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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: RJS] #1267499
06/20/13 11:14 AM
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Well I briefly talked with my friend yesterday. I told him, "Hey! When summer comes around, we should get back on the Dart." He was not very enthused and said, "Well, I got my car I need to work on." He's talked to me about his Demon before and all I know it needs is an alignment as the entire suspension and brake system is new from last summer. He said, "It still needs small things." So I guess if I want things to get done more quickly I'm going to either find another helper, or go buy a bunch of tools and attempt to do it myself. Which also means I'll have less money for upgrades. Super nervous about doing it myself but a guy has got to learn some day I suppose. This would probably be a good time to pick up a welder and learn how to weld.




Not trying to be out of line here but it sounds like instead of having feelings of your friend won't help you, turn it around and go help him finish his ride,
Then the two of you have a Hot Rod to hit the streets in and at night or weekends he'll be more than happy to finish up the Dart with you.

One Hand Washes the Other!!! You'll build a stronger relationship with him and you'll also learn from him.

Back in 1978 if it wasn't for my friend Matty helping me do the clutch in my Satellite I would have been paying people to work on my car's my whole life!!
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I would more than love to help him out with his Demon, but there isn't much I can offer to the table with regards to help. It would basically be him teaching me how to do things on his car the entire time and he might get annoyed/irritated. We just spent an entire year building a baja car so we're a little burned out from working with one another. Plus it seems all he's worried about right now are "pools and beer."

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267500
06/20/13 11:36 AM
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So buy a case of beer and that might get him interested. Thats how it is with all my buddies, beer makes them work with ya for a while, till they get to hammered

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: HemiChallenger] #1267501
06/20/13 12:34 PM
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So buy a case of beer and that might get him interested. Thats how it is with all my buddies, beer makes them work with ya for a while, till they get to hammered




I wouldn't have a problem with that. I just can't really drink any as I believe I'm allergic. After 1/5 a bottle my face starts to flush and I get nauseous. O well.

I really don't know what I'm going to do with the firewall. I got dimensions for where the MC studs and pushrod goes on the firewall from FABO. I'm thinking about getting the studs, rotors, and hubs together myself. Throw them back on the car, momentarily reinstall the steering column, and call a tow truck to take it to my shop to deal with. I just want to drive the car more than anything right now so I can work on other things and upgrades later. I know it's taking the easy way out, but it's been 9 month since the accident and I'm anxious.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267502
06/22/13 07:19 PM
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So, I went to the pool yesterday to hangout with my baja friends. We were talking cars and when some of them asked what I was doing with the Dart I told them about the firewall. One of my friends told me "O, that's an easy fix, just use a welder." I told him I didn't have one and my friend who was helping me before just dropped his head and said I could find cheap gas welders on CL.

Anyways, today I went over to a FABO member's house and he helped me press in my wheel studs. He was giving me tips and showed me a couple of his buddy's cars. He had a 66 Valiant and 78 Cherokee that were pretty cool. It was also nice to hear him and his buddy's old stories of them street racing in their old mopars (mostly A bodies). He offered to help me rebuild my KH calipers as well since he has compressed air so I'll be back there within the next couple weeks.

It feels good to have another thing crossed off my list. Still have a ways to go.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267503
06/29/13 02:54 AM
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Got to work on the Dart for a couple hours tonight. Getting better with the grinder but still made a couple mistakes. I am going to need to cut, repatch a small piece of the firewall, refill and grind the welds on some new holes I made. I figure I'll either buy or borrow a welder within the next month or so. Almost done grinding the welds but have hit a couple trouble spots. I've got some measurements to mock up the holes for my pedal assembly from FABO so I may be doing that early tomorrow afternoon. Anyways here's my progress. It's not very pretty. I just want to get this nightmare over with. This sucks.

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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267504
06/29/13 07:13 AM
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Good to see some progress But what sucks is not what you're doing. What sucks is trying to work on rust belt cars. Yours looks brand new compared to the ones many of us have spent years with. Keep getting your hands dirty, both you and the Dart will get better.


