Project Snowball - Tuning This 1968 Dodge Coronet 500 Accidentally Turned Into A Much Bigger Job...

[@Coronetguy]

I know it seems as though I must. Have known there was a tranny issue. But I swear I have never had an issue. I park it on a lift above a 70 Chevelle sometimes. That’s the confidence I “had” in the car . I think Jamie did it for Clicks!! 😂😂

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

All I can say is, things go badly enough around here without further intervention from me 😅

[@ericwilson2585]

What I like about you James, is you take your customers car's out and drive them, and make sure there running good, in all situations, like hot start, and no spark knock, like optimal ignition timing. Thanks for that.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

No, it's definitely a distributor video Jamie...the car is distributing trans fluid all over your floor 😉

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

🤣

[@bombfog1]

A+ for using the word “pablum.”

[@rudybriskar5267]

Absolutely GORGEOUS! I love that color!

[@0004612]

Sorry but I don’t agree with that color. But definitely a great condition Coronet.❤

[@User-nx7rs]

It would look better in it's original color.

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

I had a dark green 68 Coronet 500 Ragtop for a project car back in the 80's. Halfway through rust removal surgery, life circumstances changed, so i had to sell the car. This video makes me miss that car.

[@gk5891]

My Dad had a '68 Coronet R/T Black with Red Stripe when I was a kid. Brings back memories.

[@butcher390]

What a beautiful 💖 68 Dodge Coronet 500 🏁 Certainly got my , Super Bee knowledge on , Thanks Jamie 🧑‍🎓

[@BlooMule]

"It wasn't leaking BEFORE you changed the distributor!!" 🤣🤣

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

You changed my serpentine belt, and now my water pump leaks!

[@bradsrestorations1085]

About 2 months ago, that same mysterious puddle appeared under my 69 Coronet. I turned it off, put some floor dry down, and left it..... for now. Please show the seal replacement or whatever the fix turns out to be. Thanks for sharing!

[@rockystanaitis2908]

The best thing about this “tuneup” is that the owner is going get the best possible service and outcome. Love you guys. Great work! Always!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thank you!

[@MrTonyPiscatelle]

I had a red 68 bee back in 1975, it had been used for drag racing before I got it. Awesome car 383 rally dash. It went to save a low mileage yellow 68 bee that was totaled after I blew the engine. The man who got her traded me a 1967 coronet 500 383 console bucket seat dark copper in color car for her. Oh the good old days

[@magnetocheck]

Sorry about the mess, but love the old Mopars. My first car was a '69 Coronet 500. Not a street racer with a 318, 2-bbl but I agree with you; beautiful body lines for sure. Re: recurving the diz. I understand that some guys love fiddling with the inside of a distributor and dropping tiny parts on the floor, but I would recommend a Progression Ignition unit. I got one a year ago for my '65 Impala and I curve it from my cell phone. Love it. BTW, I am running 24* initial timing at idle, 29* in drive at 600 RPM with no vac advance at idle but additional 10* added in sequentially from 1500-3000 RPM.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I totally like the idea of quickly and easily changing a timing curve, but I have zero interest in putting a little computer inside my distributor that I have to talk to with an app. I just don’t want that in my classic car. I hope that makes sense.

[@moparfan4388]

When I clean up fluid leaks I use either a 6 inch or a 4 inch drywall knife and a metal dust pan. I use the knife to push the fluid into the dust pan and just dump it into a drain pan until most of fluid is removed. That method removes fluid amazingly quickly and minimizes the amount of mess and rags needed to remove the spill. Try it next time you will be amazed at how efficient it is at removing fluid spills.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Brilliant!

[@forterierocks]

What a great looking car👌

[@ericwilson2585]

Thats what i like about you Jamie, you take the time to make sure its right, you take them out and actually drive them, to make sure youve got the most optimal ignition timing, no spark knock, and no kick back when cranking, instead of just throwing number at it and calling it "good". The world needs more people like you in it. Thank you for that.

[@vermontguy7692]

Very straight looking car, but that trans leak is a major bummer.

[@codyhollinger6531]

I'm glad you don't cut out the disasters. This is typical of my experience. Those cam specs are similar to mine. I look forward to what the timing curve ends up at. Happy wrenching!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I want to show people what this stuff is like - warts and all. I think that’s really important. That, and walking through how I figure things out. It’s always a new nightmare, so I think it’s important to get the approach down. Thanks!

