Author: Gerald Morris
Would a billet aluminum transmission pan be worth getting?
Greetings to All Wise Moparians here!
After nigh 3 years of driving the best transmission I’ve ever owned, the familiar, putrid fly of a leaking transmission pan interface has polluted the ATF. This leak first drew attention this past spring, meriting then a pint of Type F as I prefer to run in my 727s. This sufficed for about 2 months, with the shortage of fluid causing the behavior I’ve come to know and loathe from driving leaky old automatic trannies for 42+ years. After replacing the…
A Poor Man’s Master Cylinder Upgrade
The Poor Man’s Master Cylinder Upgrade
by: Gerald E. Morris
Brakes first concerned me just 3 days after purchasing Mathilda (our 2 door ‘66 Chrysler Newport). I had to replace drums, studs, shoes, springs all within the first month of owning Tilly. Front wheel cylinders and hoses followed a year later. By the second year’s end, I had GOOD brakes which stopped Mathilda’s hurtling 2.1 tons quickly, reliably and consistently, with but ONE fly polluting the DOT 3 fluid: the…
Half-decent source for 5V regulated DC-DC converters!
Greetings Moparians!
Having read The Oracle of the Honorable Mountain (Ehrenberg) on using the venerable 7805 IC regulator to replace the Victorian antique behind the gas gauge, I went in search of some 7805s to make up a few of these for folks.
New Egg carries stuff already done. I recommend these, as the 1.5 amp maximum from a single LM 7805 doesn’t go far in our old dashboards, as “R.E.” should know! I advise you to get a 10 amp supply, which will easily power any USB items you may…
Will a purpose made dual exhaust for a ’67 C body work on a ’66?
Greetings All,
Got a nice discount offer from an ePay vendor on the following:
1967 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER, NEWPORT & 300 DUAL EXHAUST SYSTEM, ALUMINIZED | eBay
Before I bite, I want to know if this can be put on my ’66 Newport sans B.S. issues. I like Waldron myself, but if this stuff is decent, I may go for it. Waldron has an 8…
Will a purpose made dual exhaust for a ’67 C body work on a ’66?
What’s better, the Hayden 2747 or 2797 fan clutch?
Greetings again Moparians!
Now that I’ve got my shiny new Cold Case radiator, the NEXT item to upgrade is my fan. I bought and ran a Hayden 2707 last spring, but removed it just over a month ago and returned for the time being to my 6 blade straight steel fan to insure that plenty air is being pulled past that radiator.
I’ve seen some anecdotes on the merits of the 2797 extreme duty clutch, and also some on the more modest and slim 2747 heavy duty model. Given how I had to shim BACK my…
How much OIL cooling is cost effective to an Arizona Urbanite?
The glacier on the Upper Santa Cruz River has melted on schedule here in the Old Pueblo, so once again, I ponder how to better cool my miraculously good old 383 and its other drive train constituents with 100+ Fahrenheit temperatures now prevailing for…
A worthwhile modest wiring upgrade….
A quick note for Slab-side owners especially, and owners of older stuff too: upgrade the wire from the battery to your starter relay! Mopar alternators of the mid 1960s varied from about 30 to 60 amps capacity maximum, so the #10 AWG wire dedicated to running the dash stuff seemed adequate for the time. It wasn’t and isn’t.
I run a 60A alternator now. Most of the wiring is original. What isn’t has been upgraded for larger ampacity when useful, like the headlights, or upgraded to #14…