment I still need to make on the parking brake cable. Needs pulled out a little more to fully engage. The parking cable clamp is not the most intuitive mechanism as it will easily spin in the hole and not tighten. FSM adjustment procedure isn’t that clear, but I should make a video to help others out as soon as I get it right myself. Rebuilt transmission had the larger input shaft put it, so I also swapped torque converters with a factory one that came with the transmission.
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