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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 5/3/2022 17:26, Xeno wrote:   
   > On 4/5/2022 4:46 am, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >   
   >> Can't wait to fix my '75 Dodge Dart.  It needs a leaf spring   
   >> replaced (Lord knows how that broke), then it's back on the road.   
   >   
   > Leaf springs commonly break. It is one of the things I remember doing a   
   > lot of when most cars had semi-eliptical leaf springs back in the day.   
   > Used to replace a lot of broken coils springs too.   
      
   Ah, I just assumed that they were more durable.  I found the '75 Dart   
   parked on a neighborhood street with a $800 sign in the window.  I   
   couldn't call the guy fast enough.  It barely ran on really old gas.  I   
   puttered to a local fuel station, and it ran just well enough to get it   
   home (with basically no brakes).   
      
   I've since had the exhaust done, did the brake lines and most components   
   myself with those nifty copper clad brake lines, and did a full tune-up.   
     It ran great until rolling down the road, BANG, passenger side of the   
   car almost dragging on the tires last Autumn (leaf spring no longer   
   shaped like a "U").  I bought two leaf springs, beefy ones with an extra   
   leaf (from a V8 car) from a pull-a-part.  I just have to get gutsy   
   enough to mess with those old rusted out bolts to install them.   
      
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