71 Duster 360 (new project)

Get over to garage saturday morning...push my demon out to start it....fuel pump will not come on...look at fuses..all good...test light...pump is getting power..dam thing was just running two days ago....ok..that car is parked for the test n tune...got brand new spare pump ...will swap out tonight...

fire up 71 Duster...put it on trailer ...head for track with Duster and Dart....2 out of 3....

Tonya Dart...runs fastest time in Vegas....10.59 and 10.60 before head wind shows up...

Had to wait until Christin gets out of class...finally get to track around 1 pm....I had drove car around pits...everything was working fine....transmission shifts...brake works...2 step engages...blah...blah..

Duster 1st pass....a little confusion on driver part with engaging trans brake and foot braking...car goes 1.68 60 ft time..and runs 11.37 @ 117+....ok...not bad..car launched straight...steered straight..

Duster 2nd pass....good burn out....stages..engages brake...engine on 2 step...rpm goes up...car moves 10 ft maybe...something breaks ....after getting it off the flat bed.....well..it is not the rear end...
ok.....fire engine put in gear...wheels dont move.....I guess maybe pump twangs broke..

get the car home....decide to see if i can get it fixed ....bracket race is at noon sunday...get motor and trans out....get trans off....I can see twangs still on pump....so either the converter eat it self..or something else broke in trans...

ok...get 904 and converter that was previously in car...take out TA valve body...take out Brake out of broken trans..get brake installed in other trans...things going good...

i need case plug for trans brake...i try to unbolt the one of out broken trans..and it breaks off at case...ok...have another plug...wait it is in motorhome at track...drive back to track to get it...and back to garage.....drill case....do not have 1/8 npt tap to thread case.....ok...lets put motor/trans back in car..can tap case in morning...get passenger side header bolted up..oil filter back on...radiator back in car...cross member bolted in...

1:38 am...going home...shower...back at garage at 7:30 am...assessing what needs to be done...need tap....head down to Harbor Freight couple miles from garage ...dont open until 9am...head to lowes by the garage...we dont carry any taps....autozone...nope....guys say try Lake Mead Hardware....drive over there...they dont open until 9 am....

ok...just after 8 am...i can go back to garage and get starter....driver side headers..and hook trans linkage....dont know what happen to starter...but it will not sit flat again trans case....ok...back to hardware store...get tap...back to autozone...I can get you a starter here by noon....3 stores with in a few miles dont have one either......we dont have one of those in stock.......Ok...I am done...

OK...It is 9 30 in morning...I will swap out fuel pump and take Demon out to track...swap out pumps...connect wires.....hit switch pump makes noise...but sounds weak...put fuel in tank....hit switch...sounds like ****...no fuel pressure...put more fuel in take...hit switch...It is barely making any noise...no fuel pressure......new holley black 140 gph pump....been in box for about ....7 or 8 yrs...toast....

totally exhausted....head to track to watch tonya race

thinking maybe that house/garage is build on an old indian buried grounds...cause since I parked that demon over there....dead batteries...dead pump....dead alternator...

well...taking a couple days off...then get back to the grind...that duster will go down the track...lol