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Had to move everything around to get the snow blower ready, all mopar driveway again after the traitorous kids are all gone!

So the other day I took it out for a ride to test the heater, didn't even get out of the garage, no blower motor now, didn't check yet hoping one of the wires on the control popped off? Today I had my bro in law over to kill time while the ladies were at my sons wifes baby shower. was just...

sounds like a plan, I'll give it a try when I get brave enough to believe I won't melt the dash!!

Seat back out, my old seat foams not doing so good......................Gave that area a good clean up & while the vac was out I hit the front too. 1st page of the sheet I threw in when my son took it to work On to the retractor, pretty nasty in there, I had to pop the plastic off the rivits to...

So after wasting 1/2 hour taking trim off the front of the dash & see no way to get the heater control out I crawl under to find 3 screws from the back!!! So I fight with that for a while & get it to a position I can put the cable on the control. When I lined up the 2 cables the new looked like...

Cable has arrived, now let's see how long I put off crawling under that dang dash!

I did something like that with the hood release cable (not sure what I put down it, WD40, or just plain oil?) Anyway was thinking of oiling the new one. I did see a post on the cables, mine seemed a touch long, I had it way back at the edge of the clip, that's what popped out. but was the only...

Found the bill, bought again from same place, price the same, shipping about doubled! Should be here in a day or 2.

So the Boy also reported he had no heat, so I checked that out today, the cable popped out of the clip on the valve on the inner fender, I do remember it was right on the edge to get the full throw on the valve, so I tried slicing a hard plastic tube to extend it fully into the clip, looked like...

Now that I think about reassembly the top of the dash is held in by 4 small bolts that go in at each end of the defroster slots, so that's not it!

Looked around a bit today, checked the important stuff, gas pedal, brake pedal can't see any studs or hanging bolts with no nuts, trying to remember what the dash hold down nuts looked like, pretty sure they were studs into those lips under the windshield? (but smaller I think) Colum at floor...

It's home!!! & in one piece, just the E-brake light was on, he must have just hit it enough to engage the light, no burnt up brakes. Found this nut on the floor.......................Not the steering column, looks like the side dash nut that goes on the side stud by the door, but with the...

Well at least I know He made it to work, He called & asked how to get the key out, in his defense the sticker on the release lever is gone!

Been lucky all 3 of my boys have done well without adding too many gray hairs to my head. Tomorrows the day, see how it hits me as my 'Cuda drives away? the other one left on a trailer. I think He drove that one once around the hood (with me in it)

I forgot, He's 30, my youngest, He was around when I built the first one & helped now & then.

If they do it's outta here!

I can't even have that much fun, When the price of a rebuild rose to almost 8 grand I figured I'd take my chances leaving it as it was, it was worked some time in the past, it had 30 over pistons, other than that I have no idea as to what else was done, I assume a cam, no milage, no service or...

Forecast is 51 & cloudy, more worried bout rain & him fishtailing into a tree! Guess my only concern is him getting a feel for how old cars drive, I will tell him absolutely NO burnouts & nailing it from a dead stop, I can not afford to blow a numbers engine!

K, I may be living on the edge for a day next week, my son is having his car serviced around the corner & wants to take it to work, since I truly would like the car to at least be seen once in a while I'm gonna do it. Took it out today, gassed it up & drove around for a half hour or so to be...

Oh yea I'm definitely going through a bunch of grinding discs!