Howdy there Guys and Gals, My name is Duddie and I want to bring you along on my Automotive Adventures! We will do everything from Driving down the road in My Cummins Turbo Diesel, Going Offroading, Overlanding, Rock Crawling, Working on Trucks, working on cars, Automotive Failures, Turning Wrenches, DIY Automotive repair, Metal Fabrication, Drag Racing, Anything MOPAR and most importantly getting Tacos ! Currently I am working on a 1983 Dodge W350 Crew Cab, 1992 Dodge D250 Cummins Turbo Diesel, 1990 Dodge D250 Cummins Turbo Diesel, 1986 Dodge Ramcharger, 1977 Dodge Ramcharger Cummins Turbo Diesel , 1969 Dodge Dart 4 Door, 1975 Plymouth Vaillant, 1977 Dodge M880,
Just did mine. Kept falling apart when trying to pre assemble then install. Figured out I wasn’t pressing the fittings together all the way. Using channel locks a good firm squeeze will lock them together. You know it when you feel the pop. After that the whole thing installs with no issues coming apart.
The next time try dismounting the tire and do the cleaning. Let it dry well and lay the tire with the damaged side down and let the flex seal pool in the slit of the tire. Also to avoid porosity it might be better just to get the bush on flex seal.
This is great thanks for the how to get her done. I am about to tackle breaks in a 70f under my 79 Power Wagon 200. Here's to all the future me problems
That part that melted is a radio/noise suppression device I had the same issue , unfortunately that part is needed to run the motor if you upgrade the motor as show in the video to the 90-93 motor the black plug is not needed.
Too much work. Just cut one of those new perches in half, weld it to the inner side, and redrill the center hole 1/2" over. Almost as good, and a whole lot cheaper! Plus the original perches keep the angles right.
Great video and as you point out dry media is critical. Your results prove that even a cheap water blaster attachment works really well! Like many people watching your video I also purchased the same blaster off Amazon (Australia). Exactly the same device BUT...... it didn't work! The elephant in the room is the pressure water machine spec you need to create enough suction to get the media into the nozzle. Which means it may not work if your machine is electric (!) These machines do not seem to provide enough flow rate or pressure to suck in the media. t looks like everyone reporting success is using a gas driven pressure washer that is delivering around 3000 psi and 2.5 - 4 GPM. Electric washers like my professional Karcher 5/12C does not deliver the guts to suck in the media. I was using expensive 80 Grit Garnet that was dry and uniform. Looks like I may need to upgrade to a petrol pressure washer!
If anything, I would have cut the bottom of the rear subframe OFF, and trimmed the rear seat area to suck them into the car. Other than that, they are solid. Any plans for torque boxes?
1. always thought you had to have the sand intake up not down.. down allows water to seep back into the sand bucket. 2. If you keep leaving your PW running while filling sand bucket etc you run the risk of burning up your PW pump. otherwise good vid
See I did it all as one unit and I pressed all four bushings on outside of the truck on my table. And I don’t know why I never see anyone do this. All I had to do was unbolt the small bracket by removing the 7/16” nut that bolts the small bracket to the motor show at the 4:25 minute mark in your video. Then the only thing I did in the truck was bolt the 6 bolts for the wiper studs and the single nut to the motor. Instead I see most people press the last one onto that bracket at the motor inside the cowl area.
8:44: It looks like you're trying to use A-body bushings in B-body Super Stock springs. Yes, while all Super Stock springs are technically A-body springs in length, the higher rated ones (the ones with a description such as, "Fits: 3800 lb. car weight w/Automatic Transmission") are considered B-body Super Stock springs and will have a 1-inch I.D. rear eyelet. In other words, you need MOOG part # K7308. But that was a year ago, and looks like Gorilla tape is now cross-referenced to that part number in the MOOG catalog. 🙂 Edit: Also, to just make everything simpler (if it can be simpler than Gorilla tape), and you want to just throw money at the problem, you can just get the Mancini Racing Conversion Shackle Set which let's you "Easily put a B Body Super Stock Spring on your A-Body."
Good to know, I completely forgot that I did that. I might need to check on those to see how the Gorilla Tape is wearing haha. Appreciate it and Thanks For Watching!
