Advice on changing rear shocks • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **bryan eidins woking surre** » 11 Jul 2001 16:26

i have just got my new rear shocks for the "73 i will be changing them thursday is there anything i need to know beforehand that might cause me problems,also how long should they take to change.
many thanks

by **dave-r** » 12 Jul 2001 8:29

20min job from asking your lass to make you a cup of tea while you jack the car until you wipe your hands on her best towels.

Take the bottom two nuts off first and put them on last. The top bolts can be tricky to reach if I remember right but no real problem.

by **Joel** » 12 Jul 2001 8:49

I have always wanted to ask an English person this. Do Brits always have a tea time, at the same time, everyday, with those hard little stale biscuits, or is that an American stereo typing?

by **dave-r** » 12 Jul 2001 8:57

You can type in stereo?

No. We don't have set times for tea. That was a thing POSH people did in India. Most of us don't even get tea/coffee breaks at work any more (sob!).

by **Joel** » 12 Jul 2001 9:23

I like root beer quite well myself. Never liked alcohol, though I am tempted to try a Guiness.

by **frank** » 14 Jul 2001 0:04

hey joel go w/fosters MUCH better than guiness unless you like dark beer...

by **Joel** » 14 Jul 2001 3:48

I have never had beer myself, but my brother says light beer is not so great tasting.

by **dave-r** » 14 Jul 2001 10:54

Newcastle Brown Ale. It's like mothers milk to me.

by **Johnny-D** » 14 Jul 2001 19:41

Joel, Why don't you try Yaeger Meister (sic?). Goes down really smooth and although it is not "technically" Beer, I do Highly recommend it as a good way to enjoy a pleasant drive at high speeds down twisty country road . . .

by **Joel** » 14 Jul 2001 20:50

I would, but alcoholism runs on dad's side of the family so I am very wary of what I drink.

by **Joel** » 14 Jul 2001 20:52

Besides, it is illegal to drink and drive in the States.

by **Madman Stephan** » 17 Jul 2001 11:47

I remember being a passenger in my uncle's AMC AMX and hearing the clatter of 40oz bottles of booze underneath the seats. The interior was re-upholstered to look like the inside of a coffin. Interestingly enough, he put in an actual bar in the back of that car! He had all types of glasses, liquor and wine. I miss the 70's....

by **jeff** » 17 Jul 2001 13:13

Dave, when I lived in New York back in the 80's. I went to the Empire diner one lunchtime and noticed they sold Newcastle Brown Ale, as I have always liked it I thought I would have a bottle or two!
To my horror I read the rear label, it said, the Queen mother drinks Newcastle Brown Ale, and in the evenings along the long corridoors of Buckingham palace you can here the shouts of "give us another bottle of newkey luv" coming from the Queen mothers bedroom! I was shocked and insulted! But have alway remembered it, so when ever I am partaking the Newcastle brown stuff, I too can be heard shouting the same.

by **Joel** » 17 Jul 2001 20:17

Kay, I will just knod my head and smile, cus that sounds just a little odd, know what I mean, Vern.