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  • #766
    I prefer Hemostats. Cheap as hell at Harbor Freight and work great.
    Used to do a lot of soldering when I was working on propellers...these were fantastic for the task.
    If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue
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    • #767
      Been busting my ass the last couple of days...
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      Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

      "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."
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      • #768
        Looking like alot of progress . Ford blue ? You been working on that ford too much !




        Just kidding I remember repainting my engine back to its factory color in my first car. A 74 plymouth satellite , bnb it was blue .
        Last edited by Dan Barlow; July 15, 2018, 01:51 PM.
        Previously HoosierL98GTA

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        • #769
          According to the weather reports, it's looking like the engine will meet the car on Wednesday. Have to have it outside, just not enough wiggle room to make an engine hoist work in the shop. The Imperial has been moved to the concrete pad and I'll be tidying up some final details, like thermostats and locating a suitable set of cast-iron exhaust manifolds for the break-in procedure.
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          Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

          "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."
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          • #770
            oooooooooooooh, shiney........ me likey !

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            • #771
              bump....
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              Patrick & Tammy
              - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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              • #772
                Yeah, I had stepped away from the car for a bit. Last two days I've been back on it. Engine got bumped over for the first time yesterday, just finishing up nickel-and-dime stuff and preparing a distributor. It's close. I promise.
                Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

                "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."
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                • #773
                  Been doing the first couple of shakedown drives on the car. Overall, it's four-year slumber doesn't seem to have affected the way it drives too bad. But I have one major issue that I need to sort out. There is no third gear in the transmission. Left in Drive, the car upshifts from first to second just fine under low throttle input, but there is no second-third shift at all. I ran the car up to 50 mph in second to see if it would, no dice. Reverse works fine with no banging or shuddering. I have the kickdown lever at the transmission fixed at 25% input since i don't have the throttle/kickdown situation happily sorted on the carburetor yet. Manual shifting is the same story. Where should I start looking...valvebody or other? This is an A999, a beefed-up A904 variation.
                  Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

                  "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."

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                  • #774
                    Originally posted by BangShift McT View Post
                    Been doing the first couple of shakedown drives on the car. Overall, it's four-year slumber doesn't seem to have affected the way it drives too bad. But I have one major issue that I need to sort out. There is no third gear in the transmission. Left in Drive, the car upshifts from first to second just fine under low throttle input, but there is no second-third shift at all. I ran the car up to 50 mph in second to see if it would, no dice. Reverse works fine with no banging or shuddering. I have the kickdown lever at the transmission fixed at 25% input since i don't have the throttle/kickdown situation happily sorted on the carburetor yet. Manual shifting is the same story. Where should I start looking...valvebody or other? This is an A999, a beefed-up A904 variation.
                    Best I could do for you.

                    904 no 3rd gear?Why?
                    https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/904-no-3rd-gear-why.62690/page-2
                    non electric trannys dont have crevos non electric trans do have a front and rear servo... that is what actuates the front and rear bands.
                    If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

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                    • #775
                      It's street-legal again!
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                      Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

                      "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."
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                      • #776
                        right on!
                        Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                        • #777
                          More to follow soon.
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                          Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!

                          "Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."

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