Still progressing on the wagon. New Hankook white wall tires went on a week ago. This weekend, my buddy again came by to help put the wagon together, as he has been doing most weekends for several months now. Front seat belts went in (harder than expected to get the belts between the front seat cushions). Inner fender splash pans went in today since we were able to find enough random hardware that fit lying around the garage. Cruddy broken steering wheel got replaced, today, with a better one out of my 68 Charger (and the Charger got a wood grain wheel installed) thanks to the buddy bringing his steering wheel puller. Trying to replace the tie rod ends last night, he discovered one tie rod adjuster sleeve was bent. Auto Zone in Manassas, VA had one so we made the two hour round trip to pick that up this morning and got the new parts installed.
Starter number 4 seems to be working perfectly every time. The nasty looking old power tailgate window motor, that another friend had sitting in an open parts car for decades, is now in my tailgate and is working perfectly every time. Found window seals that fit and work for the tailgate window even though they aren't the factory molded parts.
I have the rear folding seat back and filler panel, and the tailgate to cargo floor filler panel figured out and installed. But it took carefully studying the interior pictures in the 67 "Chrysler Master Parts" book, to figure out what parts go where and with what random hardware the previous owner left me. Some of the hardware was in clearly marked bags. But some was missing and some was in unmarked or mis-marked zip lock bags. I have made several trips to AMK Products in nearby Winchester, VA for hardware for this project (most recently for the unique clips the armrest pad screw into and for a few of the needed armrest pad screws that were missing).
The transmission was leaking enough to create a lake under the car over night. A new seal on the drain plug, a little hammering on the edge of the drain pan and retightening the bolts holding the drain pan, has reduced the lake under the car to a few drops over night. Its a Mopar, its gonna leak something.
Still to go is the windshield washer assembly, the hood to cowl seal, the headliner, the rear view mirror and visors, the glove box, the kick panels and interior windshield trim, the interior trim at the top of the rear side glass and at the back above the tailgate window, the luggage rack, and the wheel lip moldings. Problems to solve include non working gas gauge, non working backup lights, non working 4 way flashers, and erratic speedometer. Hoping to get more of the interior done this week.
Got the car out on the road today and took it to the gas station for its first full tank of gas. Got back and my buddy adjusted the timing a little and the toe for front end alignment after installing new tie rod ends today. It didn't get too far on a second test drive. The new motor mount broke. Two steps forward and one step back. I guess thats better than the two steps forward three steps back that has been the story of this car up till now.
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