Recent content by cdbldr

Hi Moe-- I just wanted to say that your car is beautiful. I just bought a 64 GT convertible, 225/4spd. Not as nice as yours but I love it--now if I can just find all the stuff I need to get it fixed right! If you get around to it, I'd love to see pics of your interior too! Thanks, Chris

Does anyone have or know where I can get a latch for a 64 Convertible? I'm talking about the latch that holds the top to the windshield header. I'm also missing one of the triangle-shape sheet metal pieces that I think hold the gasket that goes between the windshield header and the top...

Ok, you all deserve some kind of prize. First things: I cleaned and electric-lubed my fuse block and got all my electrical to work--all the contacts are rusty. I wish I could replace it, but getting up under that dash...it scares me that I'd never get it together again. I wonder how much...

Ok, so I went out to change all the fuses--there's only about 6--and now I have ZERO power to anything. At the very least I know there's a problem with the fuses. I'd say that's progress except that as of two days ok I had a perfectly good car with one tail light out and now I got a dead car...

If by ammeter you mean the voltage gauge on the dash, yes I do have voltage. But it's like the starter isn't getting any power at all. I'm going out to work on it now, I'll update ya'll. And thanks so much for the advice--I really hate electrical mysteries.

Something I should make more clear: Everything was fine until I created a spark at the fuse block, at which point everything went dead. So it can't be that some connection is loose or some wire not connected, right? It's got to be that I fried something. Doesn't look like I'll be enjoying...

That is the new relay I installed today--it has one extra post that my old one didn't. Otherwise it's exactly the same. That wiring diagram looks pretty accurate to my car: those two wires wrapped in tape are brown and red, going from the relay to the starter just like the diagram. Does that...

there's a set of two wires wrapped in tape, and they go from the relay down to the starter. the other little wire wrapped in tape goes from the relay into this big cluster of wires plugged into that block of wires on the right side.

Thank you all for the quick replies--this is awesome! I have nothing with that handy "fusible link" tag. Here's a pic of my wiring. If I'm thinking of the right thing, a fusible link should be just a single wire, right? I've got a bundle of two wires that go from my relay down to the...

I thought I got the fusible link--is it the long narrow rectangular thing, feels like it's made out of ceramic, and it has a tab on each end for a wire to plug into? Guy at the parts store said it was an "ignition resistor". Replaced it. If that's not the fusible link, can you describe how to...

Hi Bill--just joined the site, and when I was reading posts I saw that you have a 64 Dart Convertible. That's what I just bought--GT Convertible with the 225/4spd. Do you mind if I hit you up with some questions from time to time? I'm just getting started working on mine--it's in pretty nice...

Hey guys-- Newbie here-just bought my car last month and decided to work on it today--taillight was out, simple problem, just needed to put a new fuse in. EXCEPT, like a fool I left the key in the "ON" position and when I pulled out the old fuse there was a spark. And, then I had ZERO...