FirstGenFreak

I had a similar problem with my WD21 after doing all rear brakes (new drums, shoes, cylinders, handbrake cables) many moons ago. Didn't have the vibration but the grabbing. My conclusion was that the brake shoes aren't made to the same standard they used to be. Also make sure the leading edges of the shoes are chamfered. I took mine to an old school brake shop ( this is about 10 yr ago - they don't really exist here in Aus anymore). The guy there measured the drum, skimmed the surface and then radiussed the brake shoes to match the diameter of the drums (this optimizes the contact surfaces), plus put nice leading chamfers into the friction material. That fixed it in my case. Let us know how you go!

I often think about keeping a handful of marbles in my jacket pocket when I am out on my Harley, but I resist the urge!

It's more a symptom of impatient idiots than a problem with the car. Try owning a carb Z24 powered WD21.... haha

From 2009? Holy thread revival!

Wow, that's not a place where you want frame rot. I would bet what you can see is only the tip of the iceberg and what's left is thin and pitted. I'd be looking for another frame, but that's easy for me to say from here in Oz where we don't experience that sort of frame corrosion. I hope you manage to save it!

Awesome, glad you got it sorted! I had the equivalent / earlier model of these: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/313197587317 6.5 " round in the back (on a 2-door this is next to the passenger seat) and 4" pioneer speakers in the doors, so a 4 speaker system (plus tweeters) in total. The tweeters make all the difference over all-in one speakers, but that's personal opinion. It all comes down to location and overall layout. The ones you linked should work fine (probably better)!

Hmm... Can't help you there. I normally just run my own new wiring rather than trust what is there. Hopefully you get it sorted, will be interesting to see what the culprit is.

Check your balance and fader settings, may just be set to bias one side/front or rear. Also check for any shorts. Also check of your equalizer has a 'loud' setting. Are you running component speakers? If so use their crossover and wire directly. if you are still wired through factory wiring your signal may be going through factory amp or remote mounted crossovers which will separate high and low range Also are you running speakers mounted or just sitting on the floor? The difference in sound will be huge.

I ran a JVC head unit in my last setup outlined above. No amp. (Neither of mine had/have factory amp) You need to watch overall size and magnet diameter or you will lose the ability to roll your window right down, or not fit in the door (the doors are thin front-to-back). Mine is a 2 door, I needed to trim up some sheetmetal and riveet over one side of the factory hole to close it off to suit the 6.5" speakers.

Not sure how the factory ones were set up, but modern component speakers with good crossovers and tweeters sound amazing, as long as you have them positioned right. On my last pathy I used Blaupunkt 6.5" component speakers in the rear with the tweeters mounted at the top of the A pillars (check location doesn't interfere with your sunvisors... I learnt that the hard way!) ...and some 4" speakers in the front doors. It sounded so good that I've bought all the same bits for my white one.

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Correct haha, I already have the WD, 2 old mopars and my harley to go in there, so she is going to be tight! Luckily we have 2 other single car garages on the property. I made the extra trip up there just to epoxy the floor, other wise it will never happen once we move.

So our new garage/shop is ready and I have just sold my place in the 'burbs of Melbourne. Zero Covid cases for 3 weeks here so the lockdowns are over in our state for now Will be moving up to our rural property in about 8 weeks so you can expect some updates on this turd!

If you have the energy, you could change the whole diff out for a factory LSD far cheaper than buying a locker, although it is hard to find a low mile, tight LSD nowadays. I'm doing the same to mine, which also has an open rear.

Good luck, hopefully you find it a good home and make a dollary-doo or two.

Have you had a wheel alignment recently? If the steering wheel has been re-fitted off-centre (bad alignment shops often cause this) the wheel may need close to a full-turn to hit the detents on the switch. Also - make sure the two roll pins are in place on the bottom of the steering wheel.

Start with a wanted ad in the classifieds here but I think you'll have more luck on the FB groups. If you get really stuck I am looking at a parts car here in oz in a week or so.

I hope you find a new owner for it. I had one the same colour.

Depends whether you're here to sell your car or to contribute to the forum. Plenty of info around on here if that's what you need, to sell I'd try the NPORA fb page or the World wide WD21 owners page.

Love it!

Sounds like input shaft bearing is worn, possibly due to underfilling, there is a TSB on the early manual trans, stating they need to overfilled.

Not sure what it is like over there but locally for us in Aus it is really hard to find a good alignment shop. Between the WD21 and all of the Mopar A bodies I have had over the years, I find a lot of them do not know how to set these old girls up. 9 of 10 shops will set the toe and send it out. Last alignment I did myself on my WD I done using a stringline, some straightedges and a tape measure (after lift and front end rebuild) and it was the best the thing ever driven.

Obvious, but have you checked the fluid level with the engine running in park? Reverse is normally the first indication of failure on an automatic transmission, being slow or failing to select reverse is usually a warning sign.

Thanks Mr Reverse, Can easily remedy that

Morning all, Does anyone know the P/N for the US/LHD factory steering centrelink? And if there is a difference? Look the same to me going on pictures. Planning what I am going to do on my rig once I get out of lockdown (looking like being next year at this point) and wanting to get my hands on a grassroots CL for my truck which is RHD. Need to work out whether or not I need to send him one or not. Cheers All. FGF