Author: i_taz

All that glitters in not gold….

Just installed a Borgenson steering gear and as I was waiting for the air to clear I noticed quite a bit
of gold flakes in the fluid. Don’t know of any brass type components in the pump so assuming it maybe coming from the gear. I did happen to put a magna pure filter on I had laying around and sure enough the magnet had debris
on it. Can barely feel in btwn your fingers and haven’t taken it for a spin yet but the steering seems smooth…for now.

thnx
jack

h pipe

Hi all, Anybody have a H pipe install pic they would like to share to see what possibilities are available…?
Seems like even custom shops use existing templates that only include e-body Hemi’s or B-bodies so
other than the TTI set up which will cause me to change what I have. The idea of grafting e body down
pipes onto the Hemi set up isn’t getting me anywhere…

thnx
jack

Molded heater hose

I’m having issues replacing what appeared to be B body heater hoses on my 440 R/T but the Year Ones i got
for A/E cars aren’t molded like the others seem to be and the hoses kink or is it just cheap hose. There much
more pliable than the ones I took off which could be OEM as far as I can tell because there thicker and much
stiffer. I kinda sacrificed them when I was taking them off not thinking i would be needing to put them back on.

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Piston impressions

I’m cleaning out my cylinders from a leaking valley pan and see .04 stamped on the pistons but measuring with one of those cheapo digital calipers from the top not a dial indicator down the bore I get 4.342. Does that sound about right ?

Turn signal switch

My horn died a slow death with one spoke going bad and now none work. I’m guessing I should have voltage here at the steering wheel for the horn…???
Fuse and relay seem good…

speedo cable length

Hi All, Anybody with the speedo cable from the cruise to the tranny laying around that I can get
an exact cable length ? The end twisted off mine and have since lost the piece. It appears there
should be some pressure on the core going into the cruise…

Gauge limiter…

Just a tip if your gauges are acting up. I reconnected the temp gauge on a rally dash and it would
intermittently swing all the way up and down. Explains why there was an gauge installed under the dash.

Since I had the radio out to re-wire the alt. pa…