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Always love those people at parts stores. The Autozone up the street use to have an old guy that was a classic car library. He finally retired and then the other "kids" there tried to help me. Nope. I found another one at the O'Reily down the road who is awesome.

Thanks. I posted an ad there as well as on Craigslist.

Well it is time to say goodbye to the Dart. The costs of repairs have just become too much for my wife and she wants to get something newer and smaller. I'll be sad to see if go but it is her car and decision. If anyone is interested in buying a good condition 66 Dart with a slant 6 let me know.

Didn't realize the speedo cable attached to the transmission right next to the transmission crossmember so I didn't attempt install it until this weekend. Got up early yesterday to try and beat the heat which worked out. I dropped the crossmember and pulled that end of the cable out. The old...

Parts arrived yesterday so I am going to try and get them installed this afternoon. I have a sneaking fear that my problem may be a stripped speedo gear in the transmission. Does anyone know where those are still sold? Hopefully it wont be needed.

Had some time to work on the Dart yesterday. It was pretty hot with an intense sun so I didn't do anything super complicated in the engine bay. I stopped a leak at the power steering pump that I think I forgot to mention. The pressure line wasn't seated all the way so it just took a couple of...

Thanks for the responses everyone. Yes it is still the single reservoir master cylinder. A dual cylinder is on the books, but we had already spent so much on the new drums, shoes, and auxiliary parts that getting another part wasn't on the list. I'll put it in as part of the next group of fixes...

Put the batter on last night and started the car up. It turned over fairly easily but then I started hearing a squeal/whine from the power steering pump. I got out to check it and saw fluid spraying all over the engine bay. The return hose split on both ends at the hose clamps. I meant to buy a...

Been another long while since I've posted. I was able to get my Ranchero to move out of the driveway. Had a bunch of issues with the brakes not being adjusted right and the trans. modulator going out so it wouldn't shift right, but we were able to back it out and push it into place. Once the guy...

Looks like we got our Dart GT's around the same time. You're doing way more than I am though. Work looks great so far. I hear you one the swap meets. There is a huge one down here in Pomona, CA. I was told by many that I'd be able to find almost anything for a classic there. I seriously...

Been awhile since I've been on here. Work was way worse than I was anticipating last semester and into this one. Had a lot of stumbling issues with the wife's 66 Dart at the end of August and so it has sat on the street since then. The other week I got home and found a parking warning on the car...

Been awhile (like a month+) since I've posted any updates here. The car stopped running shortly after my last post and I narrowed the issue down to a carb issue. I ordered the rebuild kit and went about cleaning it. I read a few articles about using PineSol as a carb dip and figured I'd give it...

Took the 66 on its first long drive today. Drove from our place to my brother in law's audio shop to get an alarm put in. Mileage is about 40 miles each way. All in all it was a good drive. No over heating issues or odd vibrations. As expected the engine just seems to get better the more we...

Bought a new rotor today and put it in. Car runs much better than before. I tried to fix the speedo by shooting some lithium into the cable, but that didn't do anything. Pretty sure the actual speedo is dead now. I read that the worm gears can strip and kill the odometer and speedo and am...

Thanks everyone. Aside from the usual rough patches working on the car it has been a pleasure to operate. Going to try and pull the speedometer cable out when I get home and see if it just needs some lubrication. Also need to try and find the dash lights to see if they need replacing or if the...

I realized that I was placing a lot of this work in my welcome forum post so as this work progresses I figured this would be a better place for this discussion. For those that didn't read my welcome post, here is a little bit of info. My wife and I were looking to rent a house in the city her...