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Always love those people at parts stores. The Autozone up the street use to have an old guy that was a classic car library. He finally retired and then the other "kids" there tried to help me. Nope. I found another one at the O'Reily down the road who is awesome.

Thanks. I posted an ad there as well as on Craigslist.

I am selling our 1966 Dodge Dart GT. This GT is a rare find with a slant 6, Power Steering, Console Shifter and A/C. We bought the car a little over a year ago and it is just a little too much for my wife and I already have another classic. The car runs and drives. When we bought it the car...

Well it is time to say goodbye to the Dart. The costs of repairs have just become too much for my wife and she wants to get something newer and smaller. I'll be sad to see if go but it is her car and decision. If anyone is interested in buying a good condition 66 Dart with a slant 6 let me know.

Didn't realize the speedo cable attached to the transmission right next to the transmission crossmember so I didn't attempt install it until this weekend. Got up early yesterday to try and beat the heat which worked out. I dropped the crossmember and pulled that end of the cable out. The old...

Parts arrived yesterday so I am going to try and get them installed this afternoon. I have a sneaking fear that my problem may be a stripped speedo gear in the transmission. Does anyone know where those are still sold? Hopefully it wont be needed.

Had some time to work on the Dart yesterday. It was pretty hot with an intense sun so I didn't do anything super complicated in the engine bay. I stopped a leak at the power steering pump that I think I forgot to mention. The pressure line wasn't seated all the way so it just took a couple of...

Thanks for the responses everyone. Yes it is still the single reservoir master cylinder. A dual cylinder is on the books, but we had already spent so much on the new drums, shoes, and auxiliary parts that getting another part wasn't on the list. I'll put it in as part of the next group of fixes...

Put the batter on last night and started the car up. It turned over fairly easily but then I started hearing a squeal/whine from the power steering pump. I got out to check it and saw fluid spraying all over the engine bay. The return hose split on both ends at the hose clamps. I meant to buy a...

Been another long while since I've posted. I was able to get my Ranchero to move out of the driveway. Had a bunch of issues with the brakes not being adjusted right and the trans. modulator going out so it wouldn't shift right, but we were able to back it out and push it into place. Once the guy...

Looks like we got our Dart GT's around the same time. You're doing way more than I am though. Work looks great so far. I hear you one the swap meets. There is a huge one down here in Pomona, CA. I was told by many that I'd be able to find almost anything for a classic there. I seriously...

Been awhile since I've been on here. Work was way worse than I was anticipating last semester and into this one. Had a lot of stumbling issues with the wife's 66 Dart at the end of August and so it has sat on the street since then. The other week I got home and found a parking warning on the car...

Just had to deal with a lot of fun with these carbs not that long ago. My biggest gripe with these is the really really really stupid float bowl design making it an easy leak point. Holding the gas pedal down a bit is actually the suggested warm starting method for these engines. I forget where...

As said, you either pay to have the work done or learn to do it yourself. This is one of the reasons I've learned to do most of my own work. A head gasket isn't a big thing if you can follow instructions and it gives you the opportunity to take a look at the combustion chamber conditions, and...

Well I took the Dart to work today so I could take it to the local AAA office and get the registration finished up. Car drove pretty well on the freeway at 65-70 mph. Car used a lot of gas and the fumes were pretty bad. I'll be adjusting the fuel/air mix either sunday or next week. Into a long...

Did the valve adjustment this weekend as well as replacing the HEI module with a better quality one. Car has noticeably more throttle response and power. Biggest thing now is the nasty exhaust fumes it seems to be putting out. Pretty sure it is the fuel mixture at this point. Biggest pain of the...

Very true, but up to this point it has either been running decently or not at all. I've set aside some time this weekend to do the valve adjustment. Hopefully I don't just make it worse. Next few weekends are going to be swallowed by work so I need to get as much done as I can this weekend...

I haven't done the valve lash adjustment yet. I was trying to get the car running at least decently first. Plan is to do it this coming weekend.

I opened up the fuel bowl again yesterday to readjust the the float and got it to run decently. I tried setting the timing by a timing light but the AC stuff is in the way of getting a good look at the timing markers. I need to setup some markers/pointers on the alternator side so that I can get...

I am a dork. Yup. Had a flash yesterday at work that I might have put the fuel needle in backwards when I rebuilt the carb and somehow missed that every time I adjust the float. I pulled the fuel bowl off when I got home today to find it bone dry and yes in fact the fuel needle was in backwards...

Been awhile (like a month+) since I've posted any updates here. The car stopped running shortly after my last post and I narrowed the issue down to a carb issue. I ordered the rebuild kit and went about cleaning it. I read a few articles about using PineSol as a carb dip and figured I'd give it...

Yup. Applied the grease. It isn't a dielectric grease but a heat compound like found on computer CPUs. From what I've been reading about he problem I'm having it does sound like it is probably the carb. Hoping Dan has the right replacement/NOS 1920 and I'll just swap out the whole thing...

I checked ground and it seems to be fine. It is just going to the body right now. When I swap out the HEI module and put a new heat sink on it (current one is just a make shift piece of scrap sheet metal anyhow) I'll put a proper ground on over to the alternator ground. PM'ed Dan to see if he...

Yes I used heat paste. I didn't think about the float being the issue. The floats for the 1920 only exist in the phenolic material I believe and they aren't exactly easy to come by since they stopped making them. I would think that the spring would counteract the sinking, but I could be wrong...

Yup. Think I cooked my HEI module. Went to try it again and once everything cooled and nothing. I have some server style heatsinks lying around so i'll modify one to work and grab a new one once I get paid.

Pulled the dizzy this afternoon and moved it one tooth over and put a different cap on it. I turned the key and it fired right up. I tried adjusting the timing to get it right and once it idled ok I revved the engine to make sure it didn't die. Once I got it to not die while revving I decided to...

Tank, hoses, lines, and pump were replaced by the previous owner. I checked for garbage in the line after rebuilding the carb and it is all clear. After reflecting on this more last night I think the cap I put on the new dizzy isn't sitting right. I vaguely remember the old dizzy had the same...

Got the engine to run over finally today. Has the float spring and the HEI stuff installed.Took a lot of pedal pumping to get it to fire but then once it burned off the excess gas it idled pretty fine. I dropped it into gear and it idled fine there too. I let it idle for awhile and after maybe 7...

We have open rafters in the garage so that wouldn't work. I need to do a good cleaning of the garage again soon since I seem to be losing more and more tools lately. When I finish I might put the board up now that we have a new car (the Dart) to add more things to it. I was able to get the...

Thanks racehog. I actually bought my rebuild kit from the same site but it came with the diagram for the older 1920 model. I was wondering why it would need a spring between the pump diaphragm and metering block like the older model did (since the spring on the diaphragm shaft should take care...