[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Another interesting thing is that the body side mouldings were not on the PHS, but they appear to be the original factory style metal strips, riveted in, with the rubber strip insert. I wonder if the dealer installed them? MPR and I were talking about how the vinyl stripes will look in relation to the mouldings. I was concerned that they may compete for the Eyes' attention with two horizontal lines in such close proximity. What do you guys think? Have you seen a body side moulding car with the stripes?



BJ

Those body side moldings will be too much on your car, especially with the rocker trim and stripes. I would delete them..

[njsteve]

The speedo may not be working because the speedo gear housing is wrong for the 3.73 gear. There were at least two "housings" used, one for the 3.08 and lower numerical gears, and one for the higher number 3.42, etc gears. You may have the 3.08 housing with the wrong plastic gear in it so it is not meshing properly.

I am in the process of converting from 3.42s to 3.08s and had to buy the 3.08 housing to replace the 3.42 collar i had previously installed.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tci-880022

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by njsteve

The speedo may not be working because the speedo gear housing is wrong for the 3.73 gear. There were at least two "housings" used, one for the 3.08 and lower numerical gears, and one for the higher number 3.42, etc gears. You may have the 3.08 housing with the wrong plastic gear in it so it is not meshing properly.

I am in the process of converting from 3.42s to 3.08s and had to buy the 3.08 housing to replace the 3.42 collar i had previously installed.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tci-880022

Steve:
I figured out the issue with the speedometer. The headers I just replaced with the Gardner system were installed in a way that had them in direct contact with the speedometer cable. They basically melted the cable causing it to bind up and strip the gear at the transmission. I have a red, 37 tooth gear and also need a new speedometer cable. The link you provided above says it is for a TH-700R4 and I have the TH400. Will that item work on my transmission? Can I specify what color gear and the number of teeth? Are the cables unique to the car and transmission or will any cable work and just cut to fit?

BJ

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Steve:
I figured out the issue with the speedometer. The headers I just replaced with the Gardner system were installed in a way that had them in direct contact with the speedometer cable. They basically melted the cable causing it to bind up and strip the gear at the transmission. I have a red, 37 tooth gear and also need a new speedometer cable. The link you provided above says it is for a TH-700R4 and I have the TH400. Will that item work on my transmission? Can I specify what color gear and the number of teeth? Are the cables unique to the car and transmission or will any cable work and just cut to fit?

BJ

Can you post a photo of your gear. The TH350 and 700R4 share the large gears while the Turbo 400 uses a much smaller one. This is a Turbo 350 gear. Use this website to figure out what gear you now need for the 3.08s. You will need to know what the height of your tires are. http://www.tciauto.com/tc/speedometer-gear-calculator/

[pjhconst]

BJ the car looks fantastic I really like the stripe kit. I'm glade you are enjoying the car it never looked that good in my garage if it did it would still be there.
Good luck, Pat

[Bentwheelbob]

Originally Posted by 77 Canamman

Those body side moldings will be too much on your car, especially with the rocker trim and stripes. I would delete them..

How do you delete them without painting the whole car? These are riveted/screwed through the sheet metal and you'll have 8 to 10 holes on each side that need filled and painted??? I don't disagree that this is the optimal solution, but don't grasp how to implement your directive without a whole repaint. My Y88 had the same dealer installed molding and I switched it to the factory correct color keyed molding which is adhesive based, but which covered the sheet metal holes.

BTW - MPD loved the MPR reference.

[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

How do you delete them without painting the whole car? These are riveted/screwed through the sheet metal and you'll have 8 to 10 holes on each side that need filled and painted??? I don't disagree that this is the optimal solution, but don't grasp how to implement your directive without a whole repaint.

Well, since this car is getting a fair amount of paint / body work anyway, these could be deleted, and the sides repainted/blended. I always thought those moldings were extremely tacky, and ruin an otherwise nice looking car. The adhesive backed OEM style moldings with the colored center are a bit more bearable..

[njsteve]

That's crazy about the kick down switch! When I had to replace the heater core on my 19,000 mile survivor 73 SD Formula, I found the same thing: the kick down harness was not connected to the switch and the wires were tucked and wrapped up in the upper dash. I was the first one to ever get into the under dash area and it appeared to have been that way since 1973.