My Duster Adventures
I always forget to check my last post and update it... The DMT sending unit gasket did indeed fix the fuel leak. I've probably put 1000-2000 miles on the car since September but with no heater and no transmission tunnel I can only stand to drive her when it's about 50* or warmer.
I did make a change to the rear window today... Our landlord owns/runs a used car lot and our house shares the same gravel lot as the car lot and he was getting a lot of people in that were asking what he wanted for the Duster. He even said he had to run out and tell people it wasn't for sale when he saw them stop and open the doors and try to pop the hood!!! (Doors are now locked) So today I did this... MAYBE it'll help.....
Also, the only gauge that works is an old aftermarket water temp gauge so the past week or so I've been messing with an extra bezel I have and when I'm done I'll have a speedometer, tach, oil pressure, water temp, volt meter and FINALLY a functional fuel gauge!!! I'll also have one other feature that I'm not gonna reveal just yet and a custom idea that I'll also wait to reveal till its done. This gauge setup is gonna be fairly temporary (a few years maybe) as eventually I wanna put a rallye dash in so it's definitely budget minded but will really help the overall appearance of the interior (can't get much worse anyway) Here's what I have so far....
Here's just the paper template laying in the bezel.
Here's the bezel after a few rounds of oven cleaner.
I bought a 6x18" piece of 22 gauge steel at TSC for $5 that I cut the face out of. I just have a little bit of finish grinding to do to get it to fit perfect then I'll take it to a fab shop and have them cut the gauge holes out, hope to get that done tomorrow. I'll post an update when I get it all done.
I always forget to check my last post and update it... The DMT sending unit gasket did indeed fix the fuel leak. I've probably put 1000-2000 miles on the car since September but with no heater and no transmission tunnel I can only stand to drive her when it's about 50* or warmer.
I did make a change to the rear window today... Our landlord owns/runs a used car lot and our house shares the same gravel lot as the car lot and he was getting a lot of people in that were asking what he wanted for the Duster. He even said he had to run out and tell people it wasn't for sale when he saw them stop and open the doors and try to pop the hood!!! (Doors are now locked) So today I did this... MAYBE it'll help.....
Also, the only gauge that works is an old aftermarket water temp gauge so the past week or so I've been messing with an extra bezel I have and when I'm done I'll have a speedometer, tach, oil pressure, water temp, volt meter and FINALLY a functional fuel gauge!!! I'll also have one other feature that I'm not gonna reveal just yet and a custom idea that I'll also wait to reveal till its done. This gauge setup is gonna be fairly temporary (a few years maybe) as eventually I wanna put a rallye dash in so it's definitely budget minded but will really help the overall appearance of the interior (can't get much worse anyway) Here's what I have so far....
Here's just the paper template laying in the bezel.
Here's the bezel after a few rounds of oven cleaner.
I bought a 6x18" piece of 22 gauge steel at TSC for $5 that I cut the face out of. I just have a little bit of finish grinding to do to get it to fit perfect then I'll take it to a fab shop and have them cut the gauge holes out, hope to get that done tomorrow. I'll post an update when I get it all done.
