Re: {Chrysler 300} 64 4 spd update
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Re: {Chrysler 300} 64 4 spd update



Hate to have to admit it, but in my 30's when I really wanted one, I couldn't afford a nice lift in the garage when I was dragging home lots of projects.
Now that I'm closer to 70 than 60 and could easily afford one, I'd just as soon take the car to a local, competent mechanic who has a lift for any job big enough to require one.
Seems like I had time/energy to work full time, remodel my home, help my wife raise our daughter, and play with cars.  Now daughter is approaching middle age, the remodelled home is too big and we should move and downsize, and I've been retired for 3 years and haven't brought home any more projects, and actually gotten rid of one car, so I'm now down to 6 and am barely able to keep up with regular maintenance on them. ;-)  Reminds me of that song by Little Feat:
You know when you're over the hill, when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fulfill. 
 I still do plenty of tinkering and all the normal maintenance, but I'm not getting any exhaust system rust in my eyes anymore, and I'm not wrestling with ball joints or lower control arm bushings.  Been there, done that, and bled on the t-shirt.  I'll stick to carb and distributor rebuilds, alternators, starters, water pumps and the like- even brake jobs and electrical work, just no more heavy, greasy, rusty junk like rear axle bearings, etc.  I used to beat on them with the attitude, "I built it, so if I break it, I'll just fix it.", but now, I'd prefer to drive them a bit easier just so I don't have to fix them as often.  I had a nasty habit of going through u-joints far too often from too many holeshots.  

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 5:23 PM 'Val Jeffers' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just wondering, how many 4 Speed 64’s were built and where there any K’s ? 

                         Thanks,
                         Val J

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On Mar 3, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Ray Jones <1970hurst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


It gets worse as we all get older! I have a "Good Ole Boy" mech., who can do anything and do it well, cheap! At 84, and with a lift in my shop, he'll put a water pump and belts on my 2001 Ram for $50. Truck going there Monday. Well worth it!
Old Ray

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
   - Winston Churchill, British statesmen (1874 - 1965)     Support Ukraine

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:24 PM 'Dave Dumais' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow, quite a workout to remove leaking trans from this Brute.

Car is high off garage floor, and secured on dependable jack stands. No lift in this bay.

The spare A833 was successfully rebuilt,
The new clutch assembly is installed, torqued to  specs.

Trans mount was new, shifter and rods are good.

This is a job for a younger owner.
Stretching out and laying under this land yacht is a trip.
Hoping for a successful installation for this weekend.

Pray for peace.

DD

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