Originally Posted by 4406bbl
The green box of pins are not NOS, those were sold at mopar parts stores and are relabeled pik-a-nut, originals are shorter, and do not have the bend at the end. The wrench rounding them off sure seems to make them look right. The little stuff matters on a restoration in my opinion, Johns way is better, but would stick out like a sore thumb on a restoration. When I pulled my superbird apart you could tell the idler arm was changed, correct mopar part, but wrong pin installed nicely, it stuck out. I would install the pins right and nice on everything except a restoration. Believe me, if you install the pins nicely on a car with all the proper colors, boots and plating, the mopar vin crowd would point out your "mistake". You can't win.


Made a mistake here, I should have said those pins are not assembly line correct, they could well be NOS.