Author: cudanut jim

On my 1970 Barracuda I can’t figure out how to adjust the kickdown band for it to work. I looked in my service manual and tried it without any special tools, but I couldn’t figure it out so I quit before I really screwed it up. I have the 1 rod going from the carb linkage to the kickdown actuator…

I can’t get my horn to work. It used to work when I Installed the horns during my resto. Now I put my good steering wheel back on it won’t work. I checked my horn relay and it’s getting 12 volts. Maybe the relay went bad while just doing nothing. Any other ideas would be helpful.

While finally after 5 years of resto. it’s time to rebuild. After putting in my grill i hooked up my Running/parking lights to find out they aren’t working properly. When I put the light switch in the middle position the 2 dashboard turn signal lights go on but not the parking lights. Turn signals…

I had to change the o-ring on the trans oil pump due to a leak. It shifted great before I worked on it. I had the whole tranny out of the car. I ended up putting a pump from another trans I had because the original pump wouldn’t work with the new o-ring. Now’ after installing it in the car I only…

I’m having a disagreement with a guy about what should be where at T.D.C. on a smallblock mopar engine. For example, what location the the #1 intake cam lobe should be at T.D.C. ( i.e.- before the lifter or after), and especially which way the distributor should be pointing. To #1 on dist. cap…

I have a 904 tranny. Fluid leaks out from the pump at the bottom of the trans housing. I replaced the oil seal, gasket and O-ring. It still leaks. The question I have is, is the square hole on the trans. housing underneath the pump, which can only be seen when the pump is out, some sort of…