[@joshuajesch7154]

Can't wait to see the toolbox charger again. Its looking great. Love that color on it.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Dude me too. The next video is coming up! It’s almost a whole car now.

[@HighRevNation]

Just stumbled across this and immediately subscribed. So much information that would have helped me on my dodge trucks, coronet, or supercharged charger in the past setting everything up!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thanks! I try to pack a lot of good info into these things. Haha.

[@dwightwaldvogel2783]

Looks like an episode of “murder she wrote “ 😂

[@davidpawson7393]

In the late 80s I bought a 67 Dart GT-S hardtop with the leaning tower of cower I mean power. As many of my friends were also gearheads and my dad was cool with project cars, this car was beautiful and not a project, I could have easily swapped K members and did as a friend did which was 340 heads on a newer 318, purple cam, steel crank etc and swapped the driveline out too. It was kept the way it left the factory like the many other survivors I've had from VWs to my daily which is even rarer at 12,300 total built over 3 years. Use it or lose it.

[@leehouston5436]

You could have had a GT with a /6, but not a GTS

[@OlderNotNecesarilyWiser]

Wow what a beautiful car! How does pulling a distributor cause a tranny to leak? They aren't even connected. I suppose the answer for all your leaks is because it can, and it's you doing it, that streak of luck that you have, good luck with it Jamie! Looking forward to the second part of this Kermit Cornet project video!

[@jakebridgetimpastato5622]

This car looks awesome and i usually just like original.

[@jonmoore8995]

Look forward to you slaying these two Dragons. Tuning tutorial is so appreciated.

[@brentforte5950]

It almost Seems like you're being set up . Good luck man

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I can definitely confirm he had no idea this would happen.

[@glenbo2464]

Nice car and its a good thing you had the car in for tuning and found the other leaks or he could have been left stranded somewhere.

[@kart70]

That's the whole mixed blessing of the situation. DDG certainly didn't need a major leak, but at the same time, if a leak was to happen, it's way better to happen at a mopar specific shop than to happen on the road somewhere.

[@ARKANSASHUBCAP]

Great video a gift that just keeps on giving. I've always said if it's not broke fix it till it is ! !😂

[@MidnightPolaris800]

Beautiful coronet

[@SeanJoseph-s2s]

Getting some B-body content nice good stuff....and thanks

[@DavidRHiller]

Thanks!

[@Grandadsjunk]

Oh dear this way more videos will come all the same a very nice presentable car

[@pcbullets8726]

Wow, that totally sucks dude. That would be my kinda luck working on a car. This is why I have a lot of respect for what you and my mechanic friends do. There must have been a lot of off camera cussing going on after that happened.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Ohhhh yeah… someone said I should release the cussing cut. Thankfully there isn’t one 😅

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

NO , feel ya pain mate . Bob the builder says 'YESS WE CAN'. ps Luv crazy 60s taillights . Coro's n Satellites all the way baby

[@matthewb8229]

Love me some Sublime Green!

[@autonomous_collective]

I like the black out trim....Interesting.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It makes for a very clean look. I’ve never seen that done before, and do have to say I find it interesting. Especially with the sublime - the green and flat black play together well.

[@mikedaugharty5544]

Yeah Jamie I hate when that stuff happens and it only makes a person look like they did something wrong which they did not and now instead of three hours job it's a 15 hour job and good luck with the fix I'm so glad that you've got vocational school watching your videos you interject so much fun into everything that then poor people are gonna go to their first job and they're not gonna find the funny character mechanic they're working there which is unfortunate and the way mechanics are dropping out because of issues with pay and flat rate and high tech crap that you don't get paid for I don't blame them so you vortec people think hard and long and make sure you're tuned up on electronics because that is what it's gonna be 90% of the time anything electrical thanks Jamie

[@clembob8004]

Hmm, this looks like one of my days sometimes. I've sometimes thought that one way to solve every leak is to just some build sort of a pan under the car to catch everything, and make sure to include a drain plug so it can be drained occasionally.

[@realmaindrianpace]

Looks like one of those reexamining life choices moments. I work on '60s Fords, so I have one of those about every 8 days.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah, Mopar land is not so different in that regard...

[@lessharratt8719]

One of THOSE days.

