Henry's 70 Dart Swinger

finished putting the dash back together. put in LED bulbs, too keep things cooler and brighter. i dont realy like the color clashing, but its alot brighter and easier to see at night. if you had seen before...you would know what i mean.

i tested the polarity of all the LED bulbs before i put them in, but for some reason the led for teh HI Beam indicator only glowed dim for a few times and then nothing. course the dash is in now and i can't get my gorrilla hands back there to that bulb. i'm not pulling this thing for one stupid bulb...so its just gonna be out. the important ones light up. besides...i can tell when the brights are on, i dont need an indicator. If i can't tell...people will let me know. also with the a/c button lights...its kinda like a red/white/blue theme.....'merica! (brought to you by chinese bulbs, dammit)

got the rearend all put back together after doing the bushings. i'm half way preped to drop the trans for the flexplate replacement. had to cut the exhaust to get it out, pretty sure i'm getting new exhaust done. the old mufflers are rotting.

also since the bezel was cut to fit the A/C controls, i cut out a bezel replacement to stuff behind the controls and blow out about 98% of the light that was blasting in my face through the big hole. now its jsut a little bit leaking out and now i can read the buttons.

in the pic of the back of the cluster. i took off the condenser...it isn't needed with the solid state limiter and i dont have a radio. the station i listen too is always tuned in....the exhaust. i then ran a positive wire from the back of the tach to the second male terminal on the limiter.

the only two gauges i dont know if they work....the temp and oil. the fuel works. the amp gauge is bent to "pretend" it works. basically it always shows charging. i'll install a volt meter.

i've got a slow leak of brake fluid from one of the driver's side caliper hard lines. gonna have to take it off and check it...i have it as tight as i can comfortably go on it. its just seeping out. no bueno. 1 connection out of several is good odds though. and it only seeps when i push the pedal to bleed, so very minor. if its the line i'll just bend a new one on my own.

while the motor is still not quite finished...its sure has come a long way since the before picture. dizzy is still out, and i need to wire the pos for the choke. but, damn that is a nice after result, if i do say so myself!