extra firewall holes?

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:39 pm

i'm doing the engine compartment in my 73 SSP, and after removing all the hardware from in there i discovered there are some holes that i don't think belong. they are approximately 1 inch in diameter and are just above and to the right of the throttle pedal. someone put freeze plugs in there and sealed them with sealer.......i'm thinking it must have had under the dash A/C at some point. this is a factory 400 / 4 speed car if that makes any difference???? oh yeah, you guys don't know of anybody making repro wheel lip mouldings for this car do you?........didn't think so.

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:03 pm

birdbrain wrote: oh yeah, you guys don't know of anybody making repro wheel lip mouldings for this car do you?........didn't think so.

Im lost

Post by **Eric** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:28 pm

A photo of the offending holes might help...

Laysons makes repro WOMs, and there is another company I can't remember at the moment.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:25 am

Like Eric said, a picture is worth a thousand words

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:28 pm

mopar71 wrote:Like Eric said, a picture is worth a thousand words

i'm gonna try to get some pics this weekend to show you what i speak of. my gut just tells me they don't belong there and i should weld them up while i have the engine out for painting and detailing. aahhl be bock.

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:31 pm

just to the right of and below the throttle cable you'll see i put red X's on the ends of the freeze plugs currently in the offending holes. also if you look directly below the throttle cable just before the floorpan seam i painted a red arrow to the small hole i presume was a drain tube hole for an aftermarket A/C system maybe??????

73X · Post by **73X** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:39 am

that would be my guess, an aftermarket a/c system. Here is a picture of my 73 firewall if it helps.

DeLorean00 · Post by **DeLorean00** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:56 am

Looks to be what you guessed, an After Market AC system.

73X · Post by **73X** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:36 am

You have a wire to the right of your firewall wiring plug, would that be for the tach by any chance or do you know what it's for?

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:16 am

is for 4speed tran its same one on my 71gtx

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:45 pm

yep that wire is for the 4 speed. i haven't gotten everything out yet to paint. i just dropped the K frame tonight and plan to take it to my automotive machine shop and get it hot tanked for painting.......saves a lot of elbow grease and it's relatively cheap. this is my first time doing a total front end rebuild on a rubber mounted K frame. i bought the just suspension poygraphite K frame bushings, but i don't know for sure if i'm supposed to use all the factory shims on the rear bushings or not.....does anybody here know for sure? maybe i'll call JS tomorrow and see what they tell me on that......i need to get this thing back to rolling by the end of the weekend.

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:47 pm

i forgot to say thanks for the input and pics.......i knew in my hear that those weren't ma mopar's holes.

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:56 pm

beside everyone's handle our body and cost levels appear as they do on the VIN plate and mine has RL instead of RP.......is that something i can change??? if so i can't figure out how.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:27 am

I had an aftermarket a/c installed in my roadrunner and I think they are in the right spot.To bad I did not take a pic.

Road Runner Nest

extra firewall holes?

extra firewall holes?

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