[@rocketresto]

So so green.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Aggressively green, I would say.

[@olikat8]

LoL- know all about "Job creep" and things getting done right. If you've seen the ol' Valiant sedan...brakes, suspension, steering, interior, weather stripping, power train, consumable parts, chassis stiffening, wheels & tires, interior fixes (front bench bottom, carpet, headliner), electronics/counter measures, radio retrofit, speakers, remove the vinyl top & paint the metal white

[@briane.5656]

For me, the original gauges are a huge part of the appeal. Admittedly, the quirkiness of the ammeter might convince me to make a few behind-the-scene updates, but I love the original look.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I completely agree. I just love the original clusters. Even the grandma sweep gauges.

[@Cstoreri]

Thx Jamie

[@Mclovingarage]

That got WAY out of hand WAY too quickly! Beautiful car though, glad he is finding the parts to put it back to a true Coronet 500. The 500 has some beautiful trim and details. Those tail lights are epic!

[@kenjohnson3641]

Cool car great info

[@KiwiStag74]

My Dad had an issue with green cars. Every time he owned one or worked on one, things quickly deteriorated into a pile of Anglo-Saxon adjectives, nouns and the occasional verb. This was due to how many things would go wrong and the frequency with which they happened. He was a Ford man originally, but when I tried to explain this to him as a naïve 16-year-old, I ended up with the imprint of a 9/16th open-ended spanner on my forehead for a couple of days until the swelling went down. Did you know they make a unique "whucka-whucka-whucka" sound before they hit you? I learned something that day - not to turn around when you hear "whucka-whucka-whucka" quickly approaching from behind you unless you wish to experience an intense pain....but I digress. Actually, it didn't matter the breed. Dad's green cars had issues with parking brakes and kids who'd been left in the car releasing them, said parking brake letting go on its own and the car taking out a letter box...made of bricks, people backing into them in carparks or builder's yards...with their tow-bar hitting Dad's car first. In fact, at least two were written off by drunk drivers going through intersections when they shouldn't. If Dad was going to end up with a dent in his car, the universe used to wait until said car was green. The only car he wrecked that wasn't green, was black....and it was MY car. No, it wasn't a Ford either. Me? In a Ford??? Dad would start working on someone's green car - and just like you in this video, whatever he was working on would be going well and then some other random item would suddenly decide it was time to expire.....or he'd take it for a test drive (with the bloke he was doing the work for) and something else would sh** itself. In the end, one mate or another would ring up and ask if Dad had a bit of time free to work on his car and Dad's first question would be "Is it green?". If it was, then no. No he didn't have time then....or next week....or any other date in the future that they may think of. He'd say something like "Try me last week. Or maybe the weekend before that, because I wasn't busy then". Mates of mine turned up from time to time to show him their cars, as they thought he'd enjoy seeing them. Dad would walk out and say "Oh. It's green" and they'd say "Yeah! You wanna go for a drive in it, Phil?" to which he'd reply "Nah, mate. Sorry. I'm washing my hair in a minute". Dad was bald.... Fortunately, once I explained to them (out of Dad's hearing) that Dad is pretty much allergic to green cars and they tend to disagree with his stable mindset, my mates understood and the disappointment of not having his apparent approval of their recent purchase was nullified. Some things are inherited through bloodlines and while I have owned green cars without issue, my sister has owned precisely two. One got written off when she was going straight ahead on a green light and someone turned right in front of her with no chance for her to stop. The second, she was going through an intersection on a green light when she was T-boned by a drunk driver who was being chased by two police cars. She had left her kids at home with me while she ran a few errands (you know how it is getting kids in and out of car seats at multiple destinations!) but had I not popped over to have a coffee with her that morning and had her son been in his car seat at the time, he would not be here today as his car seat - a top of the line model - was crushed, in several pieces and pinned between the passenger's rear door and the rear seat it was mounted to. The car was hit so hard in the B-pillar that she got smacked in the face with air bags AND the head rest of the passenger's front seat because the floor was concertinad in that far. Honestly, if you looked in through the rear window, you could see the window sill of the rear door in line with the centre-right of the rear view mirror and the passenger's front seat lying over the top of the centre console with its top third in the driver's seat. A very lucky escape......so when she was recently offered an immaculate 1966 Mustang GT with all the options and with a 4-spd manual floor shift as a straight swap for her 6-year-old 4WD Toyota pickup (luxury model with all the fruit), as much as the Muzzie was everything she wanted, she turned it down flat because it was a beautiful shade of dark green metallic. Good call, I thought. My reason for bringing this up? Maybe that green Coronet had it in for you the same way as those other green cars had it in for Dad when he was working on them! Do you own any green cars? How reliable have they been and do they try to run you over or hit random things? There could be something to this.....

