Dodge Dart

sounds like you need to either turn up the idle some or get the carburetor rebuilt.

depends on condition, i bought a 74 swinger se 318 for $800. 12/09 but it needs work, she runs well, but body,interior and dash workings are a mess, but i like a challenge. if you like it buy, it. a cherry one is prob $3,000.

Pull the hot battery cable off of the battery if the alternator is bad the engine will stall out.

12/07 If you have the unit out, run it down to your local parts dealer (probably shouldn't say their name) and they can bench test it for you. Most of these places will do it for free in hopes of selling you a new one. If you have the older-style (pre-electronic) system, it's as easy as having the car idling, connecting a voltmeter to the battery, then (here's the scary part) connect the large post on the alternator's back to the small post. It's best to do this with a medium gauge, insulated test jumper. This, in effect, forces the alternator to put out to its maximum. Do NOT rev the engine at all, unless you're due to replace every light in the car that happens to be on during the test. Assuming all your connections are clean and tight, you should expect the voltmeter to display at least 14.5 volts. Keep in mind that a battery that's anything but fully charged will skew your readings, but you can still compare the before and after numbers while connecting the jumper.

The timing mark is a line that goes across the harmonic balancer that should line up with the mark on the timing chain cover. It is on the drivers side on the bottom of the timing cover.

the cam gear slot is set at 6:00 and the crank gear slot is at 12:00.

Fun Fun Fun..The last one I did was remove the glovebox liner. its cardboard and held in with phillips screws. be careful not to tear it. It can be replaced for $15 from yearone.com if you do. Once it is out now carefully reach your hand to the center in and removed the two hex bolts holding the speaker in. I use either a shorty nut driver or small 1/4' rachet. I believe the bolt is a 3.8".

If you are still having difficulty, you can remove the dash trim and remove the heater controls for easier acess. Custom autosound makes a dual voice coil single speaker to fit the factory slot or Ken Harrison makes a dual speaker setup that has that size template mount. I believe year one also carries these as well as many eBay stores

Good Luck. I manage to scrape skin from arms everytime i do these.

The 2014 Dodge Dart has a 2.0 L base engine size.

The 2014 Dodge Dart has a 6-speed manual.

The first Dodge dart rolled off the assembly line in 1960

All main bearing caps should be tightened to 85 foot-pounds.

Yes, all small blocks are interchangable in the A-body dart platform small blocks or LA engines are 273, 318, 340, 360cid engines are all SB, transmissions also interchange, same motor mount locations etc. Big blocks are 383, 400, 413, 426, 440.

One difference you should be aware of is that a 360 engine is "externally" balanced. In other words, the rotating assembly (crank, rods & pistons) is balanced from the factory with counterweights on the harmonic balancer/damper and torque converter.

A 318 is "neutral" balanced with no external counterweights.

When doing this swap, you will need to use a 360-specific torque converter compatible with the existing trans., buy an aftermarket flexplate with the counterweight designed into it and allowing to use "neutral" torque converters or buy a weight kit and instructions from Mopar Performance.

Magnum 360's have a different external balance. Also, starting in the late '70's, some transmissions started to use a "lock-up" torque converter, which will not work with older, conventional transmissions.

To clarify a few points, the 273-318 and the 340-360 are dimensionally the same, but the 318 motor mount on the driver side needs to be shimmed about 1/2 inch on a 340/360 with washers to the rear of the rear ear as the mounting ears are closer on a 340/360 than on a 273/318. Also, some later Magnum motors have a completely different motor mount, 3 bolt holes, mid block toward the pan rail.

Big blocks also include a very old 350 and 361. 413 (and the one early oddball year of the 383) and larger blocks are called RB as they have a 3/4 taller deck and are about 1 inch wider than the 350-400 B blocks. The spline count of a transmission will tell you if it is a lock up (28 spine) or a non-lock up (29 spline)

If you drive the Dart like I would (like a bat out of hell) the car would most likely overheat from fast acceleration, and more strain on the engine than what is needed. If you drive legaly, it could very well be the thermostat. Be sure that you use the correctly dilluted antifreeze.

I doubt it very much.

2 door cars will fit both Plymouth and dodge 2 doors

the 4- door will not fit a 2 door it is a taller winsheild

The lug pattern for 69 Dart is 5x4" original.

2066 were made.

in the back

Damn! I didn't know Chrysler made 318's back in 1774. I thought it was more like 1776.

they were a blue color. I have a 1968 and it is red; later models were light blue.

The dart boards at Lakeside and the other main events tend to be made of coco nutapparently. But, the cheaper ones are mostly made of coiled paper

There are also dartboards made of wood. They are called a Log End Dartboard, and is still used in 55 leagues in and around Manchester mainly, comprising some 10,000 players. The board is black and has a substantially smaller playing area, 10" compared to the standard 13.25", and must be stored in water to avoid it from cracking. They are also more expensive than a standard board, the Winmau Blade 4 retails for around £29.99 whereas it's difficult to find a log board for under £50.

find the distributor and at the bottom of it there is a bolt that you loosen that loosens the hold down plate that keeps it tight against the engine block, once you loosen the bolt the distributor will turn right or left, start the engine and then slowly turn the distributor one way or the other until you hear the engine RPM increase, when it increases you are advancing the timing.

I don't think so as the roofline is different.

As long as it is a hard top not the post car they will enterchange - quick note 4 door models wont

Yes it is. The term "sending unit" is misleading since it actually doesn't send anything. It's a receiver of sorts and provides a "variable ground" for the gauge in the dash to put it simply. There is a rheostat in the sender that effectively changes the voltage allowed to pass through the sending unit to ground as the float moves up and down with fuel level in the tank.

The pulsations are caused by the voltage limiter in the dash that limits the voltage powering up your gauges ( and in turn going to your senfing unit. This limiter acts in a fashion like your flashes. It pulsates the current (turning it off and on) at a rate that never allowing the voltage to go over a cretain limit. This pulsation also SOME WHAT allows the gauge to hold a steadier reading as the fuel sloshes around in the tank causing the float to rise and fall rapidly. Consider it an electrical trick to average the fuel level over a length of time. I doubt though that the factory engineers designed it with this in mind.

their is a star trun so that it gone right their is a star trun so that it gone right

remove cable from the transmission and remove the cable from the back of the speedometer up under the dash and then the complete cable can be pulled out.

You probably have a non race-track tail light set up. You'll need to buy an LED race-track tail light and install it.