Category: M Body General Discussion

2 groove power steering pulleys?

Since a genius previous owner deleted the smog pump, the water pump has been driven by a single belt. I’d like to run it with 2 belts.

My question is, will any old 2 groove Saginaw power steering pulley fit? Or is this something mopar specific/a gian…

Back on the road!

Been away for a while, and so has the car. I had to leave it stored a State away, but after nearly two years of sitting, it’s back! And it still runs the highways just like before, and I finally managed to fix the awful braking on it. (Did the master c…

Front door hinge repair/replacement.

Hi all. I have a 79 Diplomat station wagon and the drivers door hinges are quite badly worn in the pins and/or bushes, been looking around for replacements without much luck. Any links where to buy? Did find this pin/bush kits but quite expensive (even…

Back To It

I communicated with my mechanic and he’s hoping to get my 5th over to his place to finish up the work on the car, that was some good news, so I took to it and did some work on it myself that is unrelated to what he’s doing. Removed the valve covers to …

Mystery piece

My car is our attached garage. When I start it or run it for a while, I roll it out of the garage to keep the fumes out of the house. I pushed it out this past Sunday and noticed a very strange looking "part" on the floor where the car usuall…

What Speedo Cable

I’m currently working on my sons 87 Diplomat switching it from the 318/904 combo to a 360/727 combo.
I’m eliminating the cruise control stuff as well. So for those that have done this swap before what have
you done for a speedometer cable?

anyone here ever been pulled over for “No seatbelt” before?

was recently pulled over and given a warning by the Bel Air, Maryland Police. officer said from where he was (behind my car and in the left lane) he could not see my seatbelt. luckily i was only given a warning because he had to document the reason for…