Help Firing Dad's Dart up Again - SOS - No Spark After Hosing Off the Dust

What was the issue with the lack of spark? Now with the carb issue but oh so close guys. Keep up the great work. Must be getting physically tired and mentally exhausted. It is so worth it though. You will cherish these memories for as long as you live. Great job posting. Prayers are with you.

Turns out the ignition module I ordered (this one Standard Motor Ignition Modules LX101) only has 4 pins, and Dad's car required 5 pins. Fortunately the one that I sent from my turn apart '75 was the right one. They switched it on and got spark right away. Not sure how I picked the wrong one, but I'm glad I sent the one off my car as a spare.

They're currently hunting for a 4160 carb kit in town, and they think they just found one. The 2 big items today are the carb and swap out the shifter. None of them know the shift pattern on the shifter that Dad put it in, and they can't find P/R/N/D. I can do it, but I can't seem to clearly explain it to them, so I think the plan is to just swap it out to something we know, and then we can always put Dad's back in if he really wants it.

I hate missing out on the build, but there are going to be a thousand other things the car needs that I can help with, and knocking out all of this big stuff so it can move under it's own power while he's here with me is hopefully going to be a bit of motivation to get him out and tinkering with it again. His gift on Christmas is a PST rebuild kit for the suspension, and I've saved 5 days of vacation to go up in spring and help him put it on.