1965 Dodge Dart Charger

This PCV valve nut is wrong:

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This PCV valve nut is right, but it's upside down:

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Your '65 does not have the Clean Air Package. The CAP, which consists of modified carburetion and ignition systems, was first released on a small number of 1963-model test vehicles sold in California; see here. It wasn't present on any '64s or '65s, but was factory equipment on all new Chrysler Corp vehicles sold in California starting from the 1966 model year, and on all US-market Chrysler Corp vehicles starting from the 1968 model year.

What your car has is a ducted crankcase breather, which was on all California cars (from all makers) starting from 1964 model year, and all US-market cars starting from 1968. The only difference is the crankcase breather: open to atmosphere versus ducted to air cleaner. It gets a little confusing because "closed crankcase ventilation" was the term generically applied to a system with a ducted crankcase breather, but that same term, "closed crankcase ventilation", is what Chrysler called what we all generically know as "positive crankcase ventilation" -- that is, a PCV valve ducted to manifold vacuum, regardless of what type of crankcase breather is present.



Starter motor not-very-carefully painted all black is correct. Nothing wrong with date code, either. Remember, that starter 2095 150 was used on almost all 1964-5-6-7-8-9 Chrysler products. The only exceptions were 170 engines, taxi/fleet cars with heavy-duty 11" clutch, and some trucks. They made a lot of them at a time!

Exact-repro spark plug wires here.

Thanks for the input slantsixdan! You rock! First of all, dids the PCV valve just had the small nut? I've seen the big nut on so many cars.

Why is thge hose connected on the backside if you had ducted crankcase breather? It seems that all those engines had the connection on the backside. I parted out a 65 Formula S with no ducted system. The connection on the frontside and the micture screw on the backside.

I didn't know the starter was the same for so long. I'm redoing it cause it wasn't so nice inside.

Thanks once again Dan.


Keith! That is a rare option for the 273 2 barrel engines. I'll call you tomorrw.

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