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Get some nice rear trim corrected…
One of the imperial eagles on the tail light almost got lost, when I cleaned it…
So, that one was re-glued to the tail light, looks much better than without.
Further, I was able to secure a trunk nameplate to replace the broken old one. Just have t…
Correcting my inherited Edelbrock 1406 setup…
My LeBaron was running with a much to high idle, approx. 1150rpm. Today I had the chance to get it corrected, here’s what happened, if anyone stumbles upon such / similar problems.
The original TQ was -according to the last owner- “undriveable”. So he decided to get it replaced with a 1406. Unfortunately, his shop was not really up to speed on Mopars and not on such conversions and caveats.
Main problem was, that they connected a violett wire to the E-choke. But the correct connection of…
Get yours conserved…
Just got my 79 LeBaron back from the shop. As I plan do use it daily, I felt it’s about time to get it properly protected for daily use – rain, snow, salt. All that usual and bad stuff.
Mine had some minor protection on a couple spots, but corrosion inside started already. Thankfully no major corrosion, yet. Just about right to do it right.
Some impressions. I’m not sure, if you have Dinitrol ML and 1000 (all cavities, insides) and ML + 4942 for the undercarriage. I’m very happy….
Change AM radio to Retrosound – 79 LeBaron
So, the change is done. As “usual” unfortunately not enough pictures made…
But here’s my how-to, hoping it might help someone.
FIRST AND FOREMOST: DISCONNECT THE BATTERY!
Then I took off the instrument cluster bezel, removed two screws of the old radio and disconnected the few connections on the rear (it’s basically only one connector for 12V and light, one 2-wire for the front speaker and one single wire for the rear speaker.
I hooked up the new radio as follows:
12V (IGN) -> replaced…
Replacing a broken temperature control cable / 79 LeBaron
The service manual is quite clear on how-to (remove instrument bezel and upper dash trim). But it missed the removal glove box (easy) and (at least loosening the upper part) of the lower dash trim – both sides!….
You can’t just take the long vent channel (behind the glove box) out, as it is screwed into the lower dash trim from behind… See pictures. I was lucky to secure a NOS cable. Now it works again.
While at it, I replaced the monaural dash speaker with a Retrosound stereo speaker….
Fix temperature warning LED flickering – M-Body LeBaron 1979
The red LED in my temp gauge was flickering all the time. The sending unit and the gauge tested just fine.
It turned out that after 40 years the condenser on the little printed circuit right behind the gauge (not the big one!) was gone. It obviously dried out and had almost no capacity. It’s the gray part on the lower left on the last pic.
Following procedure to replace it – as there are 2 transistors, be careful with static charges to not kill them:
– carefully remove Dash bezel (8…
Fix temperature warning LED flickering – M-Body LeBaron 1979