| May 22nd 2009 |
Got the 'cuda back form the Frameworks with alle the parts installed :-)
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| May 16th 2009 |
Delivered the 'cuda to a Frameworks to have them install: New lower ball joints, CAP Auto Products upper comtrol arms with heims ends, new Moog front control arm brushings and SSBC front drum to disc brake kit with 9" power brake booster. |
| May 1st 2009 |
Fired up the 'cuda and added some more power steering oil in the power steering pump. Took the 'cuda out of winter storage and went for the first drive of the year.
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| April 29th 2009 |
Had a shop put on some new 235/60-R14 Copper Cobra GT tires for the front rimes. And I reinstalled the wheels on the 'cuda. |
| April 23rd 2009 |
Re-torqued all the bolts in the steering and suspension. Greased up all the joint in the suspension and driveshaft. Filled the radiator with coolant. Checked and recheck every bolt and nut on the 'cuda. |
| April 22nd 2009 |
Replaced stock worn out tie rods and sleeve with Firm Feel Inc 11/16" Seamless Tubing Tie Rod Kit reinstalled the crush can, steering wheel and driver side a/c duct.
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| April 12th 2009 |
Ajusted the steering column. Hooked up the last wires to the steering column, etc Only need to install the saftey pin that hold the steering column locked to the steering gear box.
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| April 8th 2009 |
Re-installed the steering column in the 'cuda, finally! Stille some ajusting left, and then I can add the chruch can and steering wheel again. |
| April 5th 2009 |
Repainted the steeringshaft in saintless steel color. i think it's going to look better then semi-gloss black, as my engine bay is black. |
| April 4th 2009 |
Disabled the steering column again do to the steeringshaft was not the right length was 37.5" should be 40.5", Separated the two parts in the drive shaft to the right length (need to be paint again). Installed light lens in the glove box and installed body plug for the clutch shaft (as I have a automatic 'cuda) |
| March 29th 2009 |
Installed new moog pitman arm and idler arm. installed glove box bumpers. Tested the rest of the electric system, everything works except the key buzzer. Faulty relay/buzzer. |
| March 22nd 2009 |
Fixed the power steering pump pulley line up. Finished installing the wires for the stereo. Replaced the upper radator hose with a correct one. |
| March 15th 2009 |
Installed a new glove box. Adjusted wiper arm linkage, works perfect now.. Fixed the last wiring in the engine room. Adjusted the alternator brackets so the pulleys would line up better. Still have a problem with the power steering pulley line up to the crank pulley. |
| March 12th 2009 |
Re-installed the driver side header, re-installed the power steering pump and re-installed the battery tray. |
| March 5th 2009 |
Added the glove box lid and installed a new 3-speed wiper motor. Fixed the last wiring in the coupé. All that’s left is the wiring in the engine room.
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| March 4th 2009 |
Replaced the crank pulley wheel, and test fitted the water pump pulley wheel. Added some extra parts to the dash, like lower left panel, etc
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| February 28th 2009 |
Reinstalled the dash in the 'cuda. Replaced the power steering box (to 73 style) Replaced the oil persure sending unit as well.
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| February 25th 2009 |
Replaced the water neck and added a 180 F termostat
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| February 16th 2009 |
Install the new dash wire harnez and A/C wire harnez from YearOne. Replaced glove box light switch with a NOS one (P/N 2947924) Added new correct light bulbs. And reused the wiring for the console light.
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| February 13th 2009 |
Reasembled the steering colunm. Removed the shifter lock out mechanisem and added a lower bearing (not stock). Replaced the cylinder lock, starter switch, the buzzer key switch (NOS p/n 2947459) and upper bearing.
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| February 09th 2009 |
Reasembled the dash. Well most of it. Need to modify a modling around the stereo to get evryting to fit right. The A/C control switch is not install as it's easier to install it when the dash is in the car.
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| February 8th 2009 |
Painted the steering column and all it's parts semi gloss black |
| February 4th 2009 |
Painted dash frame, glovebox, ash tray, etc B5 blue |
| Januray 29th 2009 |
Painted the dash pad B5 blue. Turned out just fine. Not perfect but fine as a street car
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| January 28th 2009 |
Got my parts back for the sand blaser in Hansa red primer
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| January 25th 2009 |
"fixed" the dash pad and sanded it down, ready for paint. As I don't have $1000 for a new one. |
| January 24th 2009 |
Started to work on the dash pad |
| Januray 23rd 2009 |
Sent the dash frame, ash tray, steering column, etc for sand blasting |
| January 9th 2009 |
Glued the woodgrain bezel to the metal brackets with 3M 90 glue spray. And install them on the rally dash bezel housings. Reasembled the switch panel and is now ready to beinstalled in the car.
