Author: jbooth35

Good year Power Streak II

Are these old wheel/tires worth putting on the shelf and keeping? I’m getting ready to get new wheels and tires and one option would be to just put new rubber on these 14s. I figured there may be some collector value as these seem to pop up for sal…

65 Polara Thread

I figured I’d create a thread here as I’m getting the car road worthy again. It hasn’t been driven since the early nineties. Next up is the rear end. I pulled the rear axle seals out today. The drivers side is looking pretty decent but the passenge…

Locked keys in the trunk

After searching everywhere for my keys I narrowed the location to the trunk of the polara. Luckily my son was able to squeeze in after removing the rear seat and recover them. Thought I would share some pics of the

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Oil pump prime failure

I decided to prime the oil pump tonight since I’m getting ready to fire the engine up for the first time since I’ve had the car. Engine is a 426 SW in my 65 polara. I began spinning the oil pump counterclockwise and felt nothing for more than a minute. I understand that I should be able to tell when the oil is moving through the engine so I continue to spin the drill a little faster waiting for the jolt indicating that the oil is moving. Well I finally feel the jolt and keep spinning for…

Oil pump prime failure

Got a brake kit, here is what doesn’t fit

I set out to convert the drums to disks. I bought the kit from Leed Brakes 2 years ago, and I’m finally getting around to putting everything together. The new master cylinder uses two 3/16 inch lines with a larger fitting routed to the rear brakes. The original single pot used a 1/4″ line to the distribution block. I went to the parts store to try and buy some adapters but couldn’t find anything.

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The black adapter in the…

Got a brake kit, here is what doesn’t fit

727 filter

Got this wiX filter from Rock Auto. Pt # 58658, was about to put it on but the original is much bigger. Is there another part number?

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Exhaust manifold to exhaust pipe bolts too long

I got a TTI exhaust for the car last year and I’m finally getting back to putting it together. Anyhow, on the driver’s side the bolts TTI supplied are longer than my old factory bolts and I cannot get one of the two bolts to fit, unless I put it on from the bottom up. I’m thinking this isn’t a great idea, so I’d want to know what I ‘should’ do.

1. Shorten the bolt (cut it? any suggestions on how to do this properly)
2. Replace it with a shorter bolt
3. Put it on upside down……

Exhaust manifold to exhaust pipe bolts too long