67 Dart Convertible Rescue
Latest update...
So sad... an original 68 standard bore 318. 2 pistons came out with no coercion needed, no ridge to ream, and totally beautiful cylinder walls.
The other 6... Pits that make craters on the moon look flat.
Block and heads are now becoming a toaster.
The crank, and cam have a new home with a buddy.
I'm cleaning the 2 salvaged rods and the 8 caps, the main bearing caps (unfortunately the rear cap got damaged where the oil pump fits in it in the removal of the oil pump) and the main bolts. The valve trane is also getting cleaned up.
Most likely I'll be selling the parts (at a great price :):)) in the near future.
The timing cover, finally came off. 1 upper bolt was corroded/welded to the cover. I was able to press the cover off the stud enough to cut the bolt flush with the block being carefully to protect the cover.
Then tap the bolt out of the cover.
Some front accessory drive parts including an elusive AC idler pulley that still spins.
The PS pump spins free and there is still red good smelling trans fluid in it. Go figure! The car was last registered in 1976!
Today, my daughter and I removed everything from the headlight bucket back to the firewall.
Only 1 broken bolt... The hood alignment screw.
I was able to center punch and drill a hole so centered and crept up on drilling it out that the last drill bit left the tips of the threads in the hole barely visible. Cleanup with a tap, and presto it's all good. (First time in my life that I have had that good of a success drilling out a broken bolt)
We made the decision to replace all the steel lines, fuel and brake so removing the lines was easy snip snip pull pull. The master is a drum drum that I doubt can be disassembled, the rearmost cylinder was dry as a bone and you could see into the piston bore, the frontmost was filled with solid gunk that chips away.
Just some misc photos
Now for a mystery....
Rogue bolt?
It's next to where the fender tag is, to the front of the car.
The hole seems to be a pressed hole! Nothing was under the screw, and my 3 month younger 67 dart convert doesn't have it or even a dimple in that location.
Thoughts?
Latest update...
So sad... an original 68 standard bore 318. 2 pistons came out with no coercion needed, no ridge to ream, and totally beautiful cylinder walls.
The other 6... Pits that make craters on the moon look flat.
Block and heads are now becoming a toaster.
The crank, and cam have a new home with a buddy.
I'm cleaning the 2 salvaged rods and the 8 caps, the main bearing caps (unfortunately the rear cap got damaged where the oil pump fits in it in the removal of the oil pump) and the main bolts. The valve trane is also getting cleaned up.
Most likely I'll be selling the parts (at a great price :):)) in the near future.
The timing cover, finally came off. 1 upper bolt was corroded/welded to the cover. I was able to press the cover off the stud enough to cut the bolt flush with the block being carefully to protect the cover.
Then tap the bolt out of the cover.
Some front accessory drive parts including an elusive AC idler pulley that still spins.
The PS pump spins free and there is still red good smelling trans fluid in it. Go figure! The car was last registered in 1976!
Today, my daughter and I removed everything from the headlight bucket back to the firewall.
Only 1 broken bolt... The hood alignment screw.
I was able to center punch and drill a hole so centered and crept up on drilling it out that the last drill bit left the tips of the threads in the hole barely visible. Cleanup with a tap, and presto it's all good. (First time in my life that I have had that good of a success drilling out a broken bolt)
We made the decision to replace all the steel lines, fuel and brake so removing the lines was easy snip snip pull pull. The master is a drum drum that I doubt can be disassembled, the rearmost cylinder was dry as a bone and you could see into the piston bore, the frontmost was filled with solid gunk that chips away.
Just some misc photos
Now for a mystery....
Rogue bolt?
It's next to where the fender tag is, to the front of the car.
The hole seems to be a pressed hole! Nothing was under the screw, and my 3 month younger 67 dart convert doesn't have it or even a dimple in that location.
Thoughts?