Author: 69 Polara

After 47 months and 2 days, I went to start the mighty Polara yesterday!!!!! All was in readiness — lines secured, fluids topped off, a six-hour old battery in the tray, and a brand spanking new four barrel Edelbrock gleaming at me. The key was turned!!!!, and …. Nothing. A lot of cranking…

Went to a part’s store and a guy gave me a comp fitting for a 5/16 line. No packaging, he just dropped it into my hand. Worked like a charm. Went to another store and got another fitting. This one was packaged and said it was “5/16 Tube Fitting” It is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too tight. …

I discarded my old tranny cooler lines and built new ones from scratch. But I foolishly forgot to remember which line goes to which hook-up on the radiator. My shop manual labels the nipples on the tranny pan; one say “to cooler” and one says “from cooler”, but the manual does not identify which…

Going to put my belts on (AC/ALT belt). I must slip this over the fan blades and then back onto the pulley, right? Problem is, the distance between the hub of the fan blades and the rear of the radiator is maybe 3 millimeters — the belt just ain’t gonna fit unless I do some serious forcing. Did…

Shoved the DS into the tranny. Now the rear couplings aren’t quite lining up with the connectors in the rear. If I recall correctly, I need to jack up the rear of the car and spin the rear tire, this will spin the “thing” onto which the DS connects, so I can line them up, right? Is this the best…

My book tells me to lubricate the spark plug boots with a bit of “silicone lubricant”. I have millions of lubes around here, which one should I use? None seem to specify use on SP boots.

Also, I am EXTREMELY close to firing up this engine for the 1st time in almost four years. For a super…

Seem to have broken the TC for my 69 Polara. I’ve been told that a replacement will be easy to track down. I tried Rock Auto and one other place, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks. NAPA and AAP are next on my list.