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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: Shoozy] #1267505
06/29/13 10:28 AM
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Good to see some progress But what sucks is not what you're doing. What sucks is trying to work on rust belt cars. Yours looks brand new compared to the ones many of us have spent years with. Keep getting your hands dirty, both you and the Dart will get better.




Yeah, I know. Californians are spoiled. What sucks for me is not really knowing how to fix the problem and messing up other spots all the time. I currently have 2-3 threads on FABO trying to fix this issue. I would like to get this all situated by the summer and be able to drive the Dart during the year.

Edit: Just pulled the calipers. I hope to take them apart and put new seals on them some time this week (possibly paint them too). Going to try to see if I can use the shop air at school.

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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267506
07/09/13 02:39 PM
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Ordered a some tools this weekend I should get in by tomorrow. I also need to order a MC adapter from Doctor Diff I'm hoping to get by next week. I just found out that one of my bases at work is having a car show on September 28th. I think that would be a good goal to try to motivate me to get the Dart running. A little over 110 mile round trip for that ride and it's 2 days after school starts.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267507
07/13/13 07:41 AM
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OK you've had the new tools for a couple days now - is the car done? Again, don't fear this project. There is very little you could screw up that can't be fixed. That is called education and the way that most of us learned.


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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: Shoozy] #1267508
07/13/13 12:21 PM
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OK you've had the new tools for a couple days now - is the car done? Again, don't fear this project. There is very little you could screw up that can't be fixed. That is called education and the way that most of us learned.




No... I haven't had much time to work on it during the week but I'll be cranking on it today and tomorrow. Just need to eat breakfast first.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267509
07/20/13 07:33 PM
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Went to the shop to use the compressed air to remove the pistons from my calipers since the seals were broken. I was only able to get 7 out of the 8 out. Hopefully I can get the last one out sometime during the week. I plan on resealing and cleaning the pistons and then installing the hubs, rotors and calipers back on the car so I could put the car back down on the ground and roll it around as needed. Work is slow... Just trying to think less and do more.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267510
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Work is slow... Just trying to think less and do more.




Keep at it.


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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267511
07/28/13 05:32 PM
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Finally was able to fix the brake pedal assembly today so it fits and all the mounts line up. New, remanufactured calipers are coming during the week. Next weekend I should be going to a friend's house to press in new bearing races into my hubs. Hopefully, the following week, the car is on all 4's.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267512
07/28/13 08:40 PM
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Woohooo! Very cool. Gees good to get back on it, doesn't it?


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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: OhioMopar] #1267513
07/28/13 08:45 PM
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Woohooo! Very cool. Gees good to get back on it, doesn't it?




Not really... Just doing it just to get it over with at this point...

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post7793380

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267514
07/29/13 10:51 AM
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Losing interest in the car......happens all the time so don't feel bad.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267515
08/02/13 09:52 PM
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Should be getting some work done this weekend. My friend with the press is sick and can't work on anything for another month so I'll have to remove and press these bearing races at home. Don't really know how, but I'll figure it out I guess. New calipers also came in yesterday. They sure are shiny to say the least. Car may be on all 4's this weekend.

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267516
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Knocking them out is easy a big socket to persuade them in is secondary to a press. Have you talked to a machine shop or automotive shop about pressing them in?


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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: moparpollack] #1267517
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Knocking them out is easy a big socket to persuade them in is secondary to a press. Have you talked to a machine shop or automotive shop about pressing them in?




I don't have a large enough socket at home and don't know of many/any machine shops in the area. My mechanics are only open for 8-12 tomorrow and are generally busy. I can stop by in the morning but they don't really know I have a Dart and generally make me feel dumb or unwelcomed whenever I go in because I was naive with my Stealth. I'll try anyways.

Someone mentioned cutting the races out with a grinder. That doesn't seem like it's going to happen with the tools I have. MuuMuu + Grinder = Bad...

Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process... [Re: MuuMuu101] #1267518
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There has to be a retired mechanic in your area that you can befriend. Hit the car shows, local community college anyone with tools who are willing to teach.


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