Let's Give This Thing A Tune-Up! - All The Little Tips And Tricks That Go With Changing The Parts

Our 1965 Barracuda runs ok, but far from perfect.
The first step in making this ancient Mopar function as well as it can is to freshen all of the various Tune-Up parts.
We get started with installing a fresh distributor cap, rotor, wires and spark plugs while checking and adjusting all the various service points as we go.
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[RiverRat-]

Don't apologize for going over the basics. Like me I am sure that a lot of the viewers don't spend all their days working on old iron and while we may know these things, they may also have slipped our minds.

[stephenh.bunkybyrd]

Even though I've done similar for 40 years as a hobby, I still like watching the basics.

[Blakes_Makes]

Thanks Uncle Tony. I am a younger fella pret near 20. I figured out the choke myself after a lot of trial and error on my daily, grandpas squarebody with a beloved quadrajet on a 350. I got that old truck running real good after it sat a quarter decade and seized from water in a cylinder (probably my fault when I was younger I opened the hood and buckled it so it sat exposed to the elements for a few years lotta snow up here in saskatchewan). I have been watching your videos for a couple years and have learned a lot of useful things which I use very often since I have never owned a vehicle newer than 1980. Great way to unwind after a long day preparing for harvest. I like the style of these videos. None of the flashy stuff just a guy sharing some guys and the odd gal some forgotten knowledge. Keep it up that is what the internet was made for!

[bbivens]

I once tuned up a 76 W100/318, plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. then timed it. Driving it had just a little miss, I rechecked my wires and stuff, couldn`t figure it out. drove over to an old friend who was a long time Chrysler mechanic and pulled up to his open garage door. We said hello, how ya doing, and I told him I had miss I couldn`t figure out. He said, "You have the number 5 and 7 wires wrong, I heard it when you pulled up.". Dang! He was right, and I had checked them twice! Swapped them and it was smooth as silk. Great old mechanic!

[legitmilkman]

Did not know about needing to oil the mechanical advance weights so I was able to learn something this video despite how simple it may seem.

[davidkraus]

Not boring, and most of us don’t mind not talking, good to just watch an experienced mechanic work!

[robertquartier]

Its nice to see someone go over the old stuff and stay with what the vehicle was originaly equeped with and not a bunch over priced electronics that you need to buy 15 different things to make it work.

[floripaspbr]

I love the way you acted during this video. To explain something as you are doing takes a special skill which myself I don´t have. Love your stuff Uncle Tony!

[toejam]

Always good to touch on the basics . A drop of engine oil on spark plug threads helps to keep them from seizing, too.

[thomasdeir]

Ahh the good old days of wrenching when things weren’t so complex, so refreshing to watch especially with Tony wrenching!

[MattsRageFitGarage]

Glad you hit on the importance of the choke setting and especially choke pull off adjustment. That is the breaking point of having an old car that can sit for a week, fire right up and drive off within 1 minute in the cold weather vs sitting there revving it and pumping it like a jackass for 10 minutes then have some naive people say "oh it's an old car, that's normal" hell no its not.

[blakenorman]

ok finally got my la 360 rebuild running right, first build ever for me made a lot of mistakes, first time setting a custom valve train, was ticking like crazy, took off intake and pushrods were rubbing on heads, aftermarket roller lifters gave a different geometry and didnt catch it putting it together, bored out pushrod holes on head and wala no more tick, and at first i couldnt get it to idle below 2000 no matter what i tried, ended up having oil pan back off and just happened to notice my oil pump wasnt all the seated against the block causing the distributor shaft to bounce around, was a nick on the input shaft of the oil pump and it didnt let it slip all the way in, thanks for all your videos and tips, cant wait to get it on a dino

[nicholasagnew]

Lube your advance weight system, see, this is good stuff. I had a teacher in elementary school who, every year, would have her students write the famous chocolate milk instruction essay. You had to write out every detail in order, explaining how to make a glass of chocolate milk and it was very rare that anyone didn't miss something, like "unscrew the cap" for instance. There are endless details in a "simple" tune-up.

[barrycuda]

Over the many years of maintaining my older cars, something I've noticed, is that when people ( some of them) see you with the hood up, they immediately assume that you're having trouble with your car, and ask "what's wrong with it ? " , like that's the only possible reason for the hood being up.😏

[stevenbongiorno]

I’m currently working on a 78 Dodge D200, that a friend gave me. I’m a GM guy, and I find your video being very helpful for getting it running right. It runs good, but has been sitting for about 10 years. The oiling of the distributor weights was interesting, cause as you know, the GM’s are on top, and it’s so easy making sure that they operate properly, and I’m always messing with the timing on my 350 Chevy. It’s a fairly heavily modified small block. I wanna make this truck run as good as possible. So I’ve been watching your videos, cause I’ve been enjoying them for years now. You’re a Mopar guy, and that’s why I’m going through your older videos to see what I can use to help me with my project. Thanks again! 👍

[joe-hpnk]

Thanks Tony, I've been messing with the old cars for over 50 years. it was a joy to watch you do that tune up. You're right, it's a lost art.

[imonicklbelliss-tg]

One thing I missed is the solid lifter cam in 273's By now may not hurt to check the lash, do did say tune up. Your right on about youth. I gave my red 64 Barracuda to my niece and she could not get over how simple everything was to work with. How about soapy water and some scotch brite? A body! ANB

[tylerrafferty]

Tony I’m fixing up a 68 Chrysler for use as a daily driver and the tips you give are invaluable and will definitely help to save these automobiles for generations to come. Thank you!

[gdaytrees]

After having a bad day, this is therapy for my 56yrs old soul. Joy to see it done after so many times it was me doing it. The best things in life are the simplest. Repairable, reliable, and rugged.

[jonnyc]

Enjoyed the choke section, I put a NOS Carter YF on my Malibu straight 6, starts up great but runs a little rich until warm. Going to adjust as shown, Thanks!