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Just for fun, I decided to open the box that had my new crank pulley in it and it's for the wrong application completely. It wouldn't work. So, I just ordered a smaller alternator pulley for my Powermaster Alternator and hopefully that will be enough to charge the Dart. My current pulley OD is...

Yeah, the house I bought has been a fixer upper so it's been taking all my energy and funds. There are a lot of "comfort repairs" I need to make so that I can enjoy it more. I have a "charging issue" right now that makes it difficult to drive the car. I have a new high output alternator...

Wow, it's been a year since I updated this. Well, not much of an update on the Dart itself. I had a kid and moved across country so, that's why I haven't done much with the car. It's pretty much the same. I drive it once a month on the freeway. The car needs some TLC & "updating." I'm not sure...

My tires end up rubbing on the wheel wells before I bottom out the differential. But it usually only happens when I have someone in the car. I have an extra set of stiffer, AFCO leaf springs I have been meaning to install. The Hotchkis ones are just a little too soft. My car is also a little bit...

I don't have too much to update on. I've been having issues with my 3D printer that I've been troubleshooting for a week, so I haven't been able to print out a couple more block-off plates. I worked with the digital dash assembly I had and was able to fix the odometer so now I'm reading and...

I tried taking an old suction cup cellphone holder and tried incorporating it into a block-off plate. After 3 failed 3D printing attempts I gave up and just decided to make it a standard block-off plate. I'm happy with how it turned out. Now to design a couple more block off plates.

We got a doggy DNA kit for Christmas. The company is called Embark.

Thank you! I'm trying to get the Dart to be as reliable as possible. At least it's running and driving. Whenever I have time and energy, I'd like to take one of my original Dart seats and place it in the back for a baby seat. Shhhhhhhhh... Don't tell. Here's a $5. Thank you! He's a crazy...

Not too much of an update. Back to doing a lot of OT at work. Drove the Dart approx. 30 miles today to get gas, drive through the local canyons, and pick up groceries. I've been 3D printing some block-out plate/cell phone holder for the dash. I'm on my 3rd iteration of the print trying to get...

So, I know I've been pretty quiet on FABO for the past year. 2020 has been quite a bit crazy. Luckily, both my wife and I have been employed and haven't experienced any financial hardship due to COVID. If anything, our work has been more busy. Since July, I have been putting in quite a bit of OT...

I did and mocking it up, it may have fit. However, all of my other dash trim was cracked and chipped to pieces that it wouldn't make sense. So, I 3D printed one.

Awesome work! I'm so jealous as to how much tire real-estate you get on the Duster. I just got my Dart back in my garage and have to look into options now that my car is running well.

I still stop by from time-to-time. I relaxed on working on getting OT for a little bit and decided I should get back into my creative side. With about a day of designing, 3 days of printing, and $10 in material I might finally have a design for my dash cluster. I had to print it out in 4...

So, I really haven't had much time to think about or work on the Dart. I've been doing some extra time at work and preparing for the future. I redesigned and printed a new handle a couple of weeks ago. I was able to change its dimensions so that I could reduce the print time and increase the...

Where do you buy the 3M Thinsulate from?

I might be able to do it. I have a 2 car garage and both my wife and her car are parked in there. We don't have a driveway so we'd have to park a car parallel to the garage in our alley. That would make sense for the Summit sensor.

Got a couple hours on the Dart today. Mostly did some small things and I'm trying to work through the electrical for my new gauge cluster. I installed my new transmission plug for the speedo hole. Test fitted and modified my 3D printed door handles. I need to make some redesigns. Electrical is...

Made a little something for the Dart. My inner door handles were cracked, worn, and my arm cushion was falling apart. I took some measurement, worked some CAD, and printed this out. I need to test fit it on Friday to see if my measurements were correct. If it fits, I should be able to sand and...

I dig the build. Nice wheels btw!

So is there a spot on. The driver's side to use the hall effect sensor on the passenger side? Sorry, my car is 18 miles away to check.

The kit sort of uses a pulses per mile calibration. To calibrate it, you hit a button to start the calibration, drive a mile, and the system records the pulses when you tell it the mile is over. Or you can use a GPS sensor and don't have to deal with calibration. See, I always was confused...

A little bit more progress today. I installed and got the wires partially set up for the temp sensor and oil pressure sensor. I also removed the speedometer cable. The kit either uses a speed sensor or a gps sensor, so I'm going to have to plug the hole where the mechanical speedo cable went. I...

Gotchya. My misunderstanding.

My wife never pushed me to sell my car. It was all my choice at the time. My wife supported me with whatever I decided.

It's an optical illusion. Panorama view on my phone camera. I removed the 5 nuts and 2 screws and the pad came out with little to no effort. The frame isn't bent.

First test print. Only about an inch to an inch and a half tall. I did the standard resolution (0.008" steps). I can do a higher resolution (0.005" steps) so it smooths out.

So, I got some work on the Dart today. We'll start with the bad... Bad: I bought a pair of LED headlights for a JK Jeep a member had used here. It required grinding/machining the heat sink to clearance the headlight bezel. Well, in my grinding, I accidentally damaged the headlight lens so now...

I got the 5 nuts on the top taken off. Are the sheet metal screws at the top of the dash pad? I found 2 bolts, one to the right of the glovebox and one to the left of the speedo and wasn't sure if those were the ones I needed to take out.

I got a couple hours this morning to work on the car. Tore out more things from the dash. Got stuck in a couple areas, but overall I made some progress. My biggest achievements was that I was able to remove the radio and speedometer today. The pile of parts are just getting larger. But now it's...

'68 is a one year only dash pad due to it having a lower dash pad. So, restoration or custom are typically the only options. They don't.