Mopar Muscle Association UK

Been some while since I've posted so will get some updates up. Decided to replace dash facia while I was doing gauges, had a local sheet metal place model up the old one remake in ally and bend.

Fitted well after a couple of tweaks Powder coated black

Drivers door & window wrestling has been my latest adventure. The drivers window regulator was slightly lacking in teef :D 20220722_144649.jpg I tried welding some more on with moderate success as teeth on small gear worn out
New regulators are available for '77 and onwards trucks but are slightly ...

Got bed wood back in 20221028_160336.jpg
Not perfect which is a general theme of my work :D but it'll do for now. The bed wood kit came over with the truck as this seemed like a time/money saver but truth is matey I bought truck from stiffed me on 7 cheap ass pine planks, the 60 bolts still need ...

Ordered some parts from rockauto recently mostly good apart from caliper pistons, one correct, one about 10mm too small on diameter :cry: went through the online order problem process. Got a replacement less than a week later :thumbright:....also wrong :banghead: now as it happens I only need one ...

Been busy doing various stuff, rear diff cover had been leaking so off with that stone down a couple of bruises on the face paint cover found two tags on it one ratio other??? Any ideas? 20220927_102056.jpg dash cover was badly sun damaged 20220723_164657.jpg and are rare 2nd hand plus nobody makes ...

Was going to go down the aftermarket expansion tank but an original one popped up on ebay got to get a cap but they're a common Mopar unit so available new

Nice
Saw that on ebay a while back, pretty rare beast over here I would have thought

Dave999 wrote: Thu Sep 15, 22 12:56 pm if you try and buy stuff from 2 it will tell you at checkout becasue the post and packing suddenly increses

Dave

Cheers Dave

Dave999 wrote: Tue Sep 06, 22 9:49 am just make sure you buy all your rockauto parts from a single one of their multiple wharehouses to keep shipping low.

Good advice but how will I know which warehouse it's coming from? Can't see that info when I look, am I missing it?

Decided to give re-machining the bearing diameter a go as I had nothing to lose so turned up an ally mandrel to do two things, one to be pressed into inner diameter and almost protrude through so I had a concentric diameter to clock up when held in soft jaws on the lathe
Well it worked better than ...

Afternoon chaps
Question about coolant system, my 76 D100 318 truck has no expansion tank, assuming that its important within the system or can be run without (doubt it) truck expansion tanks are made of unobtainium so if I need one I was going to for a universal unit so next Question is fitment ...

Thanks Dave
Great links. Hubs/rotors are one piece and like you say BIG, I've ordered a bearing and will give it a go as long as I can hold on the inner cup diameter and clock the disc in true I'll be golden but if it doesn't work out I'll get a new disc
Not dealt with rockauto for a while, worth ...

Cheers Dave
Always good to hear another viewpoint with helpful information, but unfortunately the hub is bananaramerd
I'm guessing that at some a bearing has let go and worn the bore for the outer cup away although in a very uniform way almost like it's been machined :scratch:
Drivers side is 0 .1 ...

Loving this epic build......Great work