Wow, I can get in on this post...lol

Ill have to see if I still have the pics of when I pulled the 360 out of my challenger.

Where is the fuel filter located on an untouched original small block?

It looks like it's located under the alternator. If so, is there a threaded nipple out of the fuel pump or does the metal fuel line come out of the fuel pump and then the fuel filter is inserted in the cut line using 2 short pieces of fuel hose?
Terry

Right on top on the passenger side front. Steel line threads into the fuel pump, runs up behind the alternator to a short rubber hose, to the filter, to another short rubber hose, then to another steel line that threads into the carburetor fuel inlet fitting. This is a 71 340, other small block locations may vary some but all will be similar.

My 1971 Challenger 340 has the fuel filter in the same place as Scott shows in his picture. My 74 Charger 360 has the fuel filter located below the alternator as shown in the 5th picture down of the evap sys., washer bottle and alternator on the 73 Duster 340. I just didn't know if this was the correct location on my 360. I just received a reproduction fuel line for my 74 that is one piece from the fuel pump to the Thermo-quad and has the threaded fittings on both ends. I'm trying to figure out where to cut it. Thanks .
Terry

......Which is the reason I posted this thread, correct detail info on other year 318/340/360 small blocks are difficult to find

The later engines have the fuel filter under the alt. There is a "U" shaped line that comes out of the fuel pump...then the filter...then the line that goes up to the carb.

Fine Lines didn't list a pump to carb line for my 73. I sent them my original lines and they bent me a perfect set.

Here is the fan off of my 73 318. September 72 SPD but built on Oct 12th.

The fan was repainted in the 90's but I couldn't get the spacer off. When I was redoing things a couple years ago, the spacer needed to be removed. It ended up cracking it was on there so tight. You can see what's left of the "ENGINE SIDE" stamp as well as some orange paint or possibly adhesive on the spacer and fan.

Original coil for 73 318(Challenger) Soaked in EvapoRust to reveal the stampings.



There is a three digit date code on the opposite side. I don't think I have a picture of that.

Original choke thermostat. This is the only one I've seen this way. There were 2 bolts that attached this to the intake. All the others I've seen have only used one bolt with a tab on the other end.

What I believe to be the original booster to intake hose.

These next two are off of a 73 Cuda 340 that was built a week after my Challenger in Oct 72. These were taken when the car was only a few months old. The car is still owned by the original owner and only has 36,000 miles on it.

The original carb never acted right. It was replaced very early on.(along with the air cleaner) The rest is supposed to be original.




What I notice is...
gray throttle return spring
light green kickdown spring
unpainted heater hose fitting
BLACK PLUG WIRES (owner says this is what the car came with)
black dipstick handle
not really an engine detail but the master cylinder cover is not zinc dichromate plated...it looks phosphated
no fuel filter on top of the intake
a piece of insulation around one of the heater hoses

I believe this pic was sent to my by Mike Mancini. It's of a 73 318 and he circled the painted rubber valve cover gasket. I also see paint marks on the EGR valve hoses. Yellow stripe on the short hose from carb to "T". Then white from the "T" to the EGR valve. It looks like light blue on the line that goes from the "T" to the valve on the firewall but the FSM shows it being green.

The plug wires are black on this engine too. I have no idea if they were replaced or if they are supposed to be original.

The harder to see details, things you'd see with the air cleaner removed and from angles other than the typical few feet away hood open/car show angles are what's really needed.

Close up details of assembly, individual parts, part number fonts, factory stampings, assembly bolt styles and types, hose and wire routing, etc, etc is what Scott is after.

MLR426