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| January 4th 2009 |
Test fitted the woodgrain bezel for the rallye cluster
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| January 2nd 2009 |
Finally recived the new dash wirering from Year One. Started to sort out what of the old wirering i have to reuse. So fare it looks like only the wireing for the overlights for the cluster and slap stick light. |
| December 19th 2008 |
Received the speedometer from the speedometer shop and installed it in the cluster. Replaced the solid state limiter to a Real Time Eng. solid state limiter IVR3. And replaced the limiters harness as well. The cluster is now ready to be installed in dash.
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| December 11th 2008 |
Replaced the 3-speed wiper switch and dimmer switch in the dash panel with new ones (New Old Stock PN 3420865 and PN 2770380). |
| December 9th 2008 |
Sent the speedometer for rebuild at a speedometer shop |
| December 7th 2008 |
Repainted the instrumet needles |
| November 29th 2008 |
Rebuilt the clock in the dash to Real Time Eng. quartz clock
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| November 22nd 2008 |
Deasasembled the steering column. Ready for sand blasting and then paint. |
| November 10th 2008 |
Installed the heater box into the 'cuda. Removed the battery and battery tray from the engine room. |
| November 6th 2008 |
Replaced the old tach in the instrument cluster with a new one from Charger Specialties that is digital and more acurat tach, then the factory one. As you can see there are some slit difference in the aperients on the two tachometers
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| November 3rd 2008 |
Restored the heater box. Replaced all the foam (from Detroit Muscle Technologies), heater core and removed the A/C evaporator. Ready to be install in the 'cuda. Special thanks to Greg's HO R/T at cuda-challenger.com for providing me with the vacuum actuator that I needed to replace.
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| October 25th 2008 |
Removed heater box, steering colum and dash with all the instrumets and wires
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| October 7th 2008 |
'cuda at winter storage
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| August 14th 2008 |
Replaced the battery hold down straps to the correct ones.
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| July 5th 2008 |
Removed thermostat do to it beeing bad.
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| July 1st 2008 |
Found a water leak in the right head do to bad threads in in a bolt hole. That fastens the headers, Re-treaded it with heli coil. No more leak Replaced thermostat to 160 F
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| June 15th 2008 |
- Fixed a small error in the steering column |
| June 14th 2008 |
- Installed the passenger seat and replaced the throttle cable as well
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| June 13th 2008 |
- Passenger side seat has been reassembled and ready to be installed |
| June 12th 2008 |
- Reassembled the driver seat and installed it
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| June 11th 2008 |
- Got the seats back from reupholstering. Installed the rear seat.
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| June 9th 2008 |
- Re-installed the console and fixed a small problem with the shifter. So now it shifts perfectly
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| June 6th 2008 |
- Assembled the console, lid and lock. ready to be install in the 'cuda |
| June 5th 2008 |
- Repainted the console and the new lid to the console B5 Blue |
| May 27th 2008 |
- Delivered the seats for reupholstering
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| May 26th 2008 |
- Had the driver side seat back welded as it had craked several places
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| May 24th 2008 |
- Removed the seats from the car to have them redone
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| May 22nd 2008 |
- Had a shop install the Magnaflow #15851 exhaust system with 'cuda exhaust tips
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| May 20th 2008 |
- Replaced the starter relay and drove the 'cuda home with just bare headers!!!! |
| May 19th 2008 |
- Finished adding the tti headers
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| May 11th 2008 |
- Modified kickdown linkage to fit tti headers and finished installing the Mopar Performance mini-starter |
| May 10th 2008 |
- Started installing the tti headers and Mopar Performance big block mini-starter
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| May 1st 2008 |
- Began removing Headman headers, Powermaster starter and old exhaust system |
| April 29h 2008 |
- Finally got the 'cuda out of winter storage
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| January 19th 2008 |
- Replaced the parking light lenses
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| September 19th 2007 |
- The 'cuda is now in winter storage... Sadly the Powermaster Mini-starter broke during the drive to winter storage (over heated). Found out it was to close to the headers. |
| September 16th 2007 |
- Replaced the stock starter with a Powermaster Mini-starter
- Removed Termotec exhaust jakets, as they were wrecked during the mini-starter installation |
| September 13th 2007 |
- Added the rear valance w/ 'cuda exhaust cut outs. Sadly the painter didn't match the colors of the car right. So it has to be repainted again when installed on the car. 'cuda ehaust tips will be added when the exhaust system has been replaced (and the headers).
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| September 9th 2007 |
- Test fitted the new rear valance w/ 'cuda cut outs and 'cuda exhaust tips. (I buddy of mine is holding it in place).
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| September 7th 2007 |
- Replaced the speedometer cable.
- Added the driver side A/C duct tube. |
| September 4th 2007 |
- Replaced the aftermarket steering wheel with a repro Tuff steering wheel, and replaced the turn signal switch.
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| September 2nd 2007 |
- Replaced all the spark plug wires and boots and rooted them, so they look nice.
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| August 25th 2007 |
- Dropped the engine 3mm and installed the fan shroud, finally it fits
- Ajusted the valance insert some more. Now it is finally in the right place as well.
