Recent content by victordemise

Hey! Hello! Welcome. I also have a 64 Dart 270- What model is yours (?), so I know what lens(es) you need. I got two with my car that were the wrong ones (They're like circular discs-sorta flat) my buddy's dad must've bought them and realized they were for some other model of 64 I guess. Can...

Well.... I did it (I should say, my wife and I did it) She brought home a set of brake spring pliers-Wrong tool for those little hold-down springs. Fortunately, I had fashioned a tool (using THICK coat hanger type wire, I made a simple hook with a crude handle- Hooked the spring through the...

Actually, it was "yooper822" who had the picture, so I'm hoping he knows what the deal is with the proper tool. I added him to my Yahoo messenger list, so if he responds all will be well....right? RIGHT?:-?

No problem. Thanks for trying!! There are two of us that have these weird spring hold downs and we need help. ((I foolishly went and tore my left front brake down, and now I can't get it assembled again, Thought I knew what I was doing!!))

Go to the thread I started a few minutes ago, called Which brake spring plier tool? (or something) WE are trying to figure this out over there!!

The black thing's the spring, and the little clip is there too.

Yes, but NOT like you have pictured there, these are actual springs, fatter on one end, with a hook on the narrower end that attaches to a little clip with a hole in it from the back. (I'll try to find a picture...)

I'm doing the front drums on my 64 Dart, and I need to know which tool to use to install the hold-down springs- These are not the ones with the little cap(I have THAT tool) These are springs that go through a hole in the shoe, and hook to a little square-ish clip in the back of the unit...

I only wish someone had mentioned the "Brake Spring Plier" tool!! Those hold down springs are IMPOSSIBLE!! Someone's going to bring me the tool, but so much for doing the job fast! "There's FAST, CHEAP and RIGHT, and you can only have two- If you want it fast and cheap, it wont be right...

Thanks to both of you. yooper (If I may call you that) that really helped. It was the "hold down springs" that were odd to me, but I can see in your photos, they are different from what I'm used to (more like the ones in memike's photos, and his shows FOUR of those, two on either side...

I guess it's the right kit,:-? having looked around online, just not what I'm used to. Still, if anyone's familiar with the 64 front drum setup, or has pics, let me know what you can. Sure, once I pull the drum it should all be obvious:sign7:, I just don't want to get started and not be able...

I have yet to open up my front drums and look at them, but the spring kit I bought doesn't have the hold down spring/pin/cap assembly (the one's you'd see at the three band nine o' clock positions). I've never seen a Dodge drum setup that didn't have those parts. Are the front drums somehow...

Went to a Star Trek Convention 30 years ago, the night after I saw Star Wars, then I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the convention, which introduced me to the world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. (Some girl I had just met made out with me during the movie- I was 14) and it changed my...

Just looked at the pics, and forgot for a sec that they were just reference photos. I thought, "Well, that's in pretty darned good shape!" Guess a pile of parts will be quite the puzzle. Well, you've got four and a half years. Hope you can re-create those seats! Those looked great. Mine...

You must have enough answers, but the BEST is Naptha (Zippo-type lighter fluid) BUT DONT USE THE STEEL WOOL!