66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?

Alright. Made some real progress the last few days.

The starter was shot. Took it apart and pretty much everything was worn out completely; The brushes, the front bushing on the motor axle and the copper stud the solenoid mates with.

Found a "new" one in a Facebook Mopar group here in Sweden, roughly $80 with shipping. Probably a robbery to you guys but this is the land of Volvo... It is quite a bit newer, though, and sounds a LOT better. Found a nut that fits that starter bolt in one of the boxes full of nuts and bolts that came with the car, too. Win!

My oil pump priming adventure almost ended in disaster. The pump drive shaft wouldn't come out. I used the old distibutor shaft to try and rotate the gear out but ended up breaking the tap off in the slot! :oops:

Being a little creative with my old slide hammer (made it myself in high school), an oak club my father-in-law made and a piece of high-grade stainless wire, I finally managed to pull it out. I drilled and tapped an M4 (remember, this is Sweden) into the broken off bit stuck in the slot and used my vice to pull it out. *phew* Was NOT looking forward to finding a new shaft ...

Made an oil pump priming tool from a piece of M6 threaded rod and a pair of M5 nuts. Worked like a charm. Had to plug up what I presume is the oil pressure switch hole, though. A little cranking and pretty soon, nice and clean-looking oil was flowing from all rockers.

Aligned the oil pump drive shaft according to the manual to avoid problems with the vacuum advance thing on the distributor and stabbed the distributor in.

I squirted a little oil in each cylinder but forgot to give them all a puff of compressed air to distribute it a bit before I installed the plugs. I learned a long time ago not to remove spark plugs unless it is necessary to avoid leaks. I figure a little cylinder lube is better than none.

Wired up the spark plugs and fitted the Carter 750 cfm.

Looking at the carb, I realize there is no gas return outlet so I decided to call it a day and check online for guidance.