74 Dart Wiring Help Needed

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BLloyd89

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So I know not to take on anything less than kits when it comes to electrical but I can't find wiring kits I need pretty much all the wiring redone from headlights, to dash cluster also interior, along with the tail lights too! anything to do with drive train (battery to spark plugs) is already all new I've fixed all that myself and I'm stuck for now. please I need some leads all puns intended lol. Oh and any advice on what I should do bout this torsion suspension set-up front end would be apprecitaed it's my next step in this rebuild
 
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I see you didn't post anything about what kind of car you have or the year of it, or why you think it may need wiring help or what you think might be wrong with the T-bar suspension.
 
"74 Dart wiring help needed" that's the car info and the switches are melting due to a short and are very worn. So new switches and wires should fix that I just need help getting my hands on a kit that'd do what I need done and my suspension is worn out I replaced the shocks and that had helped a lot but the car still leans a lot, I adjusted the ride height and its level but that's the extent I've gone as of yet
 
The suspension I want to know if/where it can be adjusted or if I have to replace due to wear nothing is broke that I know of but this is all new to me I've known bout these systems mopar used but stayed away till I got enough knowledge and am now in the midst of working on this now that I'm confident in being effiecient enough to take this car on and this is the only things I need help with are wiring harness recommendations and advise on this bizarre suspension
 
Come on, man....
You are new to the forum and you start off by asking for help but you don't make it easy.
THIS site is ripe with smart and helpful people. Nobody that I know is a mind reader and nobody gets paid to help here. You need to spell out what car you have, what engine, the specific problem and THEN be ready to get a mix of answers ranging from "really helpful" to completely worthless.
Chances are, whatever problem you are having is something that has been seen before. You just need to be more specific.
 
I've lived in the 530 my entire life nor cal and the engine size doesn't have anything to do with what my concerns are, but it's a 318ci I posted year and sub model "74 Dart" so I don't know what your issue is.I wasn't rude, I just need advise and my issues are posted plain as day suggested hiring harnesses and advise on the suspension nothing more nothing less all the other stuff you wanted is extra
 
Well extra or already put in and you over looked it and accused me of not providing it
 
I have a 74 Dodge Dart Custom 318ci V-8 RWD Automatic transmission. I need suggested wiring harnesses for all wiring and advise on the torsion bar suspension. The car leans alot while turning I've replaced the shocks and leveled the adjustable ride height. So do I adjust else where and/or do I have things to replace? The car is all original!
 
Why not start over?
You want a wire harness because you think that "switches" caused yours to fail? I have seen wiper motors sieze and cause a meltdown in that section of the harness. I've had a headlight switch cause a fusible link to melt. I have made my own wiring harnesses using new wire and old plug connectors. I am not that skilled with electrical work so it took a few days. For a plug and play harness, try Evans Wiring.They are one vendor that does good work. Ron Francis is another.
Best of luck.
 
Cool but the info was there and not hard to find. I simply asked for help with wirring and the car model and year was there in the heading of the post. I made it obvious I was looking for a kit and I wasn't going to attempt to wire with out a kit (harness). I wasn't asking for a diagnosis nor other potential problems. I already know what's wrong and want to fix it correctly and that's that. I don't know what was wrong on my end. I'm just trying to get my car fixed so I can get to work.
 
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Hey man just a note here the wiring options you have are either get a repo harness from year one or classic. There is a bunch of different pieces to make the harness kinda like a-la-cart for a whole car you are looking at a grand or better I think I read painless has one that is labeled for everything at a cost of around 800$ but you are a lot more involved. The t-bar suspension well that is another monster, you can stick with the t-bars and rebuild the whole suspension or change the bars to thicker ones for better handling or a big block swap or get a k-member for coil overs.
 
Hey man no problem sometimes you just don't know how to ask a question. It happens to me all the time then when I slow down and read the post before I post it I realize boy someone is gonna think I am stupid. Ok I bought all new wires from Year one but only when I had a 30% discount and as for the front suspension I would like to go coil over but not enough coin. Hemi Denny makes an awesome system i have heard
 
Hey man no problem sometimes you just don't know how to ask a question. It happens to me all the time then when I slow down and read the post before I post it I realize boy someone is gonna think I am stupid. Ok I bought all new wires from Year one but only when I had a 30% discount and as for the front suspension I would like to go coil over but not enough coin. Hemi Denny makes an awesome system i have heard
Cool thanks again man! I'd love to go coil but I'm going to toy with this torsion system and see what happened dollars are too short on my own end also I appreciate your advise and the time you've taken to help
 
I have a 74 Dodge Dart Custom 318ci V-8 RWD Automatic transmission. I need suggested wiring harnesses for all wiring and advise on the torsion bar suspension. The car leans alot while turning I've replaced the shocks and leveled the adjustable ride height. So do I adjust else where and/or do I have things to replace? The car is all original!

