Hello everyone. New member here from San Antonio and a first time slant owner.
I have found an original 49,000 mile 66 dart GT.
The car was driven twice a week till last year when unfortunately the original owner of the car died. His grandson (in his 40's) drove the car to the family farm and parked it next to the barn. This is where I found it.
I bought it, put some air in the tires and trailered it home.

The car cranks over easily enough but I havn't tried to start it.

It has the 225 slant (with "charger" on the breather)
I would assume I would need to change the oil and get new plugs but what can I do about the year old gas in the tank and lines?
How would you approach this?

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1966 Dart GT
1965 Barracuda

If the engine turns over freely and there is oil in the pan I would leave it until you can run the engine and warm it up before changing the oil.

I have a small electric fuel pump I use to remove old gas from cars. I take the old gas to the local waste transfer station where they accept household hazardous waste.

Change the plugs if you feel the need. Do not use the spark plug gaskets that come with the plugs. The aluminum tubes in the head serve as the seal.

With fresh gas and spark plugs the car should start up easily. If it runs badly then we'll get more involved.

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Joshua

Pull the plugs and turn over the engine until the oil pressure light goes out so you make sure oil is everywhere it should be.........

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Thanks for the info so far.
I don't have an electric pump so I will probably end up dropping the tank this weekend and cleaning it out the hard way.

I know I have the wires to the sending unit, the fuel line itself and the straps that hold it in place to worry about but what holds the filler neck in place?

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1966 Dart GT
1965 Barracuda

3 screws at the quarter panel and a large rubber "gasket" at the tank, the filler tube slides into and seals at this gasket.

There is also a rubber filler tube "pass thru" cover screwed to the trunk floor. It is a good idea to remove the cover screws so you can pull the tube down a little lower, this helps get the tank back onto the filler tube when re-installing the tank.
DD

Thanks Doc, that is just the kind of info I needed.
I'll keep you all updated on my progress or lack therof.

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1966 Dart GT
1965 Barracuda

A less high-tech method would be to siphon the gas out. You could also take the line off at the carburetor and blow the gas back to the tank. If your fuel filter clogs fast or something you can always drop the tank later.

If it hasn't been started in a long time, the carburetor has probably dried out. It may cause problems and it may not. (Mine flooded bad) They are pretty easy to take apart and clean, though.

Danny

i would just see if it runs on the gas in the tank. i had a 70 dart w/v8 that sat for about 2 years. after a little persuading, it ran on the fuel that was in it. hard part was getting the fuel pump primed. carb linkage was a little sticky. give it a try, these slants will run on almost anything. i know.

zedpapa

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1970 dodge dart w/225 /6 bored .040" over, holley 390cfm w/vac. sec., compcams 252s, clifford shorty headers w/2.5" exhaust w/flowmaster, f-body 11" front discs, aluminum A-833OD, 8 1/4 w/3.21 SG
soon to have 5 gears!!!

I went to Wally World of all places, bought a hand pump designed for outboard motor gas cans and then some clear tubing. Two squeezes and the siphon starts. INVALUABLE tool

If its only been sitting a year I'd also try to run it on whats there already. Ive driven a couple home though on a 2 gallon gas can bungeed to the fenderwell with a rubber hose put to the fuel pump inlet, JUST to get it home. (both '78 trucks that I had) Ive also run for a couple weeks or so on a boat gas tank put in the trunk and same sort of hose run thru a popped out body plug and connected to the factory steel line while waiting for my sending unit to show up at the local dealer parts counter. (75 Cordoba and current 78 Fury 2 dr) Be careful if doing either of these especially the can under the hood- be sure that a belt or pulley won't rub a hole in the can on the trip home!

I drained the tank and put 5 gal of fresh gas in. The gas that was in there smelled HORRIBLE. It had to be sitting more that a year. It also got new plugs, cap, rotor, points, plug wires, fuel pump, fuel filter, and a carb rebuild.

I can't seem to get any fuel from the tank to the carb. Maybe my sender unit is varnished up? My next day off I will try and run it out of a gas can.

I did get it to fire and run for about 30 seconds using fuel from a squirt bottle and putting a little in the carb at a time.

Anyone know of a good place to get a sender unit, tank and lines?

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1966 Dart GT
1965 Barracuda

The socks in the fuel tank tend to varnish/clog up when sitting around...........

You can always put an air compressor on the hose and blow it out.

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Yeah, what Ed said, or you could take the sending unit out and clean the sock...

Danny

Also check the rubber hose at the tank and the inlet of the fuel pump. If there is a hole/split, it will not pull fuel from the tank.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

Make sure you have the gas cap off. If you put more then about 5 psi to the tank with the cap on it will bulge the tank.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225