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It currently has the good ol' long hangers and spring helpers (that the previous owner installed because the springs are shot) so its sitting high in the rear as it is. Its funny, I found a mound of paperwork to back up all the work he did, $2200 in new front end parts and hundreds more in other...

I ultimately plan to throw 215/60r15 width tires on it since 195/75r14 appears to be what it would have rolled out of the factory with and this would correct the speedometer (which is wrong with whats on there now) but width wise the tires are the same as the current set-up. I was thinking...

Hello FABO! Edit: Title should say adaptors instead of spacers but the end result is the same so yeah... I asked this on an A-body Facebook group and got one answer and I am posting here to hopefully get some more insight (hopefully someone out there has done this exact thing and can provide...

So I have been having a hell of a time trying to tune a nasty flat spot out of my 74' with a /6. It would run fine down the road, accelerate great when already moving, basically everything you would want it to do, unless you were leaving from a stop. Leaving from a stop the car would fall flat...

Well I messed around with it. Its pumping fine. It had issues after where it would fall flat when I would give it throttle from idle but I drove it around the neighborhood and that went away. Drove it a few miles to the mall to grab some stuff at the store and it was about as exciting as driving...

Havent tried that, I assume the result should be the filter filling quickly since there is no resistance to flow?

Hi FABO! 1974 Dart with a /6. I dont even know if this is an issue or not, since the car runs fine, but every time I take a look at my fuel filter with the car running it only fills a small puddle in the bottom. I also dont actually see it pushing any fuel in the filter, leading me to think...

I took the bulb out of the bulb socket in the front left blinker, the part that the bulb itself pushes/twists in to. If I am using the wrong terminology for the "plug" where you put the bulb and subsequently put into the housing I apologize, but that is what I am referring to. When I remove the...

More info: Went out this morning and started by checking all the bulbs, bulbs are fine (swapped the LED for the incandescent). Discovered the following: 1. If you have a bulb in the socket the rear blinker works, but the dash indicator does not and nothing in the front. 2. If you take the...

I checked the blinker fluid and the level was fine and it smelled/tasted good still.. Jeeze I am not that much of an amature ;) Ill run a ground in the morning and give that a shot. As for being an old man leaving the blinker on, my kids make me feel old all the time but only in my mid 30s...

1974 Dart. My left blinker doesn't work. Right blinker works fine, flashers work fine. I get no light at all when I pull the blinker lever down, but it does lock and release on the turn like normal. The previous owner swapped all the bulbs with LED bulbs, but it worked when I got the car. Any...

Update #2: So after taking the car home last weekend from the alignment place I had just parked it and taken a peek at the cam bolts over the tire to see where they had them. It wasn't until yesterday that I crawled under the car to actually see where they had put things in relation to the...

The previous owner of the car installed adjustable strut bars when he replaced everything up front. They are currently adjusted as short as possible, pulling the lower control arm forward, and by extension of that, the wheels. Another thing to deal with when I go to undo a bunch of the stuff...

Yes I mean both cam bolts are angled out, front and rear, on both sides. I know that bringing the rearward cam bolt inward will increase caster, and I told them such, but its apparent they didnt listen. Like I said, just going to do it myself. If anything Ill get to teach my son some of this...

At this point I do plan to do this myself. The second shop I took it to, that insisted they could make it right, did manage to get it at least to the positive side of the caster gauge, but in doing so took all the adjustment out of the strut bars which brought my tires within 3 inches of the...

So update: crawled up under the passenger side to measure for the ride height, check for any obvious damage that could be causing the worse numbers on that side, and to see where the cam bolts were currently positioned. I found the passenger side adjustment bolt for the torsion bar was not in...

I am using the specs from here for the alignment, funny enough their system also had the same specs for radial tires

I checked slop in the linkage and its all tight. I checked play in the steering box and it did have a slight dead spot but I adjusted the worm drive alien screw up top a smidge and now the Pittman arm is moving with the wheel immediately.

What I mean is going in to an easy turn, or changing lanes, it hits a point in the steering wheel (very early into the movement, like an inch of steering wheel movement) where it goes from what is expected, to too much and will put you into the turn too quickly or into the lane too fast, as...

I have done a bit of searching and seems my question is a hodgepodge of issues so here we go: Ok so alignment question (74 Dart): Took the car in to have it aligned yesterday, and while I have a feeling the shop may not be the most experienced at aligning older cars, these are the numbers they...

Ok I figured it out. Trans fluid was low (that will teach me for assuming).. Now to figure out where it went. Having a new muscle car has spoiled me, time to get back to the basics Thanks for all the suggestions and help everyone, time to get the hands dirty :)

It does noticeably shift into 2nd and 3rd, although the kick down really needs to be adjusted. Ill check rolling resistance in a few. On the plus side, after taking it for a spin the NSS is registering again, so there is that.

Hi everyone! After a long (10 plus years) hiatus from anything A-body, I landed on a deal I couldn't pass up for a car that I fell in love with at first sight! Car info: 74 Dart Swinger /6 with 904, pretty standard fare, but LOTS of new parts and work done before it sat for 2 years after the...

Yeah other than all the lights and the brakes hanging for a couple seconds this car is great. I will probobly be wrenching on it most of the day today chasing wires and such... :blah5:

Well sorry to hear about his back, I hope that gets better soon. I moved out of those apartments into a house so I decided to buy this 73 Dart Sport. Anyway I am having a ***** of a time trying to get all the lights to work, only thing that works now is the headlights and running lights. No...

Sure is, I guess I couldnt go without some kind of Dart to work on.. How goes the Dart over there? I hope all is well I havnt seen pics since the new rims and primer. I got the headlights working on this car and the brakes free enough that I took the car for a spin. Anyway how are things up north?

Hey I am devoting tommarow to wrenching on my new Dart Sport so I can drive it on Monday. I need to free up the brake pedal, get the blinkers working, and the break lights. If anyone feels like helping I can supply some beer. I dont have a ton of tools, really only what I need. Anyway if anyone...

Well all the wires are correct, and I checked the firing order about 10 times today, and same thing. I pulled the number one plug and got great spark, the #4 plug and the spark was there but real weak. I honestly dont know, it did this to us when we first installed the engine and we ended up...

Well I went out today to fire up the Dart and get nothing but turning over. Well before this I had cleaned up all the wires in the engine bay and just figured I had crossed some of the spark-plug wires and screwed up the firing order. So I found top dead center, re-ran everything, and when...

ok heres the engine anyway! sorry for the fuzzyness, cant get it to look any better and not be too big.