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hello, did you ever get an answer to your question? I am in the same boat you were in with this question.

Hey Welcome! great to see another Patrol in the area. I am In Cleveland County, about an hour west of you in Charlotte. My Patrol is a 69 work in progress. lol

I am in. a set of sliding window rubbers is very high on my bucket list.

I've found them in the glove box before. Maybe the defroster vent seemed like a good place to keep matches handy? Or dry them out? I Don't know about handy.... I would have never found them if I hadn't removed the vent pieces, they were in the round pipe portion that the hose attaches to. A serious...

My Oklahoma Patrol also had an old book of matches in a windshield heater vent. They were from a motel in California. This may be the emergency defroster system? the matches I found in my north Carolina patrol had one from a discothèque in Colorado from the 70's and another from a truck stop in Wyo...

mdawg4x4 wrote:Good thing the heater doesn't get REAL HOT!

I know,Right!?

I removed the windshield heater vents to paint them and found something very unusual.... inside each vent was a very old unused book of matches. Both came from places out west. Is this a common time capsule find or is there a reason matches might be useful for defogging a windshield. look forward to...

mad4hws wrote:you can't make this stuff up. the exact same thing happened to me. I'm starting with the slave cylinder.

I love the beast and the project but damn. Have you found a slave cylinder that is a fit for yours?

My clutch. I just finished up running new wire for my ignition starter and alternator. I go to give the old beast a test start and it fires right up. Jump in press the clutch and the !&$@ peddle goes easily to the floor and will not go into any gear. Seriously!? So here is the results of my trou...

One thing to check is blockage in the engine block. There is a petcock on the engine above the starter where the rear heater hose connects to the engine. Many times there is sludge build up there. Remove the petcock and fish a coat hanger into the passage and see if it clear. If not, use the coat h...