Slow, Driving Rustoration 1972 Dart
So for the past 8 weeks or so my partner and I have been taking short trips out of town every Sunday to get breakfast in a small town cafe. The longest trip so far was about 140 miles round trip. The Dart is getting about 16 mpg on these county roads and has been almost flawless. The only things that have been broken are the climate controls and the driver's vent window. The vent window almost fell out when I was opening it on a dirt road and the climate control only works on the AC setting. So I took the heater/AC control switch out and just jumper wire the fan on and off and adjust the blend doors manually.
As it has started warming up lately I decided to finally get the AC working too. I ordered a new heater/AC control switch online (won't be here til Tuesday) and got a new drier and expansion valve. I got them installed today, rented the vacuum and gauges from O'reilly and got everything working tonight. I'm still working out of my driveway and it got dark as I ran out of freon. It was about 80 degrees F at the time and it was blowing out really cold air. It was starting to freeze up on the low pressure side of the evaporator and the sight glass was still partly cloudy.
I need to crawl around and make sure the evaporator drain hole is clear before taking it out for a test ride.
Oh and on the last breakfast trip it hit 12345.6 on the odometer
Facebook link to our breakfast adventures.
So for the past 8 weeks or so my partner and I have been taking short trips out of town every Sunday to get breakfast in a small town cafe. The longest trip so far was about 140 miles round trip. The Dart is getting about 16 mpg on these county roads and has been almost flawless. The only things that have been broken are the climate controls and the driver's vent window. The vent window almost fell out when I was opening it on a dirt road and the climate control only works on the AC setting. So I took the heater/AC control switch out and just jumper wire the fan on and off and adjust the blend doors manually.
As it has started warming up lately I decided to finally get the AC working too. I ordered a new heater/AC control switch online (won't be here til Tuesday) and got a new drier and expansion valve. I got them installed today, rented the vacuum and gauges from O'reilly and got everything working tonight. I'm still working out of my driveway and it got dark as I ran out of freon. It was about 80 degrees F at the time and it was blowing out really cold air. It was starting to freeze up on the low pressure side of the evaporator and the sight glass was still partly cloudy.
I need to crawl around and make sure the evaporator drain hole is clear before taking it out for a test ride.
Oh and on the last breakfast trip it hit 12345.6 on the odometer
Facebook link to our breakfast adventures.
