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Also check for a neutral safety wire that runs from the transmission to the starter relay, bypass it to ground to troubleshoot it.

Welcome, I live in Rapid City. Id be glad to give you a hand sometime.

Update..after taking the dart out and standing on the gas somewhere around 4000rpm it had a really bad high rpm miss. That quickly verified that my timing readings were wrong(too much mechanical) turns out my aging dial timing light has issues. I purchased a new digital timing light and a...

This same problem for me turned out to be a bad pick up coil as well, so either proper voltage not getting to p.u.coil or its bad. To replicate, take a running mopar w/elect ign and unhook the p.u.coil wires, crank and let off key. Good luck

I took my time and kept watching ebay, I eventually picked up an idler for my 67 for $39 plus shipping

The gas cap is a new repro show quality piece, it is highly polished and flawless

I ordered these parts a while back, after paint i decided to go another route, $100.00 shipped.

and/or a bad reluctor, burned out ammeter/melted or corroded bulkhead connectors etc

If you go the plastic welder route, it usually works best if you can use pieces of the same material you are welding, low temp hot enough to just melt it, v grind cracks..go slow and fill from both sides if possible. Cooling the repair fast (if its welded properly) can make the plastic harder...

Shortly after this picture was taken a storm came through with golf ball sized hail, luckily it was already back in the garage. Progress has been slow due to my recent knee surgery. The alignment is done, headliner and glass next.

There are three possibilities, i have 3 distributors, 1 from each, 72 newport, 74 new yorker and a 77 dodge pickup. Im not real sure which one this is but they were all 400's. What do i need to watch for if somethings not right, pinging?

Wound up to 4k its still at 40 degrees, its stable and maxed from about 2k all the way up, with the knob on my timing light at 40 its dead on zero at the balancer

I read somewhere that a low compression motor liked more advance up to 40ish degrees..was wondering if there was any truth to it, if so I should be ok?

Ive been tuning my motor up, this is a stock 400 with a 270 duration Rv cam, 625 Carter carb headers, the distributor is an original electronic type. The first thing I checked was the rpm for all in timing, it wasn't all in untill over 4k. I took it apart and removed the heavy spring, its now...

I have a lot to do still, but its a major relief to finally get her painted...its been a long time coming. Shes gorgeous! The hood looks mottled due to the reflection of every cloud in the sky. After i get the glass installed my good friend/painter insists on cutting and buffing the clear. Its...