Author: Gerald Morris

I ask because I might need to service my venerable ’59 DeSoto 5 1/8" TRW power steering pump, and if so, I need a good replacement immediately to keep Gertrude on the street. The new OER pump appears to be a reasonably priced, faithful copy of th…

Well, some folks did say, "I told ye so…" so I’m not totally surprised. I bought my PowerMaster 17019 Oct 8 last year, and, JUST AFTER THE 1 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED, I get bearing trouble! To be somewhat fair to Powermaster, I ran a 2V pull…

Despite the 1968 vintage of the body, I’m running a 1966 engine and transmission in Gertrude. After upgrading to the Edelbrock 1405, I haven’t had a kickdown, despite my attempts at adjusting it as per the 1966 FSM. I now suspect nothing I do with th…

Greetings Moparians!

Have been testing the newly rebuilt 915 heads with Edelbrock 1405 on our quarter million mile 383. The old motor purrs around town streets nicely enough, but I see when putting it on the interstate a creeping rise in temperature …

We got all our goodies together, had the heads machined, the Edelbrock 1405 rebuilt, tested, new lifters, cam, et al, and above all, the TIME to put Gertrude in the garage for a bit of long overdue replacement and upgrade! For 6.5+ years, we’ve driven…

Having planned THIS move for several years anyway, my hopes that a new pusher fan would suffice to keep Gertrude running cool inspired me to go ahead, replace the cheap NAPA alternator with the squirrely bearings, upgrade the wiring, and pop a new push…

Noticing how the huge, wonderful old muffler on Gertrude is dented, I think about replacing it. I looked up the number of the original, and found one at Hilltop for an obscene price, as usual with them. I also have seen a number of offerings by Walke…