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

My battle against green cars is ongoing 😅 no, I don’t have any now, but I have definitely had my fair share in the past. I have a feeling you are right. It could sense my disgust.

[@dans8287]

Sorry but I can relate to your experience here. That kind of crap always happens when I am trying to fix something. Luckily I fix stuff for a living! Life is great!

[@marcbrown6391]

All schools should show your videos. I love how it started as a timing video and turned into what the hell happened here. It’s like what happens in my garage. When do we get an episode with all the cussing bloopers that are cut out?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m at least smart enough to turn the camera off for the majority of those 😅

[@dantupper1784]

Went from Fine-Tuning to Critical Repair Item time. Automatic transmission fluid skating rink- Zamboni time!

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Still a nice MOPAR even if not what the tags show she a looker 👀 .👍🏻🇦🇺.

[@LostProfitsGarage]

I swear.....I just watched an episode of my own life! You must be my karmic twin! I, like you, am well acquainted with Mr. Murphy 😎

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah. Me and Mr. Murphy go way back. Haha.

[@rodrocket8216]

Very cool car, except for the reflective pool.. good shot tho. Kinda like the blacked out trim, too.

[@Mike-Olds-1]

I have a feeling we will be seeing this car again in a future video 🤯

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh… very, very soon.

[@bigwrenchtech]

It’s green!

[@romannumeral5547]

Say goodnight Irene. Sweet dreams until next time. Looks like Murphy showed up.

[@Nichole-440HP]

What a beauty ❤

[@ericwilson2585]

Op, just seen the rest of the vid, yep, welp i think the trans has got ta come out, front seal and torque converter bushing... Ive found that (and im sure you have to), that when someome dosent put the converter into the transmision "gently" the bushing can come lose, and voula, front seal no longer seals... I put my 727 together and had to pull it back out for the exact same reason. Moper strong!!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’ve seen a bushing disintegrate once before, but I never found the root cause. I fixed it and it did it again, which led me to believe it was probably a transmission dowel alignment issue. Hopefully this one becomes obvious as I get into it.

[@staceyrenner5418]

Holy shit man, I've seen pump seals leave a drop or two over a couple of hours but nothing like that. It's the Old Faithful of transmission leaks! Still not sure how you work on that without sunglasses, maybe it looks brighter on camera but God dang!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It’s very bright. Haha. But actually that’s helpful in my shop, the lighting is terrible

[@kart70]

I don't envy having to make that awkward phone call. "You know how your car was brought in for a tune-up job? Yeah, about that......"

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah… that was fun…

[@kart70]

It's one of the toughest parts of being a mechanic, IMO.

[@avgjoegeek71]

I was joking tonight "If its not leaking - its not running right" - I was talking about Harley's... but I suppose it applies to this Mopar as well? Good luck playing the Lil' Dutch Boy with this one lol. 🤣😂

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh… it applies to more than just Harleys…

[@mikedimaio1237]

ah, the joys of old car ownership

[@michaelnault5905]

I like the car. Even the color. All of the seemingly unrelated mayhem is likely why people hire your services :⁠-⁠)

[@troglodyte1969]

That staining on the LH exhaust pipe just after the collector and crossover says the trans has been at least seeping for a while.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes - but from somewhere else forward the back. Speedo cable or shift shaft seal, not sure which yet. I was going to mention that but didn’t get it in the video.

[@Coronetguy]

The hard line was seeping for a bit. I found it was a bit loose on a routine trip on the rack. That was the cause of that stain, but good eye!

[@classicdude-mike8174]

tuning a a Mopar is like tuning a 12 string electric guitar .. you can do it .. but as soon as you hit the trem bar ... it's a roll of the dice

[@clembob8004]

Yeah, except tuning doesn't usually involve a lake of red under the car.

