1976 Dodge Dart Sport Lite:

I got the new fuel inlet,and got the car running. It seems that the carb has a hairline crack on the outside,but is not leaking! I do plan on replacing it before the car goes on the road. Also the gas in the tank had so much crud in it that the gas was rust colored Buying a new tank(the current tank is rusty and dented up pretty bad!) and sending unit.


I want to tune the Dart up today(first day off in a few weeks!) I got a Sears inductive timing light from a buddy,seems like a nice unit!

I want to set the timing.Any tips on how to go about doing this? Also what should I set the timing at? This will be my first time.

I want to adjust the Valves,I have already bought a feeler guage set,and new valve cover gasket. What should I set the valves to? I know I have to do this with the car running,this will also be my first time adjusting valves!

I am going to replace the spark plugs,which plugs and gap should I go with(stock ignition for now)

I need to replace the heater hoses,what size do I need,and how much?


That should keep me bust for the day,thanks for any help!

First step: Go get all of the books described in this post.

Valve adjustment, see this post.

Timing, start at 2½Â° Before Top Dead Center with the engine idling at 600 RPM and the vacuum advance hose disconnected and plugged.

You may want to consider doing the fuel line mod

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I bought all of the above mentioned,but am still waiting on the FSM(bought from Paul as per your reccomendation,great guy to deal with!) to get here...thats the reason for all of these questions. Thanks for the valve adjustment post Do you know anything about 76 Dart heater hoses?

Also did the fuel line mod!

Sorry, meant to answer that. The '76 Dart uses one 5/8" and one 1/2" heater hose.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

If the heater core is still stock then Dan's right, I have recently seen a couple of replacement cores for my '76 Feather Duster and they came with two 1/2" tubes....

Also if you have a Dart Lite, and it has the stock distributor, and you are running all the stock stuff (EGR, etc...) it was factory spec. set at 12 BTDC... The curve is really "heavy" and tends to ping due to lots of advance all the time....

-D.Idiot