63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)

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Yes, that would be great! do you think a mini starter comes with its own plate? I have the belly cover/transmission cover

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I may have the two piece flywheel cover if you want me to look. I might have the one for the starter too.
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Dne007 said:
Yes, that would be great! do you think a mini starter comes with its own plate? I have the belly cover/transmission cover
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Naw. It takes the same plate. I'll look and see what I have.
 
Ok I found the bottom plate for the bellhousing and a starter plate, but I have not found the vertical plate. I'll keep lookin.
 
This what I have ;)

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When y'all get done searching, let me know if you need a pattern...
 
Didn't get much done, but I wanted the cylinder head to be accessible and easy to work on, brain over brawn;)
Still waiting on gaskets, studs n stuff

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Whoa~ got some much needed parts to install my int/exh, the special gaskets somewhere amongst.

The studs came from badvert64:thankyou:, the aluminum came from an ebay seller, the aluminum is a tad narrow, but should work ok. Maybe tomorrow I can get busy installing all of these parts and make some much needed progress;)

I was wondering if I install the int/exh on the head as I have it now, can I assemble the entire thing(head, int/exh) as an assembly? I have my mini crane to move it with little effort.
have to make dinner, be back;)

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So nice to have all the parts

lowering the head on with my lift
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Also lowing the int/exh into place meticulously with my lift
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Those new int/exh gaskets are wondeful!! My garage is getting roomier~ amazing how much room an engine can take up~ now waiting on the distributor, spark plug wires, carburetor, etc, still need to adjust the valves

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Took me and my husband about 20 minutes to install the engine, only temporary. My shop gantry crane makes this work easy;) All this to make sure there is room for the mini-Sanden AC compressor to go where the original mopar alternator went. I hope to relocate the alternator with a smaller black 70 ampish just above the power steering pump. The AC compressor won't be here for another couple days, but I'll just leave the engine here for now. A new carburetor~ hm, I need to order; carb, spark plug wires,

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I don't plan on using the original radiator, but I did clean it up and flushed it best I could and obviously painted it. There's an aluminum radiator that looks attractive;)
As for the air cleaner inlet/fresh air? I could run a large flexible stock looking hose to the radiator support, it's already there?
ok, enough for today~

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Wow, I worked today, getting the transmission in was a bit of a chore. I did it mainly to spy the transmission linkage, the shifter hump to identify location before welding in place.

Reverse, 1/2 clear, but 3/4th do not clear the floor board. Can the rods be bent to make clearance?

The middle of the 3/4 rod hit the floor board
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The other direction for the heck of it
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I jacked it, just the slack but made very little difference.
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I don't think it is supposed to be above that leave part. Actually I don't think that leave part is supposed to be there at all.
 
I was thinking that, but the "leave" part is not very thick even if I remove it, I was just worried it may weaken the torsion bar crossmember down below.

 
This was the other way, not that it made any difference. here it's not connected to the shifter

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I see what you mean, Looks like it could survive a slight bend to give most of the clearance you need, I would still check 3rd gear.

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I think the 3/4 should be mostly straight.
 
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Can you trim the "Leave" enough to clear that rod or does it need a lot more room?
 
It definitely needs more room. I think I'll just bend the one rod, but do I use heat, like cherry red, or cold bend? If cold bend, how do I do that other than run over with my tractor;)
 
Dne007 said:
It definitely needs more room. I think I'll just bend the one rod, but do I use heat, like cherry red, or cold bend? If cold bend, how do I do that other than run over with my tractor;)
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heat for sure :) and it doesn't look like it will need much bend..
 
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