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Final Checks and Pre-Operational Review

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1972 Charger Richard Petty Tribute Stock Car Gets a Fresh Engine! (Make It Race Again!)

What happens here

After securing the engine and connecting all essential lines, perform a final series of checks. This includes inspecting the brake safety, front hubs, tie rod jam nuts, rear axle installation, and verifying the functionality of the steering shaft, carburetor/throttle linkage, pedals, and seatbelts. A digital angle finder is used to check the pinion angle of the rear differential, adjusting it with shims as needed. This ensures optimal power transfer and handling. The video also highlights the importance of checking all welds on the roll cage and chassis before the car is driven, especially given the history of previous repairs.

Goal: Ensure all systems are correctly installed, safe, and ready for operation.

Tools and materials

  • Digital Angle Finder — Measuring and adjusting the pinion angle of the rear differential
  • Shims — Adjusting the pinion angle
  • Wrench Set Various — Adjusting tie rod jam nuts and other fasteners

What they say

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we can start lowering it okay [Music] i'll get down there and grab the tail um if you want to run it out here yeah that way let me grab the plugs i'm not drinking it like usual i mean it does help your food better but thank you i'm glad spud likes being on the floor because if i was gonna get under there we would have to have this thing higher off the ground is that my arms are so long i can't move i can't move yeah like i can't reach things and turn around and stuff if i had your if i had your arms i'd be do one i'd be pro i could have put that on there oh that sounds good all right so i got the tail shaft that's a terrible place to be bryson yeah get this on camera we're gonna capture the death of spud right here hopefully not but maybe if you don't play creed at my funeral i'll be pissed and you put me back together can you please not squish me power plant is heaviest how tough to use this thing it's very toasty okay oh god [Laughter] okay now we can come back more we're clear okay shifters clear the tunnel now it's hanging up on the security shift here whoa yay my butthole [ __ ] i'm sorry shifter we got good news the shifter is in the shifter hole this might be one of those bolts if not we'll just use it as a holder for now we can change them out oh yeah yeah where did i put the go ahead i can't find where i put the pole god oh you lost the pulp i lost the paw damn it cloud i told you to put the pole in the truck i didn't put the pole on the truck oh my god i ain't got no power putting a dough truck wait found the pole there it is i got the pope [Applause] this is just a winner that's all he is your wiener just dropped the wiener on this box come here otis come here come here otis otis come here come here don't step in your pee yep that was you did that good boy he's a little boy boom we got it in here see uh we accomplished the goal yeah we had to use their old janky spacers for these back pads to get the front ones to line up but we still we're not going to lock it down until we can like put the drive shaft in or test it and verify pinion angle because we might have to shim it back up like those might have been in there for a reason as janky as this thing is some stuff they did actually makes sense so a digital angle on the uh

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