[@classicdude-mike8174]

@@clembob8004 depends on what kind of guitar ..and what shade of red

[@majorpayne5289]

👍Good stuff

[@MetallicAH2O]

It's kinda fitting that it decided to leak almost every fluid possible. It's just acclimating to its current surroundings

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Seriously though 😅

[@jasonatkin6787]

I installed one of those Summit electronic distributor upgrade kits in my '72 W200, and it would start and run great, but after 15 min. of driving, it would usually lose spark when trying to re-start. Turned out to be that bent pickup increasing the gap out of spec. That small gap increase at the wide end of the bent pickup causes a loss of spark after things heat up. Seems that bent pickup is a feature they all come with from Summit.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah I’m not thrilled about it. We’ll see if this one has the same issue. Considered filing it straight but that might do more harm than good. I had that same exact issue with an original Chrysler distributor years ago in my Challenger.

[@d1mennis]

My 68 Coronet 440 was dark green.

[@Minitrucker231]

"We got a smoker... aaaaand a bleeder!" Son of a..... 😂

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😅

[@johnbonham7515]

Rather than Project Snowball it's Project Curveball...

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh that’s much better.

[@Drivewaytohell]

Love it

[@robertspence831]

MP sold distributors with that type of advance for a while. The little plastic gauges came separate. Got one in the shed, somewhere.....

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yep. I’ve talked about that MP unit that these are based on in the past. I will discuss them in my big distributor video… some day…

[@WillyMcCoy50]

New Name For Coronet 500 Bee : Leaky Louie.

[@minnesotatomcat]

I don’t mind the black out trim beings it’s kind of a hodge podge thing the way it is, it’s got kind of a unique sinister look. I don’t mind that digital gauge cluster either, I’d rather have analog gauges but the dash/gauge cluster on those cars was kinda boring looking for as cool as the rest of the car was.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I agree!

[@chrisgurney2467]

Shiny paint can cover many sins XD

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It can, but in this case, there is a pile of photos showing what is underneath. It’s a really good car.

[@chrisgurney2467]

@@DeadDodgeGarage that is really good 😄

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

Looks like a While you are there project....😂😂

[@dannovello1577]

You freaking broke it! 😂 (just kidding), frick'n Murphy's Law brother....if anything can go wrong it will. Sucks!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yep… apparently I need a murphy’s law sign in the shop for situations just like this

[@cbobmonster]

Beautiful car except it looks like it’s bleeding to death. Lol lol great video.

[@JonnyHolms]

As i watch im trying to learn but unfortunately I still don't understand a damn thing especially when it comes to the distributor and ignition... Love the car 🚗 Thanks...

[@ryansoltess6006]

... "And remember..". Better there , than out there ..."

[@noberet]

On my 1972 Charger, it developed a transmission leak after I bought it. Suspect is a cracked torque converter. Have not taken anything apart to see yet.

[@mickangio16]

Probably the front seal.

[@marcgendron6745]

When you gotta take a leak you gotta take a leak !

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

🤣

[@rennkafer13]

Some days it do be like that...

[@trojan440]

Did that firing order thing om my marine 440. Was all wrong, duh, reverse rotation motor will get you every time.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I learned that the hard way many years ago. I knew, of course, but I mostly do small blocks and forgot. So lately I’ve been doing so many big blocks… now the problem is reversed. Haha.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

I’ve been looking for a pair of bucket seats for my 64 B body and so far all I’ve found was later high back and that’s not what I want because I’m like you and want it to be correct.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah that’s where I’m at. I’m going to kind of ridiculous lengths to get factory buckets back in my Barracuda. I don’t know why I’m like this. Haha.

[@flinch622]

I wouldn't say those 0.050" numbers are agressive - that's 31 degrees from 0.006" duration, and more like a warranty build item. Given the 2.14" intake on those heads, the cam is probably fun and near middle of the road for flat tappet kind of performance. Good luck with that transmission.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I am comparing to the small block grinds I usually deal with. There’s a big inch difference between a 360 and a 440 that I need to keep in mind. But it seemed like relatively low lift for that duration number to me.

[@michaelfoster1453]

Fix one problem.... get two more. FREE! Oh boy.

[@moparcasey3135]

Seems like a perfectly normal day to me…

[@MattsRageFitGarage]

Look at the bright side, that happened in the garage and not on the road!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Seriously. As inconvenient as this is for me, I’m really glad it happened while it was here. This seriously would have sucked out on a drive.

