I just bought the car last Friday. It had been sitting for a while so it has some problems. I just ordered a new fuel pump and a carburetor from Napa. It won't idle unless I keep my foot on the the throttle. Other then that it runs and drives great.

I kinda want to get a 2-barrel to put on it, kinda like the super-six. but stuff like that will come later. But there are some little things I will do like the fuel mod and so forth.





The blue Mercedes in the background is my last car. It got me through high school. It has a inline-5, for some reason I have always been a inline 5/6 kinda guy.

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1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 3.7l 6cyl.
1985 Mercedes 300D 3.0l 5cyl turbo diesel

Innovation alone will not replace beauty.

Holy cow that's a nice Swinger!

I really hope tour Napa carburetor works, as most remanufactured carburetors are junk. Are you able to have your original rebuilt?

Sounds like if it runs ok except idle, it could be:

Misadjusted valves,
Misadjusted air/fuel mixture screw,
Vacuum leak and/or
Plugged idle circuit in the carbuetor.

Anymore details on the car?

~RDE~

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1984 D100 Shorty Custom
Certified Auto Appraiser - RevItUp Classic Appraisals
President - Cherry City Bombers CC
Part of Tyrde-Browne Racing

The carburetor that came with the car was a rebuilt one. The carburetor that is on is leaking out the side so I thought replacing it would be best.
It will idle in the morning when I crank it up but will die after I drive it around some. It is fine as long as I keep some pressure on the gas pedal.

I haven't adjusted the valves yet and plan to this weekend.

The fuel pump is leaking so I ordered another one from Napa. I am going to do the fuel line mod when I get the carburetor and fuel pump. Hopefully I will have some luck with them vs the advance auto/auto zone carbs.

Although I do want to put either a 2bbl, or 4bbl with vacuum secondaries on it. The first thing I am going to performance wise is put on a bigger exhaust pipe. maybe a different muffler something a little more deep sounding.

It has been repainted, but I think the interior is original. I have the original hub caps in the trunk. It has 20k on the odometer but I am not sure if it is original it is in pretty nice condition. I checked the odometer vs mile markers and it is very accurate. It was made in Windsor,Ontario,Canada if that is any thing special or not.

It has some electrical gremlins I need to sort out but I am pretty good with that side of things. I am going to school to become a mechanic so that helps. but other then that is seems to be a nice car.


btw here is the carb I ordered

https://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Cata ... 20+2020014

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1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 3.7l 6cyl.
1985 Mercedes 300D 3.0l 5cyl turbo diesel

Innovation alone will not replace beauty.

From the looks it must have been kept in a garage and only driven to church.

Richard

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Part of Tyrde-Browne Racing

Nice Car!

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1960 Seneca 225 turbo soon to be EFI

Fopar: Why is it only the good cars are driven to church?

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Because church cars are driven to dens of iniquity.

nice, that is pretty funny

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1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 3.7l 6cyl.
1985 Mercedes 300D 3.0l 5cyl turbo diesel

Innovation alone will not replace beauty.

By the way, very nice Dart. I didn't mean to hijack the thread.

Yes, that Dart looks great!
Cool find!

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'78 Volare 225
'67 Charger 318

Looks like you got a good deal on this one! I like that steering wheel. Mine seems a lil big as it dang near hits my legs! Good deal on going with a 1920 holley... Heaven forbid you ever deal with a 1945!

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, 71 Valiant S6, 72 Dart 4dr 318, 71 Demon S6, 70 Roadrunner 440, & 55 Dodge pickup