Author: Idrivemopar

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to share some information about making door vapor barriers and quarter vapor barriers. I made these for my 73 RR but apply to any car with these installed. As most old cars the originals are rusted dirty and torn, so a new se…

Hey to any and all machinists on the board here, I am trying to sort out what are all these, including bits and cutters and other implements that appear to be used in a mill, lathe, CNC? I don’t know, so would be great if someone can chime in on where to start will all of this, the pictures show about 2/3’s of these tools, the rest need to be pulled out of a very heavy tool box and sorted.

Thanks

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Hey machinists! What is all of this stuff????

I picked up these tools for free, I know what the snips are, just curious what the one on the left and the one on the right might be used on? One of my friends thought the one on the right is for a tractor. Anyone know?

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How old is this sparton horn? It works, believe its the high frequency.

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I think this stuff is coming from a faulty drier/receiver, but I am curious if anyone has thoughts on what is this stuff causing my AC filter on the low pressure side to keep getting clogged?

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The system RV2 compressor was …

Interesting turn of events this weekend. I was coming back from a cruise in, just a Friday night meetup of about 80 cars at the local Freddys hamburger joint, and I head this strange sound like something rattling under the hood at 3500 rpm, but would go away at 3000 rpm. I started checking things on Saturday, and figured it was the fan clutch, a Flex-a-lite that’s been on the car since I rebuilt it. Well I have a heavy duty Hayden fan clutch, so I swapped it out, problem disappeared, and…

Can you feel the air being pulled into your front grille?

When you tighten your fan belts, the v-notch type, including the ones to your alternator and ac and power steering, do you tighten them when the engine is hot or cold or does it matter.

What say you?