Author: rcmaniac791

1989 Fifth Avenue – A sad sight

1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue Base – Abandoned / Forfeited Vehicle – GovDeals.com

Apparently this poor thing was abandoned. Claimed to not run, not too sure about anything else. There’s 2 days left on the auction, and it’s only 200 bucks. If I only had more space…….could be turned into a cool beater/sleeper.

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K-car brake booster question

Hey everyone,

So I’m trying to install Mopar Performance aluminum valve covers on my 318, and they hit the brake booster. I’m pretty sure I read that a K-car booster will bolt up with some modifications to where the petal connects. But I just wan…

Magnum 360 swap questions

So I’m just tossing around the idea of swapping in a magnum 360 crate engine into my car, and I’ve had a question arise about the flex plate. I know that I need an externally balanced magnum flex plate, and according to magnumswap.com, I can’t use an LA 360 flex plate, but rather a magnum specific one. I found this one on summit:

ATP Flexplates Z-332

says that the outer diameter is 11.5 inches, and in my service manual, I…

Magnum 360 swap questions

Help me ease my mind…….Rod Knock???

Well, here it goes:

The car (1984 chrysler fifth avenue, stock 318, stock drivetrain, just hit 80,000 miles) has been running great until about a month ago, when I accidentally put mobil semi-synthetic 10w-30 in the car during an oil change. (they need to label the bottles better). When I started the car to drive it afterwards, I noticed a very mild knocking sound, kinda sounded like rod knock, could have been the fuel pump, not sure. I didn’t really worry about it. I should also say that…

Help me ease my mind…….Rod Knock???

cheap header thoughts?

stumbled across these on the old interwebs:

Long Tube Exhaust Headers Fits Dodge Chrysler Plymouth Small Block 318 340 360 | eBay

I’m having a stainless system made up in about a month and I’m thinking about replacing the manifolds due to condition and some minor exhaust leaks….

cheap header thoughts?

HVAC under-dash vacuum lines question

What’s up everyone, got a bit of a question here.

I began working on the A/C in the 5th again today, and when I turned on the air, I only got airflow from the defrost, not the vents on the dash. I couldn’t redirect the airflow to save my life.

So I took out the panel under the driver side of the dash, and little green chunks of what used to be rubber fell out, and I noticed that the color-coded vacuum lines were all hanging, disconnected. I’ll attach 2 pictures for a reference.

I know…

HVAC under-dash vacuum lines question

tire size question

So my tires are starting to show their age, and it’s time to replace them. I’m currently running the stock size of 205/75/r15 on the stock 1984 M-body wheel of (I think) 15×7. IMO, there is not enough tire under the car, and I think it almost has the “pizza-cutter” look, especially in the back. Again, just my opinion. I’m going with the traditional BFG radial T/A with the white letters. I’ve been doing some research on different tire sizes and seeing what will work. This is what I found:…

tire size question