While the T-bar suspension is adjustable, it wasn't designed to shuttle the ride height around. It was designed to adjust for a normal wear. The ride height is only correct over a very narrow range.
If you are experiencing a lot of lean, there is a good chance the anti-sway bar is not working.
These cars were never set up for an aggressive driver. If you need more anti-lean, then you are looking for increased spring rates, increased sway-bar rates and most importantly adjustable shocks.
So to get you going there are about 4 or 5 factory sizes of bigger T-bars than yours . But AFAIR, only the one S-bar. You will also need to upgrade the rear springs at the same time, to avoid a bad situation. And once you get that sorted, the tires will give up, and you will be skating all over the place.
I am a sreeter, and have had good success with the 1.03 T-bars, a 1.125 front bar, no back bar, HD rear springs with a second main leaf, 235/60-14s on the front and 295/50-15s on the rear. I installed the problem solver offset front UCA bushings to get some decent caster, lowered the entire car, and got a custom alignment with near zero bump steer. You do not want to know what that cost me.
Then you will want to gear the car to where the rpm is sitting on the fat part of the torque curve, so you can control where the rear of the car is going, using throttle control, or if an automatic; throttle against brake, as may be necessary. With the A904 auto this is at least 3.23s and the stall will need to be around 2800 minimum. With 3.55s you can get away with about 10% less stall, so 2550 minimum. With 3.73s maybe 2450 minimum. By 3.91s a 2300 will do it.

So long story short, this is a couple, to several, to many Gs to rectify.And it all depends on what makes you happy.
Depending on what shocks you installed, you may be part way there.
 
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While the T-bar suspension is adjustable, it wasn't designed to shuttle the ride height around. It was designed to adjust for a normal wear. The ride height is only correct over a very narrow range.
If you are experiencing a lot of lean, there is a good chance the anti-sway bar is not working.
These cars were never set up for an aggressive driver. If you need more anti-lean, then you are looking for increased spring rates, increased sway-bar rates and most importantly adjustable shocks.
So to get you going there are about 4 or 5 factory sizes of bigger T-bars than yours . But AFAIR, only the one S-bar. You will also need to upgrade the rear springs at the same time, to avoid a bad situation. And once you get that sorted, the tires will give up, and you will be skating all over the place.
So long story short , this is a couple, to several, to many Gs to rectify.Depending on what shocks you bought, you may be part way there.
I am a sreeter, and have had good success with the 1.03 T-bars, a 1.125 front bar, no back bar, HD rear springs with a second main leaf, 235/60-14s on the front and 295/50-15s on the rear. I installed the problem solver offset front UCA bushings to get some decent caster, lowered the entire car, and got a custom alignment with near zero bump steer. You do not want to know what that cost me.Then you will want to gear the car to where the rpm is sitting on the fat part of the torque curve, so you can control where the rear of the car is going, using throttle control.
Well thank you AJ more appreciated than you realize I'm sure and your advise is excellent but you kept saying springs so I'm to assume you meant shocks yes cause I don't have a single spring anywhere
 
Your car has at least 4 springs; two in the rear and two in the front, which Chrysler calls torsion-bars.
Then there are the tires.Those are air-springs.
Then there are the bump-stops;rubber-springs.
And the S-bar, a giant steel-spring.
And then the unibody itself; A great big old sausage-spring.
Your shocks are dampers,but may have nitrogen in them, making them gas-springs.

If you are not yet skidding your skinny rollers, crank them up to 40 psi, and put the tranny in first, than start cranking into the turns. Make sure the darn anti-sway bar is hooked up.
 
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So this is why I was asking for wiring help. I'm curious cause the harnesses are outrageous, can I replace just the plastic housing for both wiper and headlight switches and where can I find them if so other than junk yard or the obvious I would like new

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I get mine from a junk yard and use new terminals, could not find them new.
 
I can look next time I go to my honey hole I am sure they have them.
 
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