Hello everyone just wanted to know some feedback from you guys. I need to replace my right side wheel bearing on my 66, but since one side needs to be done might as well kill two birds with one stone. I've noticed there are options out there but witch ones would you guys recommend or is it a matter of how much one is willing to spend?

Obviously I'm new to this forum, but also a new proud owner of a 1970 Coronet. I'm sure I will have lots of questions in the future, but for now, I'll be browsing. Below is my new toy. Comments welcomed

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I'm workin' on the brakes in my '68 Super Bee. When I took things apart on the front brakes, I found that it did not have the self adjusters hooked up. Instead it had a star lock spring as in this photo

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I wanted to install the self adjusters so I bought some parts and put it together like this.5597 Obviously the eye on the self adjuster cable needs to go on the backing plate anchor. I've tried every method that I could think of to get that stinkin thing hooked up properly. The closest that I got to getting it into place (with the hook under the bracket at the bottom, and the eye on the anchor ) was by using a screwdriver as a lever and sliding the cable down the shaft of the screwdriver . The problem was that I couldn't get the tip of the screwdriver and the cable into the space between the shoe and the cable guide. Can I file a little off the edge of the cable guide? Anyone have a good suggestion for putting this %$%%#^ thing on?
Maybe I'd be better off using the star lock spring again and adjusting the brakes manually?

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Been working on the board today Below are some changes made:

Changes made:

1) Made new uploader available for pictures when using Quick Reply. (Someone patched the version that was no longer supported by Vbulletin). You can now select mutiple images to upload.

NOTE: You may need to clear your browser cache to use the new image uploader, and you cannot upload multiple files with IE9 or below. IE10 and up, Firefox, Chrome seem to work ok.

2) Double size of files to be uploaded.

3) Doubled the amount of images and video's that can be uploaded in a single post.

4) Doubled amount of PM's that can be stored.

5) Re-enabled Quick-Reply (Rich can do his Snoopy dance now )

6) Removed the restriction on replying to For Sale and Cars/Parts wanted section. Just keep it civil. We all won't agree on the price someone wants for their cars/parts, so please don't berate the seller in the ad.


Changes coming:

1) Bring back the photo albums so they aren't restricted to a users profile. (At the very least, I'll create a section to put links to users profile albums). *DONE*

2) Go to a single color format. Currently we have 4 color themes to the site. (Default, Plum Crazy, Sublime, Torred). Very hard to maintain, as a change to how items are displayed need to be changed across all 4. The default will be Torred. *DONE*

3) Find a cheap (ie free) chat program to set up for those that want to use it. The one that was there seemed to work ok, I'd like to find one that won't hit the wallet too bad.

4) Change the human verification process when signing up to an easier (some say) one. The current one requires some knowledge of Coronets to answer. It will also allow me to change the default page some.

5) Develop mobile app for forum. (Sorry all, Vbulletin has changed their licensing for this, this is a very expensive upgrade now. So we won't be enabling this.).



What we need from you:

1) Participate. See a cool car? Take a picture of it and talk about it. Doing something different to your car? Write something up. Have a tech question? Ask it. You'll never get the "what are you a dumbass?" answer like you do on other sites. Find a good deal on a aftermarket part or something that's being re-popped? Let us know.

2) Need a volunteer to resurrect the Coronet of the Month. What we'd like is someone to find different cars, and post a poll of them for the members here to vote on. The winning car would get picked as COTM. To keep it interesting, the volunteer should pick a different theme each month. 1 month it could be A12 Bee's, the next, the early year cars, the following driver's. They don't have to be members cars either, find some online and use them.

3) People to help get the word out. We get a lot of new members at Carlisle because they see the tent, and ask questions about it. But because we can't afford to pay for Search Engine Ranking, we don't appear until Page 2 when doing a Google search). If fliers are created, are people willing to print one out and put it on their dashboard if they take their car to a show?

I see kits with all the studs and nuts are available for the 440 magnum,but I need just three studs can they be bought separate?
Thanks Jim

There'll be some changes made to the board in the coming days/weeks. So if you see stuff appear/disappear you'll know why.

Mike

Hey all, I have sent my radio out to be converted to AM/FM with bluetooth.
For a couple of years I had a pair of speakers mounted in portable speaker boxes sitting on the floor, and that work fine for a while.
But that just doesn't cut it with my kids, now that there legs have been stretched enough to reach the floor. its a fight for real estate between them and the speakers in the back seat.
So I look around looking for a good place to mount a pair of speakers with minimal damage.
Any creative thoughts?

Sorry to post this but it is so quiet on here now.

Our active members are low compared to people signed up. I wonder what can be done to rejuvenate this forum.

I have had thoughts on it. Maybe the forum software needs an upgrade or even more drastically change to another one that allows a few features that are missing here.

1- Posting images. Upload from computer OR by using URL. I realize the upload option is there but the result is less than optimal. Sizing is either set too small for example, or the forum cannot handle the addition of uploaded photos correctly.
2- Cannot 'thank' or 'like' posts. IN such a socially aware world, this is a huge issue in my opinion. And not seeing visual feedback on a post you might make to help someone out, is an oversight.
3- Photo albums. Where are they? I cannot find them, the menu up there get's me to MY own..Where are all the others, and why is it so hard to find them?

I am not sure how this will be received, but obviously I care about this forum otherwise I would have just stopped using it. But as it stands I use another very busy forum for mopar related things now. As it has posts all the time, throughout each day.

This could be a great forum, but we need more members contributing.

Well I now have 2 of the 3 carbs for my car. After further inspection of my carbs i found out they are for a 340.
So I have now purchased 2 brand new outboards for her and now I just have the center one left. So just $595.00 to go. Cant wait to see how she is going to run. If anyone is interested in original six pack carbs for a 340 let me know because I will be selling these after I take them off. The front carb has been 100% totally rebuilt including a new metering plate. The center from top to bottom has been rebuilt including new baseplate.
the rear needs some work.

Whoopie!!