Yep, mixing up fluids can cause some issues. Good thing you had some E brake to use.
1966 Dodge Dart Restomod
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Dartsun
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I’ve had the single core master cylinder/rear wheel cylinder fail on my 65. I know the need for some new underwear feeling. I panicked and through my car in park, so far my transmission survived. Looks like your dad or somebody put a dual core master already on there. Nice upgrade
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Yeah, I'd like to upgrade the front drums to disc, but too expensive atm.
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I should do that with my 66 but I kind of wanted to keep it original. The 10" drums will stop the car damn good. It still has a single reservoir master cylinder on it. Not the safest but it will lock all 4 up if needed.
Philip Sherman
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Yep, you just need to stay on top of the maintenance.
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WANDERLUST
So I mentioned a steering issue causing me to want to soil myself earlier.
Long story short... The idler arm nut was loose, 2 of the other nuts in the linkage were not tight, and all three of the steering box bolts were loose enough to turn with your fingers. I had my friend yank the steering wheel left and right repeatedly while I crawled underneath to look... the steering linkage looked like they were having a good old fashioned square dance. Cherry was wiggling like a collage girl dancing for tuition. My mouth hit the floor and I muttered something about my ancestry under my breath.
Well, a $25 bottle of red thread locker, an hour or so, and a few bandsids later, (dang ol cotterpins), and it's all better... 4 now.
Ride height is still way too high, but I'll get to that.
So I mentioned a steering issue causing me to want to soil myself earlier.
Long story short... The idler arm nut was loose, 2 of the other nuts in the linkage were not tight, and all three of the steering box bolts were loose enough to turn with your fingers. I had my friend yank the steering wheel left and right repeatedly while I crawled underneath to look... the steering linkage looked like they were having a good old fashioned square dance. Cherry was wiggling like a collage girl dancing for tuition. My mouth hit the floor and I muttered something about my ancestry under my breath.
Well, a $25 bottle of red thread locker, an hour or so, and a few bandsids later, (dang ol cotterpins), and it's all better... 4 now.
Ride height is still way too high, but I'll get to that.
Philip Sherman
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Now I'm going to use different thickness white pin striping to fade the red to the white, like the image below, but I like the idea of colored stripes on the white. I'll mock that up on the computer to see what it looks like. Thanks.
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I should have said this first, where as the body is a 66, the donor car was a 65, providing things like the steering column, transmission, floor shifter, etc.
The rear end is an early 70s 8 3/4 with 355 gears, so the rear rims are 5 on 4 1/2, while the front remain 5 on 4.
The engine is a 360 from the 70s, I need to look up the block code and find out from what.
The rear end is an early 70s 8 3/4 with 355 gears, so the rear rims are 5 on 4 1/2, while the front remain 5 on 4.
The engine is a 360 from the 70s, I need to look up the block code and find out from what.
Nice work .
Definitely upgrade to front disc brakes .
Here's a couple of pic's of my '66 . Bought new in Dec.'65 and in '75 repainted it yellow and white and in '16 repainted it turquoise and Toyota white .
Now I have to change the interior color and put all the trim on .
Life got in the way and one would think one would have made good use of 2020 to finish it ... BUT NO ! Dang it !
Ya Ya I know get off the Computer and go work on it . Ok Ok I'm going .
Definitely upgrade to front disc brakes .
Here's a couple of pic's of my '66 . Bought new in Dec.'65 and in '75 repainted it yellow and white and in '16 repainted it turquoise and Toyota white .
Now I have to change the interior color and put all the trim on .
Life got in the way and one would think one would have made good use of 2020 to finish it ... BUT NO ! Dang it !
Ya Ya I know get off the Computer and go work on it . Ok Ok I'm going .
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Philip Sherman
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Nice
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