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The 383 in my 68 D200 is the original unrestored engine with most of it’s original orange paint still present. I haven’t attempted to match it yet, but it looks more like it might be the same or close to the later Hemi Orange used on some or all of the late 60s high performance engines, as opposed t...

I adjusted the pressure switches by road speed and never bothered mounting a line pressure gauge, even though I made sure I could add one to the brass manifold I have the switches mounted on.

If you think you want Don's core transmission, PM me and I'll give you his shop number so you can phone him.

I opted to spend the extra money for the adjustable switches and am very glad I did. Unlike being stuck with whatever the fixed switches give you, you have adjustability and even if you go to a different advance curve, readjust the carburetor, change tire size, axle ratio, or any number of other par...

Just run a hydraulic throwout bearing in the bell that's compatible with the 833 and hook it up to the existing master. A 727 crossmember to bolt the frame stubs together can be found or easily made up with a length of 2" X 4" tubing. I'm sure someone here will post a picture to show you what it loo...

Checked with a friend that runs a small one man transmission shop yesterday. He offered up a short shaft 727 core for under a hundred bucks that would provide the all parts needed (mainly the main shaft and tail housing) to convert yours to the shorter transmission length needed to make this work. T...

My post of last year (last posted on 10 Sept 22) is probably one of those you are referring to, although because converting to a big block meant I had to use an Ultra Bell anyway, I started out with the heavier duty RH47. I've been told that you can bolt LA transmissions right to an A motor. If that...

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I agree, the truck looks terrific. You might have to get bunch of mandrel bends and a set of starter tubes/flanges and grow your own. I picked up a set of 3/8" flanges with starter tubes from Hell Gate Hot Rods for a small block (LA) years ago, but as I have never needed to build headers from them, ...

A cursory look under the '90 W200 I wrecked about 5 years ago revealed that the automatic transmission (518) and transfer case share a single wide crossmember and brackets that bolt to the underside the lower frame flanges using 4 bolts per side. While the exterior styling was changed in '81, I'm gu...

Thanks for suppling the electronic voltage regulator parts info for others. I'm on vacation at the daughter's house in SoCal and don't have the info in my laptop.

The original wire suppling 12 volts to the fuel gauge was connected directly to the buss bar on the back of the ammeter so that the buss bar was still powered up with switched 12 volts when the key is on.

It is very important to remove the connecting bar to the buss bar on the back of the ammeter from the post on the fuel gauge. Failing to do so will toast the gauge if the internal regulator is shorting out like mine did. Because the gauges work off 5 volts nominal, after the internal regulator fails...

The Sun Super Tach cup is bolted to the top of the turn signal collar of the steering column. I drilled and tapped the collar for a #10 machine screw to mount it. I used the same Rustolium Satin Black paint on the cluster face plate as I did on the speedo face itself. Since these photos were taken a...

The speedo face scratch was repaired by spraying a little Rustoleum satin black into a lid from something and using the tiniest brush I could find to just fill in the scratch.

The cluster slipped when removing it from the truck and I inadvertently touched the speedo needle causing the tip of it to scrape the face in an arc. One more thing to fix before reinstalling.

Fuel gauge and temp would peg when I first got the truck, then nothing. Replaced the fuel gauge sending unit with a new one off eBay and verified the wire running to the gauge. Still nothing, but I figured the damage was done and lived with it. When oil started leaking from the oil pressure gauge su...

While I had hoped for more, the fuel mileage increased only about 2 MPG initially, but I've since changed the metering rods in the Street Demon and it may have improved slightly from that. Perhaps playing with ignition advance curves to optimize the timing for RPM and load and using an O2 sensor to ...

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