1973 Dart Sport

Still fighting issue after issue with the brakes but at least it's starting consistently now. I grounded the engine to the frame and that seemed to resolve the starting issues. When it dawned on me that the battery was the only thing grounded to the frame I felt like an idiot. I suppose it was grounding through the K-member bolts up until now and that's obviously not a great setup.

Ditched the booster to simplify the brakes since everyone seems to think it's unnecessary for A bodies in general. Still getting a really soft pedal and I think it's related to the handbrake. The handbrake itself is really soft and not even close to locking anything up and it seems to have some play in it when I press the brake pedal in. Not sure if there's air trapped in there in a really bad spot that won't bleed or if it's just a bad MC. These issues seem really common because the internet is littered with threads complaining about the same thing.

Picked up some speed bleeder screws to work with my vacuum bleeder so I can knock this out myself. I was just pulling air past the threads when I tried using it yesterday. Push comes to shove I also picked up a -3 AN coupler to bypass the handbrake and see if that resolves anything. It will be a while before they'll be any need for it anyways.

Other than that, I got a leaky transmission and upper radiator hose. The hose just sucks and the transmission is over-filled because the Lokar flexible dipstick seems to sit high. Think it ended up with about 11 quarts before it read remotely close to full. Not sure if it's just coming out of the vent or if I've blown my front seal. There's no drain plug on my pan like I was hoping so I'm not quite sure what to do except pull one of the cooler lines and put in it an empty milk jug.