My second 1965 Dodge Dart.

For those who wonder why there is no progress. We have had a major wildfire just north of us for a week now so I have been occupied in my mind and worried to death that our home could go up in flames. It seems to be over the worst now, and the evacuation orders was lifted just a little while ago now this afternoon. So, life will slowly get back to normal again.

On Monday I cut a new rubber gasket for the fuel cap on the Dart. I should have had a tool that could cut it perfectly round on the outside, and also the hole in the middle. I did not have anything else than a side cutter and a pair of scissors. The rubber I am using is a nitrile rubber that is 1/16" thick, a little thicker than original. Now, the old gasket was very brittle and hard, so I wonder if it could have shrunk some and was thicker originally. Anyway, the new seal seem to work excellent.

I also lifted up the left rear wheel to see if the brake was adjusted to tight like all the other 3 wheel was. But, it was not. I will at some point add self adjusters on all the wheels so I don't have to mess with the manual adjusting anymore.