Chrysler's Best Axle - 1966 "Garbage Can" Plymouth Barracuda Gets An 8 3/4 Upgrade
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This is my 1966 Plymouth Barracuda called the "Garbage Can Cuda," which is slowly being transformed into a classic-styled drag car. One important step in that process is installing a rear differential that can take the heat. I can all but guarantee that several commenters on this video will say I need to opt for a Dana 60 instead, but I'm going to insist on using the A-body's factory performance axle - the 8 3/4.
Basically, the Chrysler 8 3/4 axle is just like a Ford 9", but slightly worse. It's a relatively stout piece with a similar Hotchkiss-type replaceable center section. The sheet metal housing is a bit of a weak point, but in general, these axles were strong enough to propel countless muscle-era Chryslers into legend. Most A-body Dodge and Plymouth cars came with the smaller 7 1/4 axle. Only the most muscular performance versions (or some stick cars) got this bigger axle. For this reason, they are in short supply, but just about everyone with an A-body wants one.
Anyway, in this video, I'll cover the basics of the 8 3/4 setup, explain the process for adjusting axle shaft end play (with factory type tapered bearings, anyway,) and cover some of the finer points of replacing a differential assembly in one of these cars. I won't actually finish the installation... but that's fine.
Only thing missing are Red Painted Cragars! Hahahaha
In those years, they would put red steel wheels. It was so popular that tire manufacturers started putting red lines on performance tires.
That's why I prefer painting old pitted and rusted Cragars Red instead of fake chrome paint.
Those centerlines are great also! 😊
Bought a 65 Barracuda in 1993 just after graduating from college. Just a 225, but put a Clifford Performance header on it and a 2in exhaust. New springs, drums all around, new carpet, springs, and tires on it. Not fast but sounded great and was a great cruiser. Sold it in 2000. Miss it like crazy. Thing was in great shape and was a Northeast car. Love classic Mopars!
Who doesn't like watching a great rear end?
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@@beljames1563 😂
Great now you and uncle tony have the same car time to have a competition
Here we go!
Nonstop Jaime, that is all I can say. Thanks for putting a smile on my face.
Making progress on something is all that matters! Extremely creative minds have ADD. You're doing great!
CENTERLINES !!! Love it. Careful, I hear the back glass on those cars are worth a fortune they say.
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Oh stop it 🤣 still no takers on my two back windows at $100 each
@@DeadDodgeGarage silicone them together and make an aquarium 🤣🐟🐠🐡
Wow. 2 early white Barracudas in one day, and what a fine day it is.
Isn’t that nuts?! We did *not* synchronize watches on that.
You know that DDG and Tony need to run 'em against each other😉...
Thank you Jamie
Thank you for putting another rear end in the Rocket Barracuda. I have been seeing that car on several video and feeling sorry for it! I am really hoping someone will still step up adopt it and bring it back to life. Without an axle, it’s chances would go from slim to zero!
I’d adopt it myself, but I am on the other coast … plus my ‘64 Barracuda … and my wife … wouldn’t like it!
Someone did finally take that one and the other one, so that’s the good news.
Preheating to at least 250F prior to painting is my favorite flex. I use a 20 pound propane tank and a weed burner!
So much relatable footage it reminds me of home and my issues with time blindness 🤦🏻♂️😅…all is well, nothing to worry about-carry on young man😁
Good A-body swap....looking forward to seeing more content and thanks..🔧🔧👍
This one reminded me of 30 years ago when a did a gear swap on my javelin mod 20. Left the shackles in place but pulled the axle and replaced after the 4.10 posi upgrade. Oh to be young and strong again. 😂
It has the same paint job as my RV. Looks great from 10 feet away, not so much up close.
I wanted to put a 8 3/4 in my 67 formula S. I found another 67 with one, had the correct e brake cables and 3.55 suregrip. i did what you did putting a 7 1/4 in its place, traded the whole car for a 85 charger 2.2, dont ask me why. charger had dead cylinder, so now is a charger 2.5. charger guy sold the red 67 fastback to some guy from Seattle, something about his kids staving. This was 20 years ago, the formula is in back of the shop, rearend in the barn. been busy restoring steam engines.
Thanks for another great DDG video.
it's more than rain that falls on our heads (Waits)
Back to back videos!?!? You're gonna spoil us!
Yes, I am 😅 #4 for the week is coming tomorrow.
😯😲😳😦😧🙂😀@@DeadDodgeGarage
Great rear end swap! I do prefer the tapered Timken stock bearings over the so called "Green bearings" that folks are upgrading to, the tapered bearings are a little aggravating to set up but they last better in the curves, hills and hollows in my area!👍
I meant to mention green bearings in this video but I forgot. Lol.
@@DeadDodgeGarageJaime...love your videos....but I have to remind you that... YOU HAVE MULTIPLE MOPARS....THEY MAY BE CRAPPY BUT... ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LAKE ...US NORMIES CAN'T GET THAT ...ON MARKETPLACE....THAT ESTATE CUDA...15000...NO LOW-BALLERS I KNOW WHAT I HAVE ..
just saying... a little appreciation...
