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Big T
Turbo Slant 6
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 516
Location: Crescent City, Ca
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(Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:12 am)
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CEEJ... That was discovered on the trans when Andrew and I were putting the motor and trans back in the Dart...Might have been given the wrong trans back.. we are checking into it... None the less it was a broken... So I replaced it.
It was split about 3/4 the way down, so on closer exam.. it was just a slight tug and there you have it..._________________ BIG T
1967 Dart "Six Shooter"
Girlfriend Rhonda... 66 Valiant
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Big T
Turbo Slant 6
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 516
Location: Crescent City, Ca
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(Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:50 pm)
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Finshed mounting the Race Alt on the motorplate and aligned the pulleys...
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1967 Dart "Six Shooter"
Girlfriend Rhonda... 66 Valiant
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Rob Simmons
SL6 Racer & Moderator
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Posts: 4467
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
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Big T
Turbo Slant 6
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 516
Location: Crescent City, Ca
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(Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:05 am)
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Rob----
Not to mention, PLANNING A ROAD TRIP TO THE WEST COAST AND BACK HOME!
If thus road trip would have been in late August, I would to ride along back home... My son TJ graduates on Aug 31 at Ft. Benning... Hahahahaha_________________ BIG T
1967 Dart "Six Shooter"
Girlfriend Rhonda... 66 Valiant
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wvenable
Turbo EFI
Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 2306
Location: Indy
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(Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:16 am)
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| Bug Bomb?? Spiders? What a manly man!
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66 Lil' Red Piggie Valiant (Mater Crusher) - Thanks Zilla!!!!! 72 Demon (Number 1 Son's)
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DusterIdiot
Board Sponsor
Joined: 29 Oct 2002
Posts: 7135
Location: Salem, OR
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Manual Labor...
(Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:44 pm)
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Well, got my shop...so far so good. I've cleaned out half my garage (I think I can now see the shelves...), pulled parts out of the magic shed (I can now see the sunroof feather duster I bought 8 years ago...).
Tomorrow my buddy and I are going to ferry 3 Dusters to the shop.
3 complete engines, 7 heads, all sorts of misc tools and machines...half the magic shed, and one garden shed to go...then I can spend a month organizing the piles of 'what the heck is that?!?!'...
Oddly I found a bin of distributors I didn't remember I had... 
Sounds like a good first project to help pay the rent... clean up a bunch of distributors and recurve them.
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wjajr
Supercharged
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
Posts: 3638
Location: Downeast Maine
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(Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:39 am)
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I installed two lower ball joints in the Dart yesterday, and they tightened up the front end nicely.
After a short test drive exhaust sound was heard from under hood. One of the collector gaskets failed because I must not have fully tightened it back in April when installing the “Good manifold gasket”… Got that swapped out as well today._________________ 67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC
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DusterIdiot
Board Sponsor
Joined: 29 Oct 2002
Posts: 7135
Location: Salem, OR
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Round 2...
(Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:03 pm)
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All 3 dusters are now happy they are out of the weather and in a nice enclosed space.
Caught up with my buddy down the street from the shop and got the blue duster's exhasut pipes welded up. Took it for a spin down the country road...saw what I thought was a black cat crossing the road in front of me turned out to be a rodent of the black and white stripe variety...figured it was an omen and took the car back to the shop and called it good for the afternoon...
Took 3 more truck loads of tools, fenders, hoods, etc to the shop...
Magic shed is almost empty, garden shed hasn't been touched, still have 3 full motors and a couple of shelves left in the garage to bunk down, might be completely moved by the end of next week...maybe sooner if my body doesn't argue too much tomorrow.
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slantzilla
Board Sponsor & Moderator
Joined: 17 Oct 2002
Posts: 9361
Location: Park Forest, Illinoisy
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Charrlie_S
SL6 Racer & Moderator
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 6099
Location: Silver Springs, Fl.
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:09 am)
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Using up some parts, on the shelf.
Picked up 170 block, and parts, from machine shop on Fri. Trw pistons .060, cut for valve relief. Rods reconditioned, and pistons mounted. Fitted rings. Installed full groove mains and Lunati Chrome crank.
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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Cuda 170 nitrous
66 Valiant Signet 225 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
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Rug_Trucker
Supercharged
Joined: 23 Feb 2005
Posts: 2585
Location: Pertneer Nashville TN
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:10 am)
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Lunati chrome crank? Someone actually built cranks for the slant? I haven't heard of chrome plating cranks in a long time._________________ '72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers
'74Fart Dart 
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto  Dually Clubcab
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Charrlie_S
SL6 Racer & Moderator
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 6099
Location: Silver Springs, Fl.
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:00 am)
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Lunati did this crank for me back in the '70's. It is a Mopar 170 forged crank, indexed, stroke equalized, and the journals hard chromed at standard size. It was in my "stocker" motor.
It has been a good piece. Many 1/4 mile passes.
PS: I contacted them a couple of years ago, to get another one, and was told they were not interested.
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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Cuda 170 nitrous
66 Valiant Signet 225 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
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Rug_Trucker
Supercharged
Joined: 23 Feb 2005
Posts: 2585
Location: Pertneer Nashville TN
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:05 pm)
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If you have a good crank man they can do all that work except for the chrome._________________ '72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers
'74Fart Dart
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto Dually Clubcab
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Big T
Turbo Slant 6
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 516
Location: Crescent City, Ca
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:57 pm)
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Quasi Bro in Law, Andrew "KIDD Howard came up to the house today from Eureka to assist with the Dart.... After some funny stuff happening... We got the Motor fired up and running..DAMN IT SOUNDS GOOD!!!! Discovered some small things and took care of those....
I was a very happy person at the that point!!
Then to top it off... received a call from my son at Ft. Benning, Ga at Basic Training.. It felt so good to hear his voice...He sounds very good and his tone in his voice tells me his spirits were high, Which is very comforting!
I had told Andrew and Jessica that they need to comeback often... they brought my some very GOOD LUCK!!!
I am a very Happy Man!!!_________________ BIG T
1967 Dart "Six Shooter"
Girlfriend Rhonda... 66 Valiant
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Charrlie_S
SL6 Racer & Moderator
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 6099
Location: Silver Springs, Fl.
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(Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:18 pm)
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| Pistons/rods installed and bearing clearance checked. Cam installed, but still needs to be degreed.
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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Cuda 170 nitrous
66 Valiant Signet 225 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
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