Gerald Morris
Senior Member
Good Evening My Moparian Fellows,
After replacing the distributor this past Thursday, I saw one disturbing detail while refining the timing: a bit of "fuzz" in the damper's rotation. I'd just replaced this engine's original damper with a 1968 one off the motor-cum-boat-anchor that came with the car on the assumption that it still should have had some kilomiles left in it. THAT may have been an ***-umption. I have ONE MORE damper, a 1969 version of the same one now on the engine.
Would THIS one be worth GAMBLING with, going through the tedium of removing the radiator, front accessories, drive pulleys et al, replacing the damper, only to have another 50+ yr old bit of rubber binding iron split on me? I'm not feeling too cheerful about this ****, so reckon its time to spend a little moolah on a nice NEW bit, that, God-willing, should see us into my Final Interment.
So, how MUCH $$ is enough for a new damper?
I've looked at offerings from Jegs, Speedway, Summit, Mancini, 440 Source, and ePay, as well as some less commonly known sources, and see that OEM-like stuff seems to run for $90-150. Not too bad that. OR, would it be worth going to the next tier, say, the ~$200 sorts billed as SFI approved, but just? WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED the more expensive sorts of dampers that approach the prices of used junkyard motors such as Fluidampr's $500 offering, however impressive it appears. I like Pioneer's stuff a lot of the time, but consider their low end offering at the top of my expense constraint curve for this venture.
Do any of you Wise Elders have recommendations on this?
I THINK I have a little time to shop and think this time. I HAD TO REPLACE the original damper like, ONE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL AND WORK STARTED, just after installing that engine, so I used what was laying to hand, and then cleaned up the damper I had on the Commando short block, Just In Case. Deo volente, I won't have to break the glass on that one before I get some Wise Words here.
Blessings and Good Stuff to All of ye,
After replacing the distributor this past Thursday, I saw one disturbing detail while refining the timing: a bit of "fuzz" in the damper's rotation. I'd just replaced this engine's original damper with a 1968 one off the motor-cum-boat-anchor that came with the car on the assumption that it still should have had some kilomiles left in it. THAT may have been an ***-umption. I have ONE MORE damper, a 1969 version of the same one now on the engine.
Would THIS one be worth GAMBLING with, going through the tedium of removing the radiator, front accessories, drive pulleys et al, replacing the damper, only to have another 50+ yr old bit of rubber binding iron split on me? I'm not feeling too cheerful about this ****, so reckon its time to spend a little moolah on a nice NEW bit, that, God-willing, should see us into my Final Interment.
So, how MUCH $$ is enough for a new damper?
I've looked at offerings from Jegs, Speedway, Summit, Mancini, 440 Source, and ePay, as well as some less commonly known sources, and see that OEM-like stuff seems to run for $90-150. Not too bad that. OR, would it be worth going to the next tier, say, the ~$200 sorts billed as SFI approved, but just? WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED the more expensive sorts of dampers that approach the prices of used junkyard motors such as Fluidampr's $500 offering, however impressive it appears. I like Pioneer's stuff a lot of the time, but consider their low end offering at the top of my expense constraint curve for this venture.
Do any of you Wise Elders have recommendations on this?
I THINK I have a little time to shop and think this time. I HAD TO REPLACE the original damper like, ONE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL AND WORK STARTED, just after installing that engine, so I used what was laying to hand, and then cleaned up the damper I had on the Commando short block, Just In Case. Deo volente, I won't have to break the glass on that one before I get some Wise Words here.
Blessings and Good Stuff to All of ye,