Mopar Muscle Association UK

i knew i shouldn't have said that last bit . i just got an 'offer' from an ebay seller dropping the price on a borg warner t5 from £850 to £595. bloody typical! now i have to stop myself buying it
neil.

wow! those holes were way off the timing chain looks better than most i take apart, normally slacker than a slack thing covered in slackness
neil.

last week we put a socket and bar on the 360 engine after removing the spark plugs. it seemed that in the year between it first being removed (and turning fine) from the truck and it arriving here it'd 'stuck'. so we gave it some 50/50 mix of petrol and diesel in the bores. today we tried the socket ...

Stu wrote: Sun Oct 12, 25 11:17 am Still got the rocker gear if you want a deal.

and deal done. you knew i'd get there eventually mate.
thanks again, neil.

we dropped the exploder axle off and collected the fe engine and box today. no time to check the 'true' size yet as other 'honey dos' took priority at home, lol.
neil.

we're collecting the '360?' fe engine and box sunday so we can check if it's actually a 360 or a 390. my problem now is the fact that it's manual so i'm looking at 5 speed boxes to bolt behind it. it's a sickness this hobby/lifestyle of ours and there seems to be no cure
neil.

we have such a wide variety of stuff in and out that i thought i should have a 'cover all' thread for it, apart from my nash and ashley's zephyr of course.
so to kick things off we have another ford exploder rear axle in to be narrowed. we'll remove the easy 2 7/8" we've done a few times before by ...

i'd be tempted to put up a lean to in front of the garage, maybe not with doors but at least a carport type of thing. then if it rains you're still under cover.
neil.

i just ordered a cheapy clickety clack fuel pump and inline filter to convert my parts washer to use 'real' fluid that'll dissolve oil/carbon/grease etc. unlike the water based cr4p they say to use which is as much use as a chocolate fireguard stuff like paraffin, petrol etc actually cleans parts ...

i've bought new ends and mains for the crankshaft too, undersize as i thought i may as well get the crank' ground as i'm having the block rebored then it's all 'new'.
neil.

Stu wrote: Sun Oct 12, 25 11:17 am Still got the rocker gear if you want a deal.

i do but need some cash in first, lol. i'll let you know mate, thanks.
neil.

yes it's definately not nice sanding fresh paint so the glue sticks for sure
neil.

further to that last post i just ordered big end and main bearings for my 318. as far as i know the engine's all stock inside so i got +30 pistons and i just ordered -30 ends and mains. i had a chat with ash' when he dropped his/my freshly cleaned fe block to build for his zephyr and we decided if ...

full respray or new vinyl top? i assumed the latter until i noticed the side trim was also removed.
neil.


Full respray and new top. About time to get rid of the crap paint job and cracking filler.


cool, will you paint the roof anyway and then decide if it's getting a new vinyl top? at ...

full respray or new vinyl top? i assumed the latter until i noticed the side trim was also removed.
neil.