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| August 14th 2007 |
- Added Termotec exhaust jakets on the headers
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| August 10th 2007 |
- Replace waterpump to Flowkooler High performance waterpump for better water temp at idle
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| July 7th 2007 |
- Replaced the stock broken 62 amp alternator to a Powermaster 92 amp alternator |
| July 6th 2007 |
- Replaced the battery do to a broken Alternator (charged only 20 amp, so it killed the old battery) |
| July 1St 2007 |
- Replaced the heater blower motor with a NOS one and cleaned the fan.
- Fixed an error in the wiper linkage. So now it operates smooth. |
| June 25th 2007 |
- Had a shop replace both engine mounts and transmissiom mount.
- The shop also replaced the oil pickup and oil pan to the correct one as the one that was on the car was leaking and hitting the steering linkage. |
| June 16th 2007 |
- Removed the B&M shifter wire and added the correct shifter linkage. So now I don't have to worry out setting it correctly in park anymore. |
| June 7th 2007 |
- Replaced 2-speed wiper motor with a 3-speed wiper motor, like the fender tag sayes my 'cuda should have.
- Added the right and left inner fender inspection cover. |
| June 3rd 2007 |
- Added the a/c heater water valve again, and sealed the heater core with radiator sealer.
- Hooked up the heat control wire
- Replaced the filler neck to trunk sealer and and filler neck to gas tank seal. No more gas smell in the trunk and leakage from the tank. |
| May 30th 2007 |
- Replaced the AC Switch / Control Ass. So now fianally the blower motor works. |
| May 24th 2007 |
- Replaced the old rear worn out BFGoodrich 275/60/15 tires with brand new Yokohama AVID S/T 255/60/15. Reason for down sizing is, do to rubbing. The new tires clears real nice
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| May 13th 2007 |
- Replaced the spacer and holders on the wiper arms linkage |
| May 12th 2007 |
- Replaced the blower motor resistor and blower motor switch |
| May 5th 2007 |
- Added steel fuel tube from fuel pump to carburator.
- Replaced the PCV hose as well
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| April 27th 2007 |
- Removed the fan shroud, as the fan was hitting it. Need to replaced motor mount to get the engine strait. Then add the shroud again.
- Installed a new used console woodgrain top plate. As the old was hacked up.
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| April 21st 2007 |
- Replaced lower radiator hose
- Flushed the radiator and replaced the coolant |
| April 15th 2007 |
-Installed fan shroud
-Added rear exhaust hanger for the 'cuda exhaust tips. And locked the muffler heat shields in place (same bolt holding them in place as the 'cuda exhaust hangers). |
| March 31st 2007 |
- Added left inner fender splash shield. And tried to add the right one as well. But there was cut a large hole in the inner fender were it should be, so it didn't fit. I need to fabricate some other fasteners for it.
- Tried to fix leakage in the oil pan with a new oil drain plug and oil. But found out that the oil pan is to crooked for the oil drain plug to seal. So I need a new one.
- Ripped out the carpet in the trunk to check out the condition of trunk floor. It looked ok.
- Added original shifter. Still had to use the shifter linkage from the B&M shifter as the lower linkage shifter rod I had was to long. So I need to find a new one. As shifting with a wire isn't as smooth as steel rods.
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| March 24th 2007 |
- Fixed error with the braking lights. |
| March 24th 2007 |
- Removed a/c heater water valve, do to leaking in the heater core.
- Refitted the valance insert, so now it's correctly fitted.
- Install correct throttle return spring and bracket.
- Replaced the coolant and termostat in the engine.
- Added new spark plug wire seporators for test fitting.
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| March 19th 2007 |
- Took the 'cuda out of storage for the summer |
| February 20th 2007 |
- Added right/passenger side inner fender splash shield |
| February 6th 2007 |
- Added a/c heater water valve, hoses, temp control cable and new 5/8" fitings to the water pump. |
| January 5th 2007 |
- Added correct trunk key cyclinder and the front insert valance
(well sort off, need some more fitting to be correctly fitted)
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| October 1st 2006 |
- Added K&N air filter
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| September 6th 2006 |
- Replaced the drivers side door lock |
| September 1st 2006 |
- Replaced the Holley 600cfm carburator to a Edelbrock Performance 750 cfm
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| August 26th 2006 |
- Added the hockey stripes on the rear quarters
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| August 1st 2006 |
- Added
trunk latch cover shield |
| July 24th 2006 |
- Added red 'cuda stripe in the grill |
| June 30th 2006 |
- Replaced bearing on the rear axle. And replaced the u-joins and yoke on the driveshaft. Balanced the driveshaft. |
| June 29th 2006 |
- Finally go my licsens plate for the 'cuda |
| June 20th 2006 |
- Got my registion paper for the 'cuda |
| June 5th 2006 |
- Rewired the wires the lights and turn signals back to stock |
| April 26th 2006 |
- Bought myself a 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda in the UK |
