3rd_shift
Flashlight Enthusiast
Maroon red 74 Dodge Dart swinger 2 door with a 318 and 3 speed automatic 1987-1990.
It was ok, except it was a piece of poo. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif
Valve covers leaked. (replaced gaskets a couple times with lotsa RTV silicone the second time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif .)
"A-frame" bushings were creaking bigtime. (replaced)
All 4 ball joints replaced.
It went through a 904 Torgueflight transmission (replaced)
A 7.25 rear end. (repaced with a 8.25 with a positrack installed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Bent one of the stock wheels when I spun it out of control and it ended up under a tree off the road. (replaced with 14X7 Cragars) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Stock Carter, 2barrel toilet bowl shaped carbureter got really stopped up. (replaced with a Holley 4barrel 600cfm vacuum secondary carburetor and an Edelbrock performer manifold.)
Ballast resistor crapped out. (replaced with a Holley distributor that didn't need it.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Alternator died twice. (replaced voltage regulator after the second time.)
Shock absorbers were replaced.
Went through tires in under 10k miles easily.
Lower control arm (torsion bar) bushings died and had to be replaced.
Rear leaf springs got weak and saggy. (fixed with air adjustable shocks that never held thier air for long)
(Then fixed with cargo coil springs after I got my money back for the crummy air shocks.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif
Speedometer quit working when the head of it under the dash started making a LOUD grinding noise. (replaced speedometer cable a couple times before I realized the head under the dash was hopeless.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif
Got 10-11 miles to the gallon with less horsepower than most of todays V6 engines. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif
I wish I had at least shot this car a few times before I got rid of it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif
It was ok, except it was a piece of poo. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif
Valve covers leaked. (replaced gaskets a couple times with lotsa RTV silicone the second time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif .)
"A-frame" bushings were creaking bigtime. (replaced)
All 4 ball joints replaced.
It went through a 904 Torgueflight transmission (replaced)
A 7.25 rear end. (repaced with a 8.25 with a positrack installed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Bent one of the stock wheels when I spun it out of control and it ended up under a tree off the road. (replaced with 14X7 Cragars) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Stock Carter, 2barrel toilet bowl shaped carbureter got really stopped up. (replaced with a Holley 4barrel 600cfm vacuum secondary carburetor and an Edelbrock performer manifold.)
Ballast resistor crapped out. (replaced with a Holley distributor that didn't need it.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Alternator died twice. (replaced voltage regulator after the second time.)
Shock absorbers were replaced.
Went through tires in under 10k miles easily.
Lower control arm (torsion bar) bushings died and had to be replaced.
Rear leaf springs got weak and saggy. (fixed with air adjustable shocks that never held thier air for long)
(Then fixed with cargo coil springs after I got my money back for the crummy air shocks.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif
Speedometer quit working when the head of it under the dash started making a LOUD grinding noise. (replaced speedometer cable a couple times before I realized the head under the dash was hopeless.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif
Got 10-11 miles to the gallon with less horsepower than most of todays V6 engines. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif
I wish I had at least shot this car a few times before I got rid of it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif