My Duster Adventures

So Wednesday I went and worked on the car some, got a whole lot of nothing done....

I put the distributor in and plugged all the wires into the spark plugs it the other end will need to be cut to length and have ends crimped on... I never did custom length plug wires before and don't have the tool so that burned me out a little....

THEN I went to hook the steering column back up to the gear box and the tube around the steering shaft hit the header tube and that ticked me off and burned me out so I walked out and went home, aggravated that it seems like I've boughten nearly every part twice for this car cause the first one was the wrong one. And there's always a little part or tool that I need and don't have and I just got kinda overwhelmed and only slightly seriously threatened to sell all my car stuff and "grow up and find a different hobby". My wife, who 5 years ago would tell you that any car older than 2000 (at the time) was junk, quickly advised against that; she's come a long way. Lol

So after a few days to mull over what I'm gonna do about the issues, today I was excited to go work on the old girl again.

I didn't get a whole lot done and didn't mess with the plug wires (don't have a crimper yet) and didn't mess with the header/steering shaft issue; I did buy some washers though to cut notches out and shim the motor. I did discover right before I left the shop tonight that there's one bolt on the transmission that is hitting what's left of the upper crossmember and holding the rear of the transmission and inch or 2 farther toward the drivers side than it should be, so if I make it down there tomorrow, I'll take the sawzall along and cut the crossmember a little more. That MIGHT solve my header issue but if not I'll shim the motor mount a little or rebuild the column and cut the outer tube back a few inches.

As far as progress, I did put the new shocks on the back, installed the gas tank, filler tube and hooked the fuel line up from the tank up to the pump. I also put the carb on. If I had the plug wire crimper I think I'd be about a long afternoon away from start up!! I didn't get any pics tonight but there wasn't really anything worth taking pics of... Maybe next time.