Not pulling the motor anymore. The problem wasn't the lifters, and it's running now.
Now I'm just trying to get it reliable and strong again. An exhaust is about the only upgrade I'd care to do for power right now. I just want a strong running, good looking Dart again! After it's running...
An update!
The car is back running! Took it to a mechanic friend of mine to just get it diagnosed, he said he'll just get it running for me. He doesn't speak English very well so I had a hard time understanding what he said was wrong with it. I do know he had to drop the tranny and replace...
Anyone with a link to a rebuild walk through of sorts? The cars getting "de-bugged" tomorrow and towed to a local shop for some looking and hopefully a shove in the right direction.
I'm so excited to finally be working on this car!
Thanks for all the welcomes. First thing I'm gonna do is just pressure wash the whole damn car and bug bomb the inside... when I popped the hood (first time in maybe 4-5 years there were 3 big black widows welcoming me! Opened the cabin for the first time too and again, big *** spiders. At least...
I was handed down a '74 Dodge Dart as my first car when I was 18. It needed a new tranny. Swapped transmissions with a '72 Dart and the car ran great for about a year. Then the engine started knocking hard enough to rock the whole car side to side... my buddy said most likely the hydraulic...