Tomorrow (10/9) the Dart goes in get the new tires installed, and hopefully an alignment. We went out today to take care of a few items before driving it tomorrow. I cut about 1-inch off of both + & - battery cable ends as the wires were a little green and reinstalled them into the terminal ends. Also cut down the threaded portion of the battery hold-down assembly, didn't want to scrape an arm on either of them. Capped them off with a couple of vacuum caps. The grille is out so we used a couple of clamps to hold the turn signals in place. We aired up the tires to allow for easier steering as the fronts were down to about 12 psi. After all of that was completed, I had Logan get in the driver's seat, pump the gas 3 times, and start it. We haven't started it in about a week and it fired right up and ran on high idle for a little while. Logan got a huge smile on his face when it started up! I need to adjust the choke a little as it was pretty rich on high idle.
The grille is out because I am working on repairing it. A friend gave up an old, busted up grille that we are using to replace busted sections of Logan's grille. I completely replaced about a 4-inch section where the hood release lever is and a couple of other areas that were cracked and/or missing. Used a lot of JB Weld. I have a little more sanding to do on a few of the repairs, then we'll clean it really good then the masking and painting with Argent silver, satin black, and finish with a couple coats of satin clear. I also want to paint the outer edge of the 2 horizontal ribs in the center of the grille with red paint, I think it would look cool.
I'll post a pic of the Dart wearing her new shoes tomorrow.
Chuckster & Logan
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