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    Painted the engine bay

    I love that fresh look after a new paint job. It make me want to pull up a chair and read it a bedtime story.
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    First Gas Tank swap - What do I need to know?

    And don't forget to clean the grounding strap on the sending unit to the tank for a good ground. Those get rusty too and a poor contact is guaranteed.
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    First Gas Tank swap - What do I need to know?

    In my Duster project, the same leaky gas tank came up. I soldered the holes, used KBS tank coating to seal in the holes and give it an impervious coating. Then purchased a new sending unit. In hind sight, I should have just purchased a new tank like you did. It would have saved me lots of...
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    400ci to 500ci

    My plans are to stroke a 400 block I have prepared to a 470ci or 500ci for my Duster. I want a nice street rod that gives me max ponies for the money without making a race only motor. A 470 stroker kit sound very nice to me but a 500 stroker kit makes me smile just a bit more - But I don't...
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    70 duster tire size

    My current set up is 215/45ZR17s on the front, and 235/40ZR18s on the back. I rolled the bottom lips of my fenders and get no rub with lock to lock turning. On hindsight, I would have went to 9"s on the back with the appropriate tire since there's lots of room with the stock setup. Here's my...
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    SS Springs

    Here's mine: Stock rear springs with one leaf spring add for stiffness, cheap shocks and a pinion snubber. http://rides.moparmusclemagazine.com/ride/1207287/bigd123/1973/plymouth/duster/photos/1.html
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    Two questions on a 400 build

    Recently I've purchased a full 1976 400 engine with a 727 transmission. With my mind reeling with ideas to swap into my '73 duster, I'm wondering if I can get by with a steel 440 crank offset ground to get close to a 470 engine. 440 Source seems to shy people away from this idea and push to...
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    SS Springs

    These are stock springs from a 340 model with an additional long spring added for stiffness. D
  11. 1973 Plymouth Duster

    1973 Plymouth Duster

    This Duster is a semi restoration project since August 2009. Lots of rust mitigation and additions. Originally a 340 engine but now replaced with a 360, 600 Edelbrock, Mopar cam, semi-ported J heads, Mopar intake, headers, X Pypes with Cherry Bomb glasspacks added, painted the bumpers due cost...
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    Wheel spacer

    I also have a '73 duster and used a half inch spacer. These are very cheap and can be found at Jegs, Summit or any place that sells wheels. Make sure you have measured the backspace and fender well correctly. And if you are thinking of anything thicker than a 1/2", you should be installing...
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    Gm hei

    Very good. Glad to hear it was a small dollar item.
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    Gm hei

    Wouldn't this just require a reset of the timing after the plug wire were reversed? I have noticed that the HEI get's quite warm when operating and I'm always looking for the cooler range of operation. One write-up of the HEI conversion says that the wires need to be correctly placed: "Make...
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    Gm hei

    Does it actually run backwards or diesels when turned off? The later would more be either too much retard (closer to TDC) or overly rich mixture and possibly preignition. Make sure timing is corrected before working on anything else. If your friend's Petronix ignition worked, would that be the...
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    bypassing interlock system

    That blue box is the seatbelt interlock. All of the main wires coming from your ignition switch go to this unit but it they are not in series, meaning that if you disconnected them, they are not vital to the operation of other electrical items. If you value the seatbelt buzzer, seatbelt light...
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    Gm hei

    Try swapping the distributor wires and rechecking timing. Oddly, one works and the other doesn't. In the HEI conversion on my Duster, the correct connection never let the ignition rev more than 1300 or so, and by switching the connection, allowed free revving and starting.
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    I ain't stoppin for this stupidity

    Ha, ha. I hear what you're saying. Tax dollars at work right? I'll tell you my side though. It's a small consolation for cops who deal with the scurge of the planet. Tackling and facing potential people who are ready to shoot back because of a tiny parole violation. I give cops, but not...
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Yes. The gap is good. I just rechecked the power to the coil with the ign. on and a lead from the negative terminal to a ground - to check for spark. And that's good. Rechecked the tower for ohms and getting 10K ohms. That's good. Regrounded the ECU and checked for spark at the tower - nothing.
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Still have not found the source of this issue. Took the dizzy off and looked at the pick-up. The wire to the pick-up looked as if it was rubbing on the pick-up base plate and wore through. I'm sure it shorted out. But I replaced the pick up (while at it, changed the advance curve less 2* and...
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Spins fine. Everything mechanical seems fine too.
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Tested the + coil terminal while cranking through the key and it is showing 10.4 volts. I checked the reluctor, and because the pickup baseplate rocks somewhat, the top of the pickup is slightly farther away from the reluctor-and it is about as close as I can get it so I won't dare get it...
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Hmmm, then the conclusion would be that no power is getting to the pickup either from a bad ECU or pickup. Is that reasonable? Oh, and TXDart, is that Avitar a picture of you? Good to meet you! (Wink)
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Demon Seed - That reluctor is a cast steel unit - It would be the very last thing I would replace as it seems to be the item least prone to problems. Are you referring to the pickup? That whole distributor is a cheap new unit but I suppose it could be bad already. D
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Did this - Sparked as I tapped the temporary wire to ground on each tap.
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    I mean 0 ohms as "no" resistance. The test of the tower of the coil to a terminal shows some ohms. Not sure how much as my ohm gauge reads less than 1 ohm on the positive side and just over 1 ohm on the negative side. The positive side shows around 6 volts when cranking.
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    There is voltage at the + terminal with the key in the run position, but no spark when I jump the coil from the battery and try to start it. I "eyeballed" the reluctor gap and it's pretty close without touching but I only have steel feelers so my guestimate should be pretty close.
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    Engine died. Now won't start

    Was slowing for a stop light the other day and the car died. Pushed it to the side of the road and tried restarting it. Nothing. Waited 20 minutes and tried again. It started then died 5 blocks away. After towing it home and checking for spark, nothing. No spark out of the coil to the...
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    Car runs best with vaccum hoses unplugged/plugged.

    Green 1 - I say "around" as my painted stripes on the Damper is only as close to 10* and 20* as I can paint them on. When I shoot it with the timing light, the second stripe is a hair over TDC. The vacuum on the distributor is getting close to 14 inches at idle, and when I time the car to work...
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    Car runs best with vaccum hoses unplugged/plugged.

    As my boss likes to say, "...give me some time to wrap my brain around what you just said." The ECU is stock but the distributor is a cheap O'reilly's unit (budget constraints). I did try plugging the vaccum line to both ports and with similar results, and I do believe that I have the idle...
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    Car runs best with vaccum hoses unplugged/plugged.

    I’ve been fine tuning the engine of my Duster but notice that the engine runs smoother at normal driving with the vacuum ports plugged and the distrib. Vaccum hose unplugged from the carb. and plugged. This is odd to me as I’ve understood the vacuum advance should help the driving...
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    Idler arm gouging headpipes

    Beautiful headers those are. I had the same problem and didn't want to do any cutting. I put a cable around the header tube that was rubbing on my idler arm, then connected the cable to a strong spring tied to the frame. The heat of the tube upon running would allow the tube to weaken just...
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