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    starting help

    just was out getting my 1973 duster ready for spring car been sitting for the winter. put batter, y in that was on a tender get in and turn key ---nothing no sounds at all . lights work , radio battery is good. everything worked fine before car was put away. replaced ballast. stiill nothing at...
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    duster bushings question

    need some advise on my bushings on a 73 duster. car is strictly a street driven cruiser, no racing or whatever.how do i know if my rubber bushings are really wasted? after a visual inspect--not on a lift--the ones i can see look dry with some cracking. sway bar ones do not look bad, any way...
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    shaking over 55 mph

    just recently put new cragars on p215 70 14 tires on front and p245 60 15s on the back on my 73 duster, while on the expressway, not often by the way, i get some shake at 50 60 mph. and steering feels like its floating around some, i know these a bodys do not handle like a new vette. any how...
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    tire age ????

    I want to put some bigger tires on my duster, there is a guy on CL here selling a set of 4 cooper futura gls that are the size I want. he says they have never been on a car, they are on chrome wheels and do look like he bought them yesterday. I want to buy them, but the date made code reads...
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    1973 duster fan radiator shroud ?

    anybody out there know what radiator fan shroud I can use on a 1973 340 duster? 26 inch wide radiator --stock, can I use one from another body type? seems like no one makes something for a 73.
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    best coil??

    my coil went on my 73 340 duster last week, no warning on these --the car just dies!! I am running the stock distibrutor with the orange ecu box. who makes the best coil? heard the napa ones are good. also are the epoxy coils better then oil filled? like more heat resistant? coil is mounted on...
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    sending unit size ?

    I am having a problem with my gas gauge in my 73 duster 340. I think I have it down to a bad sending unit. as the gauge needle works , just reads wrong- so grounds are good. strap good etc. I am having a guy do the new one, I am buyi ng a good unit from year one, I just don,t know if the unit...
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    fuel gauge reads wrong

    my gauge reads E, i go to fill up. takes about 8 gallons. gas tank and sending unit fairly new not stock, i have read other threads on this and seems to be a common deal. any how my car wiring ability is not that good , either is working on a sending unit. question is should i start by...
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    high idle when hot

    my 73 340 duster has developed a small but aggrevating problem. car idles fine when first started. as it warms up, when you approach a stop light idle goes up. when I blip the pedal it drops to normal.possible vacume leak maybe? the guy I bought the car from said something about the brake...
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    gas tank size on duster??

    is it possible my 73 duster could have a 10 gallon gas tank? when I gas up the pump handle starts to shut off just before the 10 gal mark on the station pump, then my gauge reads full.other guys have told me no one makes a 10 gal tank and all repops or stock would be 16 gal. it appears to be...
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    why does the over center spring have to be removed

    I am having a diaphragm clutch installed as we speak, I went to the shop to see what was happening, the car is a 73 duster 340 that had a borg and beck 3 finger unit in that was a bear to use in traffic. any how they got the clutch in but the guy said he was having trouble getting into second...
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    best air cleaner to use?

    I am running an edelbrock carb on my 1973 340 duster on a wiend manifold. whats a good air cleaner to go with . the guy I got the car from put a small 6 inch diameter deal on the car with fairly narrow element. I like the look of the mopar perf. 10 inch model as I was told by a few guys that...
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    best fuel to use?

    whats the best gas to use in my 73 340 ? 91 non eth or 93 with ethanol? thanks
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    hard starting 340 duster

    any one else out there that is running an edelbrock carb on a 1973 340, that has to pump there pedal at least 5 times to start the car? this has to be done weather the motor is hot or cold, weather temps from 40 to 90 degrees air temp. carb has no choke , is this normal for this carb setup...
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    ecu box and coil

    can an ecu box or coil bum out from extreme cold or from sitting since November? I had a 1970 duster 340 with a dual point dist.ignition and not up on the electrical ignition stuff. car cranks but no spark
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    1973 duster 340 will not start- no start

    ok after storing my 73 340 duster, since November, I am having a fire up issue. car was running great when put away in an unheated garage. full tank, stabil all that good stuff, battery was on a tender and the car cranks , with oil pressure, but refuse to fire. getting gas in carb. no spark. ok...
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    340 duster will not start after storage

    this is actually my 2nd posting about this. having trouble starting my 73 duster 340 after sitting since November, primed the carb, pumped the pedal, no fire up. oil pressure is up, battery cranks good. any how I just had a guy that works on classics that if I keep cranking this I could wreck...
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    duster will not start after storage

    its 54 degrees here in Rochester ny. wow. any how I been in my garage all day trying to start my 73 340 duster. has not been started since November, oil pressure is good battery was on tender the whole time. carb is an edelbrock with no choke on it. put fuel in carb throat, gas tank is full...
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    1973 duster door tag sticker

    any one out there know where i can find my cars front and rear and total weights? also month , day and year of build.? its a 1973 duster 340. I want to get a new door sticker/tag. I called the guys that reproduce them and he said he needs that info to reproduce a tag, I have the vin # and build...
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    winter stinks

    does any one out there know when this nasty *** winter is going to end???? I open my garage see the car and get more depressed
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    tire and wheel size help

    thinking about going to cragar ss mags on my 73 duster 340. I have 14 inch stock rallyes on now. I want to go to a wider tire and wheel combo on the rear and a bit smaller on the front. I see there is a sticky on all this, do disk brakes on the front make a difference in the back spacing? thanks
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    starting my 340 after storage

    I know its early, but when I start my 340 duster in march, should I pull the plugs , leave them out a few days and put oil in the cylinders? should I turn it over with the plugs in or out? or should I not worry about any of it - just go ahead and start it after an oil change? any thing else I...
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    starting up after storage

    before I start my duster up in march should I pull the plugs and put oil in each cylinder, then leave the plugs out a day or two, put em back and then try starting? should I turn the engine over with the plugs out? or is this all over kill???? any other things I should be doing before starting...
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    vintage sun tach install help

    just found a nice original sst 802 sun tach I want to install in my 1973 duster 340. as I remember, black wire to neg coil---- correct?? this tach was made in 1968, my question here is --with pointless distributor for 1973 -- can I still just hook the trigger to the coil? i do not have an msd...
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    winter storage -before and after

    need some input here. should I start and run and drive my 73 duster 340 every now and then in the 4-5 months of winter storage, to get oil on the bearings? hearing a lot of different ideas on this, good- not good- to start , what is best? also when I go to run the car in the spring , should I...
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    new old 340 duster owner

    just obtained a 1973 340 duster in September. black 4 speed, had same car over 40 years ago, a 1970. love the car, glad they got rid of the dual point distributor by 73. no top end break up with the new car.
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    stiff clutch pedal help

    just bought a 1973 340 duster #s matching 4 speed, clutch pedal is stiff as heck, not fun driving in traffic. guy said I should put a center force set up in, that would lighten up the pedal. I need a real answer here as I am getting different opinions from different shops, one said it must be a...
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    winter storage jack stands placement

    whats the best place to put my jack stands -front and rear on my 1973 duster 340, it will be sitting for around 4 or 5 months in an unheated garage
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