Author: charles messler

Changing front side marker bulbs

Hi all,
I took the 68 fury for inspection and the guy told me to put the side marker lights on and make them work. How do you change the front light bulbs without breaking the socket?

71 fury 727 tranny

Hi all,
I been having problems with the tranny for 3 or 4 years now. It started when I was driving home from work. It felt like the warmer the tranny got the worse it slipped and the car wouldn’t drive. I got it home and adjusted the bands an…

Flipping belts

i went to check the power steering fluid in the 68 and noticed the power steering belt was half turned over on the crankshaft pulley. I put the belt back on right but it turned almost by the time I made it home. How could it turn? I just replaced the …

Master cylinder cap leaking

hi guys,
My 71 furys master cylinder cap I see leaking to the point where there is almost no fluid in the front compartment. I replaced the master cylinder about three years ago after one I put on failed after a couple of months in use. I’ve tried bending the bailing wire and filing the edge of the master cylinder which stops it for a while. Then it starts up again out of the blue.

Alignment shop says sleeves are too long…

I just rebuilt the whole front end on my 68 fury with most parts bought from a-resto parts in Utah and a pitman arm and Gabriel shocks from autozone. The owner of the shop I took it to said that the tie rod sleeves are to long to set toe in right and b…

1971 fury heater and ac

hi guys, summer is coming and my 71 fury ac is not working. Would I decrease the value of the car by replacing the whole system with a newer from classic auto air or one of the other companies. Or should I have the original system restored. The car is …