UPDATE TIME!
Ok, yesterday I spent almost all day on the car got a lot of things cleaned up and its starting to look more like a nice car instead of a pile of parts lol. Sadly though along side my cleaning I discovered that a mouse or rat had built a nest inside the front fascia behind the grill! At which point it decided to use the headlight wiring harness as nesting material! So a new harness has been added to the list of parts that I need to purchase. Yesterday was a day where it seemed like I'm not going to get her done before June but I'm going to keep at it! Due to a dead battery on the camera yesterday and rain today I have no pictures to post on progress. Although I think I will finish the engine up tonight and tomorrow night, I have put it off too long! After I get done with that its time to start on the wiring for the new engine while I wait on my remaining parts! Also went to put in the replacement pass torsion bar and it torqued and then discovered that the retaining plate refused to go on. DMCH suggested that the spline on the plate were twisted from being under torque as it still fit perfectly. Another user on the forum suggested that the bar had 'mushroomed' from not being installed for so long or not properly uninstalled/installed the last time it was in service. So that door has gone from slightly annoying to open to cant for the life of me pick this damned door up because the strut and old torsion bar, which was welded, has been removed. Well thats all the updates I have for now. Thanks for everyones support and watch of my project!
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I have also pushed most cosmetic issues down the list as well. Also, to obtain driveability quicker Im only going to concentrate on parts that make the car go! I will worry about sensors for the dash lights and gauges later as my EFI unit can supply all gauge values except speed and fuel to either my laptop or android phone. My goal is now to make it driveable BEFORE the middle of next month so that I can drive it around town daily to ensure proper operation before the 500-600 mile trip to orlando!
Called my local Dodge and apparently its not available to order and discontinued but the parts guy was able to track down a single dealership that happened to have ONE. Called them it will be shipped out soon as my money order arrives. So I cant verify timing, install timing cover or valve covers until that arrives. But luckily it was only $37 after shipping. There was a statement about the lifters and throttle body. These 2 mods are really nice to have for this engine. I may change out the throttle body at some point as it is a good bit larger for the b280 engine. As of right now I don't have plans to use the lifters or cams. For 2 reasons... I dont really have the funds or time to get them and I have already installed the stock Eagle ones which are held down by the head bolts. Which if I remove them to swap the lifters a new head gasket set must also be used which also goes back to time and money lol.
May also start cleaning the trans up too as its quite dirty depends on time, sleepy'ness and the girlfriend.
All of these items are cosmetic excluding the distributor drive mentioned above and 3 idle pulleys which are available at O'Reilly's for my eagle engine. If anyone has any spares of the above items that are not available any more I would love to know if anyone is willing to sell them! May end up seeing what I can get at DCS! The missing mode switch may prompt me to see about developing a bolt on electronic solution but ill just take that one step at a time! I would love to A/C in June traveling down I-75 lol.
I managed to find a piece of vinyl tubing that after slipping over the bolt managed to pull it out without having to repull the manifold. Found an air filter box that should work well with the 3.0 intake tubing just have to make a mount for it and find a good way to install it!
I will redo my missing items list and get it posted.