[@MattsRageFitGarage]

@@DeadDodgeGarage I had a similar experience changing the oil on a BMW today. I was filling the engine with fresh oil and my hand barely bumped the coolant overflow line with a plastic quick connect and it broke the quick connect spewing some hot coolant all over me as I was trying to plug the hose with the end of my fingers. Glad that happened in the driveway and not on the road because I'm pretty sure a pothole or big speed bump would have broken that.

[@TyphoonVstrom]

Converter hub has failed? I know small block Chryslers had some issues with bellhousing to crank alignment, wonder if this combo is out and has finally cracked?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I have several different thoughts. It’s going to be interesting to see what happened. Just such a random thing to happen. Alignment was definitely a thought I had, a friend had this issue twice with his Dart.

[@TyphoonVstrom]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Here in Australia, Chrysler thought it was a serious enough problem the factory service manuals recommended checking converter to crank hub runout any time a transmission was removed. Apparently, a flexplate can do only so much!

[@ThisValiantAdventure]

Keep an eye out for a brake fluid leak. That car wants to be perfect and leak all the things. It’s pretty, though.

[@SolamenteVees]

Sunday’s Mission Creep

[@fredsiegfried1707]

I still kick my old but 20 years ago 68 bee , 383 auto, b5 blue, there hard to come by here in Pa

[@J.R.in_WV]

I’d take a well optioned Coronet R/T or 500 over a Super-Bee any day. Even built as a clone from a regular 2 door Coronet post or hardtop…..at least it would be a different clone. The truth is if I ever get my hands on and / or put together a big block 4 speed B body it’s never getting sold anyway so I wouldn’t be offended if it wasn’t numbers matching as long as it looks, runs and drives like the real deal.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

A clone doesn’t bother me at all if it’s for your pleasure, and not for defrauding a buyer. But I’d like to see factory correct details. For ‘68, that means a post car and a different color.

[@jamesmaroon6161]

Looks like to me a rear main seal. Or a front main seal for the transmission. On that tan distributor cap, isn't that one cracked? Thought I did see a piece missing off of it. Nice car though

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes, that’s why I chose that cap to drill holes in. I am only using it to check rotor phasing. I made sure the slot is lined up with the intact side. It’s absolutely transmission fluid, so it has to be coming from the front pump / torque converter seal.

[@codyhollinger6531]

Could you discuss thermostats and carburetor tunning ?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

In what regard? Fueling differences based on operating temperature? That’s kind of beyond my pay grade. There is a lot to getting the fuel mixture right in a particular combination. The best way I know (without a wide band or other wizardry) is by listening to the engine, watching and smelling the exhaust, and reading the plugs.

[@codyhollinger6531]

Thanks for the reply. Short of buying an AFR gauge. Will a higher temperature idle cleaner.

[@jamesblair9614]

Since it’s a hard top they should have cloned an R/T, other than the obvious act of not cloning it at all, but what I’m seeing looks like a nice car.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Bob-Whiting]

She's Gorgeous! I'm gonna call her "Nipple" or "NPLE". It stands for "Nice Parts, Lousy Execution" Cause it leaks Everywhere! Need I say more? I'm gonna anyways Jamie especially since it's not your fault and shouldn't hurt your feelings. Let's assume every clamp & bolt is loose and every gasket & seal is installed incorrectly! Yay! I do love her though... I can afford about $250.00/Mo. at this time. Think he'll go for it? Me neither but keep us up to date, and keep your eyes peeled for something for me preferably big block (383s are my favorite, um yummy!) BTW, this was the color of my 2nd Roadrunner, then some knucklehead sprayed it corvette yellow... yuck. Love this show man.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

This was good for a chuckle. Haha. Thanks.

[@Bob-Whiting]

@@DeadDodgeGarage 😇

[@cbobmonster]

Doesn’t it always happen like that it never leaked before lol famous last words

[@chiefexecutive]

Didn’t uncle Tony do a video on this car ?

[@davestark2015]

I thought that car was a 318 four speed

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

No, but I was definitely reminded of that one as I was going through this one.

[@boydsdodge]

Happens to me every time a client brings a new car in. Uuugghhh...

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I had that video on the ‘67 Charger a couple months ago that was almost exactly the same… I’d heard a video of it running and it really just sounded like it needed a quick tune. It needed so much more than a quick tune… this is the way.