RE: Convertible filler plug?

[62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx]

Perfect! that's brilliant.. I'd head to that hardware store and pick up 
some tubing and corks.. hopefully I'll have the top down for the weekend 
:)

Thanks
Bob
Herb wrote:
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> Yes that's the plug.  Area dry paint gone probably brake fluid.  They 
> are
> mounted with rubber mounts you can work them out of the hole from the 
> bottom
> if the mounts are not to hard.  If they are, and they usually are, I cut 
> the
> bullet like end off the bottom with a sharp knife or they usually break 
> off
> if too hard and their is a hole in the center already to run a small 
> bolt
> through.  I use a bolt and corresponding fender washers and a self 
> locking
> nut to reinstall the pump.  Just snug it down don't tighten the bolt.  I
> made a bottle like the $42.00 one from a old hand soap bottle, hose, 
> clamps
> & vice grips.  You just pump the bottle pump till fluid starts running 
> into
> the reservoir and run the motor up and down.  It will take what it 
> needs. 
> Release the vice grips and let the overflow perg back into the bottle on 
> the
> down stroke.  I start with two or three quarts to fully service the
> reservoir.  If you use a clear bottle like I did you will see what I 
> mean
> about splattering every were.
> 
>       
>  Herb 
>  
> 1959 Coronet 326 Poly
> 1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1
> 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
> 1970 Challenger RT 440
> 1999 Durango SLT 5.9
> 2006 300-C Heritage 5.7
> 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1
> St. Louis, MO.
>  
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>   
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> and
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>  
>  
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: 62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: 4/16/2009 9:10:47 PM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Convertible filler plug?
>  
> oops.. call me wrong way Bob... I did this with the carb as well :)
>  
> OK so is this the filler plug?
>  
>   http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=5591207&pid=10963106
>  
> also the area under the cylinder is dry.. but the paint is gone just
> below the cylinder
>  
> http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=5591207&pid=10963104
>  
> I run my finger under the pump but could not feel any mounting nuts or
> screws, it feels like the end of a rubber grommet.. How is the pump
> mounted?
>  
> If you how to fabricate a tool to keep the mess down, that would be
> great... there is a tool on the market for $42, but that seems like a
> lot for something that I'll only have to deal with maybe once every 2 to
> 5 years (I hope)
>  
> Thanks a bunch,
> Bob
>  
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> 


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