I drive a Demon (and not the other way around)

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I went through the entire electrical system. The goal was to identify and all potential electrical gremlins that were needing to be exorcised. ( I guess I have become an exorcist.) There was a running change made in November 1971 on the dash harnesses installed in the Dart and Valiant lines, for no apparent reason. I took a while for me to interpret my build sheet which later translated to "1 October". I later found the decal on the end of the driver's side door that read "9 - 71". Regardless of which is the more reliable indicator, it established that I was dealing with an early production model. I went to the only folks that had listings for both early and late 72 models, I also got the turn signal switch. I had suspected a problem with the circuit board, I checked it for a part number. I didn't find one but I was able to locate a crack in the circuit board behind the instrument cluster that was causing a need for greater current on the circuit. Since the crack involved an area near the fuel gauge, it seems prudent to change it out as well. Cha Ching ! (Stop the blood letting,! dumb car.) Thankfully, I qualified for the current promotion being run by Classic Industries of 20% off all items on orders over $159.00. The discount is good through tomorrow 6/14. Czech it out here . (sic)

Meanwhile, I have been crawling around in the trunk to install the "rear air" and the amplifier for the sound system. It is good I made a spare tire well cover out of 3/4-inch plywood rather than the flimsy piece of particle board that Mopar put in originally. The trunk is not intended for guys who are 69-inches tall weighing 190 pounds with gimpy right shoulders and a pair of electrodes in their head. The HD tire well cover works well for me. The Fifth Avenue that supplied the 302 heads for the engine also yielded a very serviceable mini spare, which conveniently fills the well due to its circumference, not height.

I am not about to install a spare without the ability to lift. I modified a Nissan scissor jack by grinding down the ring that their handle would hook into and had a friend weld a 3/4-inch nut on the end so I can use my battery powered impact wrench to raise and lower the car. It works like a champ. I suggest adding four pieces of 2 x 4 lumber to the tire well. Two of the pieces can be placed under the jack for additional lift, the other two may be used to chock the wheel on the opposite corner to keep the car from rolling off of the jack.