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Offline resq302

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engine restoration question
« on: April 27, 2009 - 07:32:27 PM »
What color should the distributor clamp and bolt be for a 70 challenger with a small block?  I am in the process of putting the engine back together and want to do it right the first time.

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Brian




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Re: engine restoration question
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2009 - 12:08:07 PM »
Sory, no resto guy... but I believe they are a semi-gloss black, dipped, not sprayed. Like the brackets.

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Re: engine restoration question
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2009 - 01:02:09 AM »
I have seen more than e few with a copper colored finish on them

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Re: engine restoration question
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2009 - 02:36:10 AM »
Ok, cleaned off the black paint that was on the hold down clamp and low and behold, it was copper underneath.

Next question, does anyone have a pic of where the spring goes that holds the kickdown linkage?  I didn't think to take a pic when I started disassembling everything and now I can't find where it gets attached to.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: engine restoration question
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2009 - 03:35:46 AM »
it will depend on the type of linkage you have ...do you have a picture ?

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Re: engine restoration question
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2009 - 04:03:25 AM »
not readily available right now.  Won't be back over to dads house probably till Monday morning now.