'67 Dart with '68 idler arm?
67dart273, thanks a million for the id on the part! Glad to know it's definitely a '68 idler arm.
I would love to take it all apart and change the K member out to make it 100% legit but this is a daily driver car. It's my only car. I take the kids to school in the thing. So I can't have it out for weeks at a time and especially not during the holidays.
As far as what's going on with the thing, I've had this car since 1989 so I've seen all the recent work even though I haven't done it all myself. It was pretty much stock when I got it so I think I had a pretty clean start. I've kept it as stock as possible except for a few mods - Pertronix ignition, solid state regulators (charging system and dashboard) and drum to disc brake conversion. Regarding the front end, it goes like this: original 1967 power steering, converted to front disc brakes. Nothing else. The Pitman arm is a 1967 power steering arm. This '68 idler arm has been on the car for possibly 10 years. I really can't recall the last time it was serviced. Probably when the disc brakes were swapped in which was before I had kids so that's more like 12 years. So even though the '68 arm is looking kind of hokey on there with the single tab, it's worked fine for a long time and finally gave out.
So, for now I need to just swap the arm and go. At this point I think either the '68 or '67 arm will work. I'm betting the measurements are the same. I am wondering if the mount hole was expanded so with that doubt in mind, and the fact that the '67 arm is twice as expensive, I think I'll go with the '68 replacement. And, with the '68 arm on there, I'm sure I can still get some fabrication done to add the second tab without taking the entire thing off the car.
Hey, thanks again for all the help. Mobileparts, I'll give you a call to see about purchasing the arm.
By the way, here's the patient in my driveway one day last year when for some reason all these white cars were out. Now if that doesn't remind you why you drive a Mopar I don't know what will! I'll put a little story with more pictures in the welcome forum.
67dart273, thanks a million for the id on the part! Glad to know it's definitely a '68 idler arm.
I would love to take it all apart and change the K member out to make it 100% legit but this is a daily driver car. It's my only car. I take the kids to school in the thing. So I can't have it out for weeks at a time and especially not during the holidays.
As far as what's going on with the thing, I've had this car since 1989 so I've seen all the recent work even though I haven't done it all myself. It was pretty much stock when I got it so I think I had a pretty clean start. I've kept it as stock as possible except for a few mods - Pertronix ignition, solid state regulators (charging system and dashboard) and drum to disc brake conversion. Regarding the front end, it goes like this: original 1967 power steering, converted to front disc brakes. Nothing else. The Pitman arm is a 1967 power steering arm. This '68 idler arm has been on the car for possibly 10 years. I really can't recall the last time it was serviced. Probably when the disc brakes were swapped in which was before I had kids so that's more like 12 years. So even though the '68 arm is looking kind of hokey on there with the single tab, it's worked fine for a long time and finally gave out.
So, for now I need to just swap the arm and go. At this point I think either the '68 or '67 arm will work. I'm betting the measurements are the same. I am wondering if the mount hole was expanded so with that doubt in mind, and the fact that the '67 arm is twice as expensive, I think I'll go with the '68 replacement. And, with the '68 arm on there, I'm sure I can still get some fabrication done to add the second tab without taking the entire thing off the car.
Hey, thanks again for all the help. Mobileparts, I'll give you a call to see about purchasing the arm.
By the way, here's the patient in my driveway one day last year when for some reason all these white cars were out. Now if that doesn't remind you why you drive a Mopar I don't know what will! I'll put a little story with more pictures in the welcome forum.