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I used the Scarebird conversion on my 66 D100. I had to get larger rims so the caliper would clear, but the other parts were readily available and cheap at Rockauto. I bought the hubs from Scarebird as well. Everything went together well, but I had to shave a bit off of the ends of some attaching bo...

Resized_Screenshot_20171114-133652.jpeg I sold my 66 D100, and have regretted it ever since, so I'm looking to buy a 68 D100 for sale locally. I was looking at the pictures and noticed something weird. I've attached a picture: it shows a flexible hose used to connect hard line coming from the maste...

On my 1968 there is a "tang" in between the two posts that is over top of the gas gauge. There is a BLACK "jumper wire" that goes from that tang over to the Temp gauge. See my drawing and photo of the back of my dash. Thanks! The picture is very helpful. That jumper wire with the unique "U" connect...

1966 D100 with 318 poly. Trying to reconnect my temp gauge as I repair previous owners' wiring mistakes. I know one terminal on the temp gauge connects to the sending unit. The FSM shows that the other terminal connects to the fuel gauge to get power, but doesn't clearly show where. The fuel gauge h...

If u have mechanical lifters (all my polys do), as the seat erodes, the valve sinks into the head and the lash disappears, keeping the valves from sealing. As it warms up, it gets worse. Might want to check the valve lash when hot. Adjusted the valve lash cold, adding .02 to the intake spec and .03...

How about doing a compression test. U may be making a rash assumption that rings and particularly valves are sealing well. That motor didn't come with hardened valve seats and if they've never been changed, unleaded gas eats them up. Hmm. Not so good. Here are the numbers on a lukewarm engine: 1- 1...

The distributor is a rebuilt unit I just installed. The wires are in the correct firing order. I can advance or retarded the timing, but it still idles like crap. I leaned out the mixture screws equally, but no setting really improves the idle. After leaning it out, though, causing a vacuum leak at ...

I just bought a '66 D100 with a 318 poly. This is my first post, and my first truck (I'm an AMC car guy, and like AMCs, the Sweptline is a "dare to be different" kind of truck, so I like it). Anyway, the truck idled very poorly when I bought it. In park, it was bad - in drive, it shook so badly I th...