New Mopar fan, 1971 Dart swinger
Hello all.
I just got this car as part of a trade for my Toyota Rockcrawler. I know next to nothing about mopar or Darts.
I plan on restoring and upgrading most of the car as my new project.
The car appears to be mostly rust free, Some around the gas tank filler neck and minor around the wheel well under the factory chrome trim. The worst is on the passenger side trans hump. There are a few spots where my screw driver went through. Not bad considering the car had three inches of trash and mud in it...
My plans are to build up the 318 with parts that will transfer to a 360 later. I"m looking at the four speed conversion, and a better rear end, New springs, Ect, ECt, Ect,....This will be my first muscle car build so I can use all the help you got.
Some questions I have are.
My power steering pump seems to be shot. My car pulls hard to the right with just a RCH of right input.
Can I just remove the belt and run the power steering system with no belt?
I want to remove the factory trim from the side, What to i have to remove to gain access to the trim nuts?
I'm also looking to remove the factory cruse control, Is it worth saving or should i just cut the wires and chuck it?
My coil "Ballast Block" seems to not be transferring voltage like it should. I see 12.50 in one side and like 6.20 on the other side. To start the car the the morning I need to jump one side of the ballast block to the other side to get voltage to the coil. (I sanded all the connections between the coil and the block).
Thanks for looking and here she is.
My 1971 Dart Swinger.
Hello all.
I just got this car as part of a trade for my Toyota Rockcrawler. I know next to nothing about mopar or Darts.
I plan on restoring and upgrading most of the car as my new project.
The car appears to be mostly rust free, Some around the gas tank filler neck and minor around the wheel well under the factory chrome trim. The worst is on the passenger side trans hump. There are a few spots where my screw driver went through. Not bad considering the car had three inches of trash and mud in it...
My plans are to build up the 318 with parts that will transfer to a 360 later. I"m looking at the four speed conversion, and a better rear end, New springs, Ect, ECt, Ect,....This will be my first muscle car build so I can use all the help you got.
Some questions I have are.
My power steering pump seems to be shot. My car pulls hard to the right with just a RCH of right input.
Can I just remove the belt and run the power steering system with no belt?
I want to remove the factory trim from the side, What to i have to remove to gain access to the trim nuts?
I'm also looking to remove the factory cruse control, Is it worth saving or should i just cut the wires and chuck it?
My coil "Ballast Block" seems to not be transferring voltage like it should. I see 12.50 in one side and like 6.20 on the other side. To start the car the the morning I need to jump one side of the ballast block to the other side to get voltage to the coil. (I sanded all the connections between the coil and the block).
Thanks for looking and here she is.
My 1971 Dart Swinger.
