Dad’s 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340
I’ve been busy doing things here and there... nothing earth shattering. Brakes are in and done. Bled them out and they are working well. Clutch is adjusted. Changed out the shocks for new ones. Swapped some good used tires (from my Mustang) in for the dry rotted ones that couldn’t hold a breath of air. We have an old Coats tire machine, so I got to learn to use that.
What I did today was swap in a new accelerator cable and bracket while using the stock pedal assembly. Wasn’t too hard, just took some trial fitting and a bit of trimming. I used a Jegs branded 24” cable and a Lokar style Jegs branded bracket. I trimmed the casing to length, removed the clevis from the pedal end, which revealed the ferrule at the end that perfectly fit the pedal lever. Used an old Lokar cable end at the carburetor. I got some pictures of the modifications and fitting of the cable to the pedal bracket. Forgot to get one of the finished install. Will get that tomorrow. I used a jam nut instead of the aluminum one that came with the cable. I did cut down the threaded housing at the pedal... it was just a bit too long. I’ve lost no range of motion on the pedal, and it all looks good.
I’ve been busy doing things here and there... nothing earth shattering. Brakes are in and done. Bled them out and they are working well. Clutch is adjusted. Changed out the shocks for new ones. Swapped some good used tires (from my Mustang) in for the dry rotted ones that couldn’t hold a breath of air. We have an old Coats tire machine, so I got to learn to use that.
What I did today was swap in a new accelerator cable and bracket while using the stock pedal assembly. Wasn’t too hard, just took some trial fitting and a bit of trimming. I used a Jegs branded 24” cable and a Lokar style Jegs branded bracket. I trimmed the casing to length, removed the clevis from the pedal end, which revealed the ferrule at the end that perfectly fit the pedal lever. Used an old Lokar cable end at the carburetor. I got some pictures of the modifications and fitting of the cable to the pedal bracket. Forgot to get one of the finished install. Will get that tomorrow. I used a jam nut instead of the aluminum one that came with the cable. I did cut down the threaded housing at the pedal... it was just a bit too long. I’ve lost no range of motion on the pedal, and it all looks good.
