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Author:  Rick Covalt [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:38 pm ]
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Good news! The new 7290 yoke arrived from Dr.Diff this morning. Took it out and slipped it into the transmission and we are golden! All is well and the yoke slid the whole way in to the seal boot.

I am all finished sanding and cleaning the inner fenders and firewall. Robbie will be over Wednesday to spray it with Epoxy primer/sealer and then go ahead and paint and clear coat it. I was planning to spray can it but I did have enough paint left in the can for him to use the original paint and do a nice job out of it. I'm sure it will look sweet! Tomorrow I will get it up on stands and then wrap the car in painter's plastic and tape up and cut out the engine bay. Wrap the K frame and the front splash pan area. Then he can go to town.

New steering coupler kit cam in and it looks like it came from a factory on a small dusty lane in up scale Bangladesh. Machined pieces appeared to be gnawed out by a rabid pit bull on crack! Awful! The one slide would not even go into the coupler housing. Absolute junk! It is on it's way back to the Pit Bull! New Poly mounts came in and they look nice. After engine compartment is dry , I will set the engine down in and then massage the headers to fit the way I like them.


NOTE: Added some pictures to the last 2 pages after getting windows 11 and I phone photos to like each other again.
Author:  slantzilla [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 9:02 am ]
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Awesome stuff Rick! :mrgreen:
Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 9:17 am ]
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What kind of steering coupler are you using and where did you buy it from?


Greg
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:39 pm ]
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As I said it was from zingnetti beldingo or something like that. Of course it was straight from China. It was a 2 day delivery and I was in a hurry. So now I have one coming from Brewer's. All my fault but it still was an awful piece. It actually looked like cast iron on the surfaces as far as roughness goes.
Author:  Andrew Shank [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:25 pm ]
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Ahhhh Yes, zingnetti beldingo, one of my favorite parts distributors. :lol:
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Wed Feb 25, 2026 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant"
All of last weeks sanding , grinding and cleaning paid off. Inner fenders and firewall now matches the car perfectly. Glad that is done.
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Now to get that engine and transmission back in without touching the paint. Did Houdini ever do any Mopar work? :D
Author:  Dart270 [ Wed Feb 25, 2026 2:31 pm ]
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Very inspiring work, Rick. Looks awesome.

Lou
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Covalt - "Project 65 Valiant"
New Poly motor mounts with interlocking steel inside. No need for a engine brace with these. Steering coupler rebuild kit should be here tomorrow.
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I also cut the oil filter apart and it was clean as a whistle. No nothing inside, so I will not be pulling the pan...etc. I began cleaning the outside of the engine off and I will give the paint a little touch up as w well as painting a couple pulleys. Then I'll get some help and try and set it back down in the engine bay.
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