Author: shadango

Carlisle 2020???

The forums (this and others) seem to be oddly quiet about the upcoming Chryslers at Carlisle event

Is the consensus that due to the social distancing BS there will BE no show this year?

Carlisle Productions still has it as "on"…..at least…

Flushing a \6

Checked the coolant yesterday and its brownish….time for changing, obviously.

I dont know the full history of the car, so was planning on doing a full system flush.

From what I have found online, the slat 6 has a drain plug on the block, but it see…

Problems with NEW brake calipers…..UGH!

Just a long rant to see if anyone else has run into this…

Son’s Volare’s left front caliper siezed up while driving….

No big deal….good time to do a hose/caliper/pad swap on both sides.

Of course no one has the parts in stock anymore, so we waited for Autozone to deliver…parts came yesterday, we earmarked today to do the job.

Played the musical car game so we could work on her in the garage….

Left front went goodly til we tried to replace the hose…..of course it was galded…

Problems with NEW brake calipers…..UGH!

Old -timer tricks for preventing rust

So some folks have told me that I should use chain-wax spray or oil and spray the seams where the stainless steel wheel moldings meet the paint, inside the wheel wells and areas like that to help protect our 81 Dippy from salt and dirt issues to some d…

Which transmission?

An 81 Diplomat with the slant 6 — it should have a A904 tranny, right?

All the applications charts like Rockauto and Autozone are showing a 727???

What am I missing?

OT- 1992 Dakota steering shaft issues

Hey guys

Hoping someone can help. Off topic in the sense its not for an FMJ etc….but it IS for an old Mopar….and I know there are gurus here, so hoping for some info….

1992 Dakota 4×4 with tilt…..the steering wheel felt loose the other day…..

Loose tilt wheel — I think

So at some point in bringing the new Diplomat home, I noticed that I could move the steering wheel up and down a bit . This was after using the tilt, and I was checking to be sure it locked in place…which it did….but there is some looseness at the…