Waiting for your reply calling me dumb... I'll just be over here watching someone who wants 12k for a house painted valiant
Green bearings work just fine for curves and what not. There not the same green bearings from the 80s
@@dartdude4084 I've saw several fail, a couple friends, this was in the 90's, my brother put a set in his 71 dart and they failed too, I decided they aren't for me but maybe they've changed since back then.
@@musclecarmitch908 I’ve heard about the failures 30 years ago. Dr Diff sells green bearings. The original green bearings actually came in packaging that said green bearings on it.
I use one of those tiny Milwaukee three eights for combine head set up at work. Absolutely the MVP. the kind of power you can get out of those five amp hour batteries is ridiculous.
When my wife says why do you have so many projects going at one time?
I just simply tell her I'm multitasking... Lol😂
I was Today's years old when I figured out.....?? Shared that with my Wonderful Bride of 30 years while we were installing new lower control arms on her Fusion
I lucked up and found an A-body 8 3/4 housing for my 68 Dart GT about a month ago.. 8hr round trip later I found the “unobtainium”
It's all good progress toward getting the '66 BarracudaTrack-Ready.
Because with a buzzing 273 and 4.88's- it will be interesting to see what Garbage CAN do!
I thought ADHD, ADD, and other alphabet soup superpowers were almost a requirement around here!
I’m pretty sure you’re right Dan 😅
Cool, was wondering what was up with this one. It's ok to have ADD, makes life interesting, especially for those around you. I can relate.
Came out pretty sweet.. ❤
Maybe once upon a time your donor car had a donor car. That was common in the 1980's. I once paid $500 for a writeoff donor Demon with 340, A727, 8.75 rear (with 3.23 posi) and it all went into my 1966 Barracuda. After a few years in the rust belt, the Demoncuda's powertrain was transplanted again into a 1966 Valiant Signet. That Valiant rusted as well, so it all went to another Chryco A-body fanboy and I had my $500 back.
Oh very possible. Given where it came from, it may have been a drag car build in progress. There were 8 3/4s under multiple cars there that shouldn’t have had them.
A.D.D. that just means our brains are funner, funny'r, the funest!
Do you ever feel like you are on a bicycle pedaling Really fast, but the scenery's never changing?
Daily 😅
@@DeadDodgeGarage ME TOO !
Slant 6 go kart to go along with the turbo slant?!!!
Am I watching Dead Dodge Garage or Uncle Tony's Garage? Woke up to two white Barracuda thumbnails in my suggested viewing page. Do you guys call each other to coordinate outfits too?
Dude, I know! I had no idea until he dropped his video.
I'll tell ya one thing that's fun, and that's finding a 8-3/4 for an A body (sarcasm). I lucked out just finding one with the 489 3rd member. Sure it's just a 3.23 open, but I can always swap that later
President Camacho approves!
I’m 41……were we supposed to stop at 40? 🤣
Not necessarily, it’s just important to have goals in life 😅
@@DeadDodgeGarage I already have 2 great kids that are nearly grown and gone, I’ll never date a woman again, my goals are to fix as many old vehicles as I can with the time I got left, it’s the closest thing to spirituality that I’ve found! 🤣
I love the dart fenders
Me too! It’s a great look.
@@DeadDodgeGarageI don’t know because I’m a Chebby guy but could you put the dart fenders on the cuda?
@@DeadDodgeGarageLooks Canadian...😁🇨🇦🇺🇲
It's a "PLODGE DARTACUDA" 😅 Exclusive to the Canadian Market. Seriously though it does look cool.
The improved gearing hasn't sped up the process, only the progress. Allegedly :-)
Mancini Racing has bushings with shackle kits.
Oh that Past Jamie, always making problems for Future Jamie. How does Present Jamie deal with him?
Great video, of course!
Hoping to find an affordable Mopar 8.75 Early A Body rear end for my ‘66, but we’ll probably go the much cheaper Ford 9” route.
Looks like I might be looking for a rear setup
Steve Dulcich had an easy fix for a "wallowed out" leaf spring hanger; Roadkill Season-13 Episode-1. Check it out if you have not already fixed it.
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho would have shortened an explorer 8.8 rear end. Nice job finding the a-body 8 3/4.
You’re probably right. Haha. That is a fine solution too - but not the one for me.
You have just way too much fun..🤪
That’s right 😅
It looks good from distance so that's ok an at least it wasn't painted with spray paint
Milwaukee tools rule!! 💪
Would a bigger differential be of any value for my build?
4;88 gears YES!!🇺🇸
Im still having ptsd over cleaning my D100's 8 3/4... the donor truck sat in a farmers field for 20 years and he liked to flood irrigate. It was almost worth it to scrap it and buy a new housing but I didnt. They look really good when you grinder wheel the crap out of them. Almost factory looking.
Is that.. a superbee emblem on the grill? 20:05
Yes, stuck on there for fun. It should help confuse people even more than the Dart nose and the complete lack of emblems.
