Mopar-Man
Big Block Better Burnout
Dude, you did a great job and even made a rain ring around it to keep droplets out! Well done.
What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
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Dude, you did a great job and even made a rain ring around it to keep droplets out! Well done.
DesertRat
Leading edge boomer
I added a mechanical oil pressure gauge to my below dash cluster. It now consists of top handmade bracket with oil pressure (left) and wideband (right)
The bottom handmade mount has a Tach (left) and mechanical temperature gauge (right). I am really pleased with the oil pressure, could never really
tell what it was with the sensor and factory gauge.
The bottom handmade mount has a Tach (left) and mechanical temperature gauge (right). I am really pleased with the oil pressure, could never really
tell what it was with the sensor and factory gauge.
RBConvert
Well-Known Member
Wife was out of town on a girlfriends trip so I decided to take the Dart on a season-ending Sierra camping trip.
Trunk is fully packed; beer cooler on the passenger floor. Going alone, miles from cell service in a 50 year old car. Didn't tell the wife what I was doing until the night before.
Cruising down the backside of Donner Summit into Truckee in 5th gear @ 2,200 rpm. Outside temp low 50's. Temp gauge dropped to below operating; usually sits between E-M. Drove 90 miles to Truckee on 1/4 tank; averaged 15.5 mpg for the round trip.
Rebuilt the front end in February using a combo PST and Moog parts, plus a Firm Feel rebuild on the man box. The Dart handled incredibly well. Hwy 49 is miles of twists and turns; what a blast to drive.
Sierra Buttes; lake level is around 6,400'
Downtown Nevada City, looking past the bug splatter
Overall trip was 260 miles; started at 160' elev., crested 8,000 at the summit, camped at 6,200'. With the carb the idle was poor at elevation, but the car ran flawlessly. Started on the first try every time. Not going to do it again, but I got one more item crossed off the bucket list.
Trunk is fully packed; beer cooler on the passenger floor. Going alone, miles from cell service in a 50 year old car. Didn't tell the wife what I was doing until the night before.
Cruising down the backside of Donner Summit into Truckee in 5th gear @ 2,200 rpm. Outside temp low 50's. Temp gauge dropped to below operating; usually sits between E-M. Drove 90 miles to Truckee on 1/4 tank; averaged 15.5 mpg for the round trip.
Rebuilt the front end in February using a combo PST and Moog parts, plus a Firm Feel rebuild on the man box. The Dart handled incredibly well. Hwy 49 is miles of twists and turns; what a blast to drive.
Sierra Buttes; lake level is around 6,400'
Downtown Nevada City, looking past the bug splatter
Overall trip was 260 miles; started at 160' elev., crested 8,000 at the summit, camped at 6,200'. With the carb the idle was poor at elevation, but the car ran flawlessly. Started on the first try every time. Not going to do it again, but I got one more item crossed off the bucket list.
Nice!
How easy was the rebuild on the manual steering box, and did you need any special tools for the job? Does the rebuild kit come with any instructions? I have a manual steering box I want to rebuild and put in my fastback.
RBConvert
Well-Known Member
I did the suspension/steering components myself, however the company Firm Feel did the rebuild on the man box. They also rebuilt the p/s box on the Coronet. They only do Mopars, great company to do business with.
Moved it out of the way to get the Halloween decorations out of the garage. ...then put it back.....woohoo!
Jeff
Jeff
Big fire here in Santa Rosa, CA so I says, 'self, seeing as the differential is shot and that car ain't moving and we were told to evacuate, I'd better be proactive!' so I grab my car parts, throw them I the car and take a couple of moving blankets and throw them on the car. Then I go grab the hose and water the living hell out of all the vegetation and those moving blankets from 3am until about 6am.
just north of the red area on the map
just north of the red area on the map
RBConvert
Well-Known Member
Seeing the fire on the news reports; scary situation. I hope you, your family, and your car are OK.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
That's too cool! That was awesome bug splatter BTW.
Drove it under it's own power for the first time since 1978! It went to sleep with a tired little slant 6 and woke up with a 383! 
The B's brothers!
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The B's brothers!
Drove the Duster tonight. That was fun!
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
I like your speedometer!
loganscuda
This/These
Haha! Yeah, I still need to switch out the speedo gear on the transmission...
DartGTDan
'71 Dart GT Fan
No, I'm not that clever. I visited:
Mopar A Body 70-76 Fresh Air Hood Scoop Seals Dart Demon Duster
I used the recommended 4 1/8" diameter (factory opening) hole saw to install them. If I were to do it again, I'd go with a smaller hole saw (4" (as FABO member 340doc suggested) or maybe even 3 7/8") with the DMT seals.
Welding spring mounts to frame rail as we speak.
65 dart vert, soon to be magnum 4spd, 8 3/4 4:10 suregrip
65 dart vert, soon to be magnum 4spd, 8 3/4 4:10 suregrip
Dusterdenovo
Contentedly Old School
Ran around all day looking for bolts, washers and 12pt sockets for the Duster, then put together a bitchin' ride for my Granddaughter's 1st birthday next week.
Grandbabies totally rock.
Grandbabies totally rock.
chryslerfat
Well-Known Member
That will get more smiles per mile.
Dusterdenovo
Contentedly Old School
Put the 727 behind the 408 today. Had to massage a couple of holes on the flex plate to get things hooked up. Now just need to test fit a few things and it should be in the car next week.
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Not to my car (Victoria) but working on our shop build for my sons and I.
it will be 36 deep and 40 wide and getting a car lift so I can enjoy the finish part of my 66 Plymouth.
it will be 36 deep and 40 wide and getting a car lift so I can enjoy the finish part of my 66 Plymouth.
chryslerfat
Well-Known Member
Very happy to see that memike you deserve a nice shop with a lift.
skep419
5.9 Magnum 4 speed afficionado
Id double check to make sure its the correct flexplate before putting in the car. I had to message one of the holes and it turned out it was for a 904.
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