Dad’s 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340
Today was busy with much accomplished. I did torque the oil pan bolts to 10 ft-lbs. I also threw a bit of satin black on the bare metal parts of the damper (no, I’m not restoring the bolt). I changed out the pilot bushing for a new one. Went and got grade 8 bolts and attached the motor mounts to the block. I also measured for the water pump bolts because the ones in my kit just aren’t even close.
I also got the wiper motor painted. I went to clean it with brake cleaner, and the old paint melted off. It was crazy. I’ve never seen brake cleaner do that. Speaking of brakes, I got the new master cylinder painted with Eastwood Brake Gray. Supposedly it is resistant to DOT3 brake fluid. It’s also supposedly got 316 stainless steel in it. Who knows, but all the other coatings I have tried failed, so I’m giving it a go.
For my finale, I removed a broken bolt piece from the rear of the driver cylinder head so that tomorrow I can use that hole for the engine leveler I picked up today from Harbor Freight. I didn’t want to use a carb plate to try to put both the engine and transmission in at the same time. Leveler should help that a bunch.
Today was busy with much accomplished. I did torque the oil pan bolts to 10 ft-lbs. I also threw a bit of satin black on the bare metal parts of the damper (no, I’m not restoring the bolt). I changed out the pilot bushing for a new one. Went and got grade 8 bolts and attached the motor mounts to the block. I also measured for the water pump bolts because the ones in my kit just aren’t even close.
I also got the wiper motor painted. I went to clean it with brake cleaner, and the old paint melted off. It was crazy. I’ve never seen brake cleaner do that. Speaking of brakes, I got the new master cylinder painted with Eastwood Brake Gray. Supposedly it is resistant to DOT3 brake fluid. It’s also supposedly got 316 stainless steel in it. Who knows, but all the other coatings I have tried failed, so I’m giving it a go.
For my finale, I removed a broken bolt piece from the rear of the driver cylinder head so that tomorrow I can use that hole for the engine leveler I picked up today from Harbor Freight. I didn’t want to use a carb plate to try to put both the engine and transmission in at the same time. Leveler should help that a bunch.