Now you can add a left Tail lens on your race with Tony utg
Hey Jamie ya need some help pushing it in my garage 😊
@Jamie do you do late model trans fluid swaps? I read the trans pan in my 2020 1500 Classic has to be replaced at the time of the fluid swap. If that's so I will be buying that aluminum pan that gives I thought 4 extra quarts? If you don't, can you recommend someone between you and I? I live up in Port Orchard. Every project takes forever, I just three days forming sheet metal to my dash for a switch panel...its still not done.
No idea… no recommendations either. You’re a good ways out of my back yard.
Looks like UTG cuda that he just bought....🤔.......now u guys gotta race ...🤞
Isn’t that interesting?! I had no idea until his video dropped. Very entertaining.
With super stock springs you're going to quickly find out if your seat springs are any good.
With the front wheels off the ground, I’m really going to test that theory!
Comedy for gear heads 👍
Couldn't quite make out the pickup with "proud of himself" driver. I love your barracuda though.
My brother in law’s 90s Chevy he scored at an auction
Ahh. I have several of them too...mostly beaters. My 90 would not do a burnout...my brothers 91 will. Mine could push thru incredibly impressive amounts of snow. We killed the engine and parked next to a haystack...a 1 ton bale fell on it 😆
It's been awhile since I've pulled a motor. But I've never pulled one whose bellhousing wrapped around the flywheel like this one in my 68 d300 4 speed slant.. am I supposed to pull the bellhousing out with the engine?
Yeahhhh. Those are a SERIOUS bastard. The one I learned on was my ‘69 W500. They’re insane heavy and capture the flywheel. Have to pull the engine with the bell on, unbolt the bell and lift it up and off.
@@DeadDodgeGarage uggh. Thank you. This thing has about a hundred different holes in its face. Like it's designed for every engine ever made. Lol... thank you!
I would like to point out to those who don't know that this Cuda has a '66 Cuda body and a '66 Dart front end.
Thank you. I’ve discussed that in previous videos, but I need to remember that not everyone will have seen that.
theres a 66 formula s barracuda in the woods i with 27k original miles it was hit in the side in the late 60s and drug out into the woods on an old logging road and has been sitting since the early 70s not much left of her though the hood and trunk fall off the hinges from rust i leaned over against the seat to take the gauges out the dash and the seat fell over ive though about seeing if i could give the guy a few hundred and drag her out the woods for the engine and transmission but im not even sure if they would be saveable
Yikes. Nah… I wouldn’t bother. Just let nature have it back.
OK, jus sore me first ever D Dart ! YEAH BABY. I Lub Barracudas. Dont luv centerLies , and spend time ponderin why E body CUDA's didn't come with a fastback?
I think the fastback trend was kinda dead by then, and they were really going for that “pony” car market that the Mustang and Camaro were dominating.
I had a new 1966, and this one looks like a 65
Not sure you how figure. This is a 1966 Barracuda with a 1966 Dart nose. One obvious tell even with the car in its current stripped condition is the cut out for the one year only ‘66 tail light with the rectangular center section. ‘64-5 cars have a big circle at the bottom of the tail light cutout for the reverse light section.
Have question on 833 4 speed witch is better gear oil or atf
Gear oil is what we generally run. ATF may lead to easier shifts, but it doesn’t give as much protection to the internal components. If you’re using gear oil, make absolutely sure it is GL-4, NOT GL-5.
@@DeadDodgeGaragethank you
*Brawndo* - the thirst mutilator!
What's the deal with the Dart front clip?
I didn’t put it on there, and it’s been that way for a very long time. I like it, as it makes the car unique and confuses people.
When you mention viewers thought you have ADD. I don't think so. You have HDADD, yes you have ADD, but man you should see the quality in HD!
Haaaahaha. Pure gold.
Nooobody breath. Weee And reemember...I forgot already.
That one’s going on the list 😅
@@DeadDodgeGarage @DeadDodgeGarage Meep boop...walla walla bing bang meep boop walla walla bing bang boo
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Is that a front end swap from a valiant?
1966 Dart
@@DeadDodgeGarage didn't like the milk crate front end of the barracuda or fender turn signal indicators? I know im in the minority I like 66 over 64-65 because liking the barracuda wasn't enough for me lol.
Send the rest of the parts car to Uncle Tony since he just bought the same thing
I just saw that 😅
Dodge Dart front fenders ?
Complete ‘66 Dart front clip.
Dude, what's up with the fenders on your trailer??? Lol
The magic sliding fenders? They’re magic, and sliding.
@@DeadDodgeGarage lol.. and magic
nobody makes B body leaf spring bushing anymore, not even urethane bushings???
They’re out there, I just couldn’t source them locally, which was a big pain since I thought I would have the swap done in a day. Haha…
@@DeadDodgeGarageI was told when I did my 66 Coronet shackle bushings that they are the same as a Dakota. $10 at the local auto parts store.
Lol. uncle tony's tryin to be like You. Soz, original Jamie be the BEST Jamie.
No comment 😅
ADD...another dead dodge yes yes you have that
my niece says you look more like a guy to drive a subaru :) she has no idea what vintage mopar is
Tell her I don’t vape 🤣
@@DeadDodgeGarage haha :):)
ADD? Beats ADHD.
¿Por que no los dos?!