RE: [Chrysler300] 200 MPH Speedometer and 'that other topic' !!!

["Henry Schleimer" <henry.schleimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I lost a cup type welsh plug from the back of my 318 (with 360 heads) years
ago.  On reflection I remembered that when I rebuilt the engine (a couple of
years previously) it was the only one that didn't go in perfectly straight
half way in and I had to work it straight.  Lesson here is if you don't get
it right first time, throw it away and get a new one.  Note that because I
still had water in the block, I drove it two miles home with no damage.
Lots of fun replacing it with only a few inches clearance to the firewall -
but it can be done.  The 360 had threaded holes in the back face of the head
if I remember rightly (alternator mount holes for when the head was on the
other side), allowing me to press it in rather than hit it in.

For anyone who cares, my 71 Australian Valiant had a mph speedo and my 74
Australian Chrysler had a kph speedo with smaller mph marked on the inside.
We were still getting used to metric.

Cheers

Henry

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of christopher beilby
Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:38 PM
To: charlies@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Jim Pristelski
Cc: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 200 MPH Speedometer and 'that other topic' !!!


1) Australia was not metric in the 50s or 60s, I think we going metric in
the 70s or early 80s.

 

A '58 Cadillac convertible of mine that was supposedly sold new in
Switzerland had a metric speedo, so parts of Europe were definitely metric
around the time of hemi and ram 300s.

 

And a 2 door '76 (Ford) LTD Landau I have that was built in Canada has a
metric speedo, so likely Canada had gone metric by then?

 

2) DELETE NOW IF TOTALLY SICK OF THIS TOPIC, but I away until tonight, so
aplos for late comment !!!?

A hopefully final word on core plugs - or welch plugs. Many 300 owners
likely may use a professional engine builder who may fit new core plugs as
part of that job. Or they might fit new brass ones themselves after getting
any needed machine work done.

 

All I wish to say by commenting on this annoying to some topic, is if those
plugs are not fitted right, and one pops or falls out, your motor and
radiator likely will emptty in about 10 seconds if at driving speeds. And
unless you smell the hot radiator water on the only few seconds it hits your
exhaust, you will likely do severe major damage to your engine if you do not
shut it down before it seizes up in maybe the next few minutes.  And the
other bad news is even if you do not ruin/seize it, firstly you are
marooned, second refitting most core plugs, is either a hoist job, or worse,
maybe pulling the motor out is easier if all doubtful/faulty.

 

So anyone restoring a 300 that uses the saucer type plugs should be 100%
positive they are fitted correctly. Apparently there is a tool that only
flatten the raised curve the exact right amount. The other second most
common means seems hitting a flat hammer anout 3/4 size of plug with another
hammer. (and I not so sure as one member suggested using a socket fitting
mainly round the edge will be as good/strong as using the flat part of a
hammer flattening from the whole centre inwards is??)  But the key point is
whomever or however done, the raised curve must never be hit so hard it
dishes in - once it has a dish in - even in it's centre, it loses it's
tension on the hole it is in.

 

So for now, all one needs know, is if it is original type plug, just a quick
visual check should be able to tell you if yours are OK. If you seem pretty
sure your 300 ones are right, when you come on some road hog, slow driver,
you can drop your 300 back a gear, and run it up to max revs with no fear
that just as it gets there, a plug blows and you have the embarassment of
the car you just past drive right on by as you pull off the side of the road
in huge clouds of steam. With sound core plug fitting, soon your road hog
will just be a likely very impressed smaller speck in your 300 rear view
mirror as you finally ease back on the throttle.

 

Those who have done this 'sudden blowing out of a plug as they kickdown to
pass' will know what I am talking about - others are lucky not to, but
hopefully now know how to maybe avoid this.

I only mention all this here now, as more and more nowadays many modern
engine builders do not know about these old core plugs used in many 300s,
and you will only find that out too late sometimes.

 

Christopher Australia - gas prices getting suddenly higher here the last 2
weeks  
 


To: ajp002@xxxxxxxxx
CC: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: charlies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:49:51 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: [Chrysler300] 200 MPH Speedometer

  



Hi All,
My research tells me that this speedo is likely in KPH. The 1962 parts
manual lists pats numbers for 120MPH, 150MPH and a number for KPH. I asked
the vendor if there were any identifying numbers on the speedo, but he said
there were none. This speedo would not have been destined for Canada,
because back then all autos made and purchased in Canada (even US made
models for export here) came with MPH speedos. It seems that the KPH speedo
would have been for export to europe or Australia.
Charlie in Ottawa

On Apr 14, 2010, Jim Pristelski <ajp002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

  My father was a Chrysler/Plymouth dealer from 1960 to 1979. In 1962, they
received a new 1962 Plymouth for stock inventory which mistakenly had a KPH
speedometer installed at the factory. It seems to me that it also had
smaller MPH markings below the KPH markings, but I am not 100% sure about
that.

Jim in warmer n. Illinois

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Jean-Yves Chouinard <
jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I had a 62 non-letter 300 that was originaly sold in France and it had a
> 200 speedo. It was 200 KMH, although the KMH was not written anywhere on
the
> speedo.
> Canadian cars only started to have metric speedos in the mid to late 70's,
> so a Canadian early 60's car would have been in MPH just like the American
> cars. Those 200KMH speedos were just for Europe, maybe Australia too??
> If a 300F , G , H or J sold to Europe, I wonder if it had a KMH speedo? If
> so, it would have read 240 KMH ! The equivalent of 150MPH !
> But my guest is the "bean counters" at Chrysler would not have allowed for
> a special 240 KMH speedo for such a limited production "export letter
car".
> Right? Maybe "export" letter cars had a 200 KMH speedo too...Anybody ever
> saw one??
> Jean-Yves in New Brunswick
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 1:24 PM
> Subject: [Chrysler300] 200 MPH Speedometer
>
> Has anyone else seen the 62 Astrodome w/ the 200 mph speedometer on eBay?
>
> It's item # 380222575061.
>
> Were any of these actually produced or is this a fake?
>
> Doug Warrener
>
> Fair Oaks, CA
> 300H
>
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