kdbunn
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Sweet! I like the green. The color of grass, Go lights, and money 
Slow, Driving Rustoration 1972 Dart
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65wgn440
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Hate to say it, but the rubber "core plugs" have been known to pop out under hard acceleration/ high rpm over time. BTW, we refer to them around here as "soft plugs", no matter the material they are made of. Like the car, we just did a driver '72 Scamp for my son.
Nice ride!!! We had a 318 3 speed 71 Scamp in the mid 80s.
An engine and transmission rebuild are in the Dart's future. I'll whack some brass ones in when they are accessible.
So for the past 8 weeks or so my partner and I have been taking short trips out of town every Sunday to get breakfast in a small town cafe. The longest trip so far was about 140 miles round trip. The Dart is getting about 16 mpg on these county roads and has been almost flawless. The only things that have been broken are the climate controls and the driver's vent window. The vent window almost fell out when I was opening it on a dirt road and the climate control only works on the AC setting. So I took the heater/AC control switch out and just jumper wire the fan on and off and adjust the blend doors manually.
As it has started warming up lately I decided to finally get the AC working too. I ordered a new heater/AC control switch online (won't be here til Tuesday) and got a new drier and expansion valve. I got them installed today, rented the vacuum and gauges from O'reilly and got everything working tonight. I'm still working out of my driveway and it got dark as I ran out of freon. It was about 80 degrees F at the time and it was blowing out really cold air. It was starting to freeze up on the low pressure side of the evaporator and the sight glass was still partly cloudy.
I need to crawl around and make sure the evaporator drain hole is clear before taking it out for a test ride.
Oh and on the last breakfast trip it hit 12345.6 on the odometer
Facebook link to our breakfast adventures.
As it has started warming up lately I decided to finally get the AC working too. I ordered a new heater/AC control switch online (won't be here til Tuesday) and got a new drier and expansion valve. I got them installed today, rented the vacuum and gauges from O'reilly and got everything working tonight. I'm still working out of my driveway and it got dark as I ran out of freon. It was about 80 degrees F at the time and it was blowing out really cold air. It was starting to freeze up on the low pressure side of the evaporator and the sight glass was still partly cloudy.
I need to crawl around and make sure the evaporator drain hole is clear before taking it out for a test ride.
Oh and on the last breakfast trip it hit 12345.6 on the odometer
Facebook link to our breakfast adventures.
So I got the heater control switch and changed it out only to find that the problem was with the blower resistor and not the switch.
To make matters worse I installed an uninstalled the heater control assy at least 10 times. It would work great at switching between AC/Heater/Def when it was hanging loose. But as soon as I tucked it up under the dash and bolted it in, it wouldn't switch between Def/Heater. I finally realized that it was leaking vacuum once installed. I found that I had to adjust the vacuum plug once it was installed.
By the time I got it figured out it was dark so I guess I'll finish it tonight. Maybe the radio will help support the vacuum lines, if not, I guess I'll install the old switch and see if it has a better seal.
To make matters worse I installed an uninstalled the heater control assy at least 10 times. It would work great at switching between AC/Heater/Def when it was hanging loose. But as soon as I tucked it up under the dash and bolted it in, it wouldn't switch between Def/Heater. I finally realized that it was leaking vacuum once installed. I found that I had to adjust the vacuum plug once it was installed.
By the time I got it figured out it was dark so I guess I'll finish it tonight. Maybe the radio will help support the vacuum lines, if not, I guess I'll install the old switch and see if it has a better seal.
Got everything buttoned back up today with a "repaired" loop on the blower resistor. Did a road test and with temps around 83 it was cool enough in the car. I still am about 12oz low so I expect this will be pretty good this summer, at least on the highway. I somehow lost the little chrome button for the temp slider. I'm sure it was one of those "I'll put it here so it will be safe" things. 
I also installed the windshield washer tank and replaced all of the hoses. I've had the new tank since 2018 so it was past time to install it.
I also installed the windshield washer tank and replaced all of the hoses. I've had the new tank since 2018 so it was past time to install it.
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