Mopar Resteration Catalogs ???

[Soopa Villain17]

well ive had a 8? 5th avenea for about a year and a half just sitting in my yard. i bought it from my teacher for 100 bucks, it had a pinched fuel line, but it ran and drove. plus i found a 20$ in the glove box aso i guess i got it for 80 lol. but anyways. i havent ran it since the day i bought it and its just beein sitting. so i charged up the battery and when i get home im gunna try to run it. ive been thinking of putting a little work into it and putting it on the road.

its the 318 v8 engine btw. with 130k

i searched google and dogpile for free catalogs and couldnt find any except for jegs and summit, i did find one or two other but they were upwards of 10 dollars and i dont really feel like paying that much. does anybody know of a good website or place to find good parts and resteration catalogs ? thanks guys

[RapidTransit]

80's your not gonna find much as far as resto wise, its already hard enough to find repro parts, or even half way decent parts for any Mopar for that matter. You have 2 options NOS or search a junkyard. With NOS parts your paying out the nose. But you have a near perfect part. Used will be a lil banged up or what not and sometimes just end up paying the same amount as a NOS part.

Whats going on with it? I've got a 1970 318 and 904 Auto Tranny pulled from one of my Challengers.

[Soopa Villain17]

80's your not gonna find much as far as resto wise, its already hard enough to find repro parts, or even half way decent parts for any Mopar for that matter. You have 2 options NOS or search a junkyard. With NOS parts your paying out the nose. But you have a near perfect part. Used will be a lil banged up or what not and sometimes just end up paying the same amount as a NOS part.

Whats going on with it? I've got a 1970 318 and 904 Auto Tranny pulled from one of my Challengers.

well i dont know whats wrong with the car i only ran it for a little bit and then parked it. i dont even know if it will start. i lost the key. but im not even really sure it owuld be worth putting money into. its kind of rusty underneath. i know once i get it started im gunna need to flush oil, coolant, tranny fluid, brake fuild , ps fluid. all that crap. ill probaly go ahead and spend 5 bucks and swap out the tstat. i was just thinkin it would be a fun car just to bomb around in. i do know 318's are very reliable engines, as are most older v8's , for example the v8 in my grandparents ford conversion van has 220k on it and it still runs fine.

[skife]

well i dont know whats wrong with the car i only ran it for a little bit and then parked it. i dont even know if it will start. i lost the key. but im not even really sure it owuld be worth putting money into. its kind of rusty underneath. i know once i get it started im gunna need to flush oil, coolant, tranny fluid, brake fuild , ps fluid. all that crap. ill probaly go ahead and spend 5 bucks and swap out the tstat. i was just thinkin it would be a fun car just to bomb around in. i do know 318's are very reliable engines, as are most older v8's , for example the v8 in my grandparents ford conversion van has 220k on it and it still runs fine.

change the oil, check the coolant, put some fresh gas in it.
drive it.
when it blows up, tow it to a scrap yard, you'll get your money back plus some, steel is up right now.

[Soopa Villain17]

change the oil, check the coolant, put some fresh gas in it.
drive it.
when it blows up, tow it to a scrap yard, you'll get your money back plus some, steel is up right now.

well i had to dump some gas in the carb and she fired right up. it kept stalling though. but the idle was pretty smooth. power steering was whining a little. but the brakes felt good. but for 80 bucks i really cant complain. its just rusty as hell.

im going to change the oil. complety flush the cooling system and change the tstat. change out tranny fluid and stuff like that. im sure it will last a little while , it only has 130k on it. and 318's are known for reliablity.

[9868Classic]

Watch those gas prices, 318's aren't known for being friendly on the budget there.

If you can get more for it at a scrap yard, junk it. In the long run its just gonna eat up all your money.

[RapidTransit]

Watch it with puttin gas in the carb thats a great way to start an engine fire and 318's are gas sippers compared to 6 packs and hemis

[Soopa Villain17]

Watch it with puttin gas in the carb thats a great way to start an engine fire and 318's are gas sippers compared to 6 packs and hemis

i kind of know what im doing lol. i didnt have any carb cleaner so i had to use a drop of gas. i thought the car was pretty rusty but i was wrong.

i got under the car and the only rusty parts are pretty much the body panels and drive shaft and axel. the frame has almost no rust at all on it. the gas tank is also rust free.

im aware gas prices are going up. but i also know the 318's arent HORRIBLE like some of todays new vehicles. this engine once all tuned up should get at least 15mpg im hoping.

things i have planned:


tstat
plugs/wires/dist cap
coolant flush
oil and filter change
fuel filter

and other basic tuneup things.

the thing is , i dont know what year it is. there is nothing in or on the car with a year on it. only info i have on it is the vin number. but i dont know if i can get the year and stuff with the vin number.

thanks for reading

[Soopa Villain17]

well i just tried to take it down the road and once in gear it would go untill i pressed the gas pedal and it would stall , in drive and reverse. but when in park i can rev it up all the way. so why cant i do the same while in gear ? hmmm.

[Soopa Villain17]

i guess its fine now.

i let it warm up for about 10 minutes. and i drove down the road and stepped on it. the tires spun a little in the dirt but still felt like it lacked the power that it should have but it didnt stall out or anything wich is good. the transmission also felt pretty good. well hopefully this will be a good reliable car for a few months. im painting it primer gray this weekend. i already just used like 1/5 of a can i had left on a fender and it looked really good.

[Coralis]

From what ive been told primer holds moisture and will cause metal to rust faster if its not painted right away.

[RapidTransit]

well i just tried to take it down the road and once in gear it would go untill i pressed the gas pedal and it would stall , in drive and reverse. but when in park i can rev it up all the way. so why cant i do the same while in gear ? hmmm.

Your either runnin too rich or too lean. Slappin a newer 4-barrel or even go searchin in the junkyard for an EFI setup would help.

Self etching primer would prevent rust. www.eastwoodco.com has great stuff

[Soopa Villain17]

Your either runnin too rich or too lean. Slappin a newer 4-barrel or even go searchin in the junkyard for an EFI setup would help.

Self etching primer would prevent rust. www.eastwoodco.com has great stuff

well i know im not running rich. but i seem to have the problem fixed. i do know that the fuel line was pinched so i gutta take a look at it. and as for painting it i dont think the car could get any rustier

[Soopa Villain17]

rapidtransit: do you know how many quarts of oil this car takes ? thansk


EDIT: nevermind it takes 5. i ran the vin number and found its an 87 , made one year after i was born. well now this will make it easier for me to find parts for it. sweeet

[Lohman446]

The tenth digit of the VIN will tell you the year

A=1980
B=1981
C=1982
D=1983
E=1984
F=1985
G=1986
H=1987
J=1988
K=1989
L=1990
M=1991
N=1992
P=1993
R=1994
S=1995
T=1996
V=1997
W=1998
X=1999
Y=2000
1=2001
2=2002
3=2003
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