Mopar Muscle Association UK

meanwhile i was looking at the picture i'd used and was thinking have i just posted a picture of a chevy steering column up





dave

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Mopar-Flywheel-Bolt-Kit-Big-Small-Block-Plymouth-Dodge-Charger-Cuda-GTX-R-T/324400190294?hash=item4b87c21356:g:sZQAAOSw8oFXyM2Z pre loktited as well....Nice you can pay a fortune for nice 12 point Nascar rated ARP but they have a flat head a NEED loktite and you are no...

i used Chrysler flywheel and flex plate bolts ricks mopars on ebay has NOS i wire brushed the crank hub till it shines i wire brushed the centre of the flywheel till it shines promotes proper friction between the two i bolted on flywheel no washers. why? because the Chrysler bolts have what some peo...

PS that nut seems to have a profile. does it fit the end of the thin wire spring?

in which case we know which way up the not goes and where the thin wire spring goes

dave

1/4 turn anti clockwise to clip the horn push back in which fits with the orientation of the hooky bits on that plate kinda suggests that plate goes in the boss of the wheel with the collar on top? or maybe that collar just insulates the top of the fat spring you stuck down the hole and presses agai...

looks like the thick coil small diameter spring goes below the wheel

actually 1) thing with hooks on seems to have a column sized hole in it i think it goes first hooky bits up 2)followed by the collar with similar sized centre indent upwards to insulate what follows from the chassis or maybe steering wheel boss 3) followed by a similar diameter spring not sure which...

some of that goes on top of the steering wheel...which is missing

presume cup, big spring and the thingy with the hooks on is horn push or indeed all of it is

Carlos Fandango wheels?


this one is/ was in the club

slippy slippy slope... i sense a case of engineitice .... go for a modern hemi... fits with a lot of electrical mucking about bolt pattern same as LA


dave

ah them were the days sunny Burgers and cups o tea people could be arsed to turn up.... :) did we have one year where it was a Saturday afternoon that coincided with Chelsea i.e aligned with the pre Chelsea meet i seem to remember a mad dash through Kensington behind scott in a long train of Mopars....

super news

got there in the end

Maybe Chrysler motors run for longer between rebuilds?

unless there is a difference in bearing for roller cam blocks to flat tappet blocks...i'm not aware of one but there might be

in which case you need 318 LA bearings

not 318 magnum bearings

Dave

I have a feeling i just left it in as i could not find an appropriate cam plug Mine was a dead motor obsolete from 1982 onwards and only made in Oz yours was sold the world over so parts easier to get if you have one then go ahead knock it out the cam bearings you took out of the block are already c...

PPS do not knock the cam plug out at the back unless you have a new one. it does not come in the box of core plugs