66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?

360DartGT66 said

Made some tangible progress today. Gave my tranny oil filler tube and dipstick handle a shot of rust protection. Will be mopar blue eventually.

I also wasted a lot of time trying to renovate the old starter. Changed the motor axle front bushing and tried to replace the brushes. Busted the plastic bad trying to get the copper pole the solenoid mates with out. Some Plastic Padding fiberglass filler and a little trimming with a chisel and I was good to go!

I managed to break it all again when I re-installed the brushes, though. :oops:

Decided to put it all together to clear out my workbench and at least the starter works. For now. Probably won't last very long with that copper stud dangling. #-o

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Hi Anders,

I have a better idea on that starter. Replace it with a later model one of the magnum 318-360. Its a nippondenso unit thats almost half the size and half the weight, and almost twice the horsepower of that old dog your trying to fix. Look up one of these for a 94 to 99 magnum V8 the starter teeth, and mounting flange are the same making it a bolt in. I got one remanned from a place in california off ebay for $39 shipped no core required. All the magnum series 3.9 V6 , 318-360 V8s used these. I think the last holdout for the magnum V8 was the dodge ram van thru 2003. You may be able to find one of these easily in Sweden if the 94 up dodge trucks and vans were imported. If not ebay is full of these.

Matt