Improving Power Steering Road Feel was raised by a Region Member not satisfied with their early 60’s Power Steering. Rebuilding the front end & the steering box to eliminate excessive clearances didn’t bring the steering up to expectations. Fresh out of the factory Chrysler Product power steering “fingertip control” was very sensitive to slight movement Read More …
Article on Color Sanding of Single Stage Solid Color Urethane Enamel Paint resulted from one of the Region Members at the September 2018 Cruise discussing their disappointment after 1 hour of wet sanding with 1200 grit sandpaper on a freshly painted surface. Using some simple guidelines can speed up the process but generally the expectation Read More …
1939 Ply. Wheel Alignment was inspired by a request for the specifications. Data was extracted from the 1936 to 1942 Shop Manual found at this location: http://www.pwchryslerclub.org/PlymouthManual_OCR.pdf The information is found on page 34: The ability of a mechanic to dial in the front alignment relies heavily on having king pins, bushings, and tie Read More …
Build your coil wire is as a result of a Colonial Region member recently pointing out that a newly purchased Secondary Ignition Wire Set did not have a coil wire included. Spark plug wires were the only furnished item. Cars 40 years or older are in the hands of enthusiasts with many different goals ranging Read More …
Balancing Tail Light Intensities article is the result of a Colonial Region member pointing out that the brightness of the lights appeared out of balance on the rear of my 65 Mopar. There are 4 light assemblies in this case with the outer lights displaying brake & tail lights while the inner lights were tail Read More …
Early A Body Quarter Repair Panels addresses a question received on 60’s Valiants, Barracudas, & Darts. Content of the response is on the following vector files: EarlyABodyLowerRearQuarterPanels (.doc) EarlyABodyLowerRearQuarterPanels (.pdf) Content of the file is as follows: Early A Body Quarter Repair Panels A recent question about rear lower quarter repairs on a Mopar Early Read More …
A question on locating and replacing Plymouth Floating Power Engine Mounts recently came in the comments section which inspired this article. Plymouth Floating Power Engine Mounts were used starting in the 30’s with Plymouth ads boasting that a glass of water on the fender would be steady during idling and high rpm of the engine Read More …
This Distributor Cap Gaps issue is summarized (with pictures) showing the cause, resulting problem & solutions. Summary; Current date Distributor Cap Terminals are machined at the factory off center. The end result is that half of the cap terminal to rotor gaps are too big and half are too small. Measuring an excess gap: Problems: Gap Read More …
5 Minute Wiring Check is all about looking under your Plymouth hood at one important spot. Your mission is to avoid an on the road breakdown that could leave you stranded or worse. Vector file for the material: 5MinuteWiringCheck (.doc) 5MinuteWiringCheck (.pdf) Content of the file is as follows: 5 Minute Wiring Check 5 Minute Wiring Check Read More …
Distributor Cap Quality Part 2 has the following vector files: DistributorCapRotorGapMeasurementPart2 (.doc) DistributorCapRotorGapMeasurementPart2 (.pdf) Content of the files is as follows: Distributor Cap Quality Part 2 covers another aspect on measuring the new cap that Part 1 did not cover……effecting the side to side gap between the rotor and distributor cap Read More …