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Pull from the shallow areas to the deeper spots so you don't distort the sheet metal as much surrounding the area of the dent....if you didn't already know. A slide hammer comes in handy for a lot of things beside and aren't that expensive, but then so would a stud gun.

PwrWgnDrvr wrote:Doesn't loc tite only work on clean dry threads? If so, the oil pump bolt threads will never be clean and dry.

That is correct as Loctite only "dries" or "sets" in the absence of air (an anaerobic liquid).

Here's one from Amazon, $10 ($65) cheaper than Mancini and free shipping......http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E3 ... UTF8&psc=1

Those new LA covers have the timing marks on the opposite side of the old poly 318s and older small blocks, if I remember correctly, but do work with the matching water pump.

Here's a link for steering parts after you drop it, looks to me like a better setup......viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36733

Thanks Chris I was thinking that if I could get a Cover from a salvage I would be better off. I got a cover from a 1964 318 On ebay. I just hope the gasket set I got Is right. I bought the whole gasket set, Felpro Robert You may not be better for one from the junkyard as they warp when they are use...

The oil pressure on my 66 D100 w/318 V8 normally runs 55 psi when at operating temperature and say 1500 RPM. Recently it drops to 35psi for a couple seconds then pops back up to 55 psi with no change in RPM. This is an intermittent problem. The truck has the optional gauge package with tachometer. ...

Do oil pumps lose their ability to maintain oil pressure as they age? Do they slowly wear out and oil pressure drops as they get mileage on them or do they just fail? Does replacing an oil pump with a new one automatically increase oil pressure? Sometimes the pick-up screen gets plugged with gasket...

If you can get the old hinge pin out you can drill the holes to 3/8" and replace the pin with a larger one. Most have also added a 90° Zerk at the same time. Thread on rebuilding hinges http://www.sweptline.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=29085&p=211380&hilit=has+anyone+rebuilt+their+door+hinges#p2...

Is one of those mini-starters required to use those headers?.....mostly want to know for my Challenger, but should be the same.

Guy in the video is uneducated, untrained and inexperienced. Proven by his reference to the parts as "doo dads", calling the wheel hub a "brake hub", failure to remove cone washers, failure to bend away the tab on the lock ring, comment that the axle nuts are "double nutted" (they're NOT!), apparen...

I acquired a truck that ran great, but overheated immediately. The lower rad hose was plugged solid at the water pump by a massive glob of waxy gunk that appeared to be from the coolant reacting with rubber, aluminum, or maybe some sort of stop leak compound as the truck sat for several yrs. Seen t...

Check the 12 ga. (black probably) wire (main alternator power line to amp) at the firewall bulkhead connector for corrosion or burnt connector (both sides of the connector). I'd go with Earl's and Txas2step's comments also. Your main power line(12 ga.) maybe grounding against something before it eve...

nothing at all, jerry rigging is more in league with the way i do things. i don't mean to stir up a hornets nest. sorry for the comment. Something against "jerry" rigging?.... old school derogatory term for German people. Can't win for losing now days.....lol... :lol: right, oh well, at least in th...

:joker afro engineering do you have something against "afros"? nothing at all, jerry rigging is more in league with the way i do things. i don't mean to stir up a hornets nest. sorry for the comment. Something against "jerry" rigging?.... old school derogatory term for German people. Can't win for ...

Hola Hachey In order to under-stand what you have --- think of this: The 1958 - 1966 A-318 ( this is your Engine ) has items that were used in later MoPar Small Block V8's ( LA-273's, LA-318's, LA-340's and The LA-360's ). Some of the quick items for all of the above are The Oil Pump, Valve Springs...

Hey all. Does anyone have a good source for a replacement steering box for my 1964 D100? Just got my brake drums from RockAuto and am not happy with their service and pricing (changed cost up by $12 ea and took almost 4 weeks to get). Btw my box is stock and really a lot of unsafe play in it. Fully...

You could use a cherry picker or a floor jack, I've used a floor jack on my Challenger(150 lbs.+ doors) and did it by myself. You only need to get one hinge bolt to hold it on then put the rest of the bolts in the door hinges. With the window frame on our trucks, I'd use a cherry picker.

The only thing I can chalk it up to is not having a pcv valve. I have two oil breather caps but who knows. :thinking If you have both breathers teeing into the vacuum port of the carb, you need an air inlet somewhere (PVC) to draw the vapors though the block. Only run vacuum to one breather and lea...