How To Remove Your Classic Mopar Drivetrain The Easy (And Sketchy) Way - A 1974 Dart Sport Update 

Thanks for bringing us the other k-frame engine removal method, I did like the engine roll out with the drums rolling along on the floor like a medieval chariot ! Always like me some DDG videos !

So many people give the late A bodies no love. What a shame there is a lot to love. Electronic Ignition, Big bolt pattern,OD manual trans, no leaky vent window, some have lightweight body panels.

Good job brother and entertaining as usual. Gotta love your humor, anyone who doesn't is square. Thanks again.

Did a slant 6 engine replacement on a 1979 4 door Volare after the original blew. Got a used engine for $150 at the junkyard, ran it until a drunk driver made the rear end shorter. Took a weekend to do the swap with no lift and a rented hoist.

Great job Jamie I enjoyed watching that. I am about to do the same thing with my 67 barracuda. I’m going from a 360 to a 383 stroke to a 431. And I am going to remove and replace my engine the same way. Thanks for seeing how it’s done.

Alright Wednesday video !!!! Way wicked awesome !!!!

I have worked on exactly one car from ca in my life and it was an engine swap for a reman. I have NEVER been ale to crack a bolt loose then take it off with my fingers untill that car. 11 lincoln navigator and even though it was pain to work on just no rust anywhere was a god send. If it was a local car we would have broken off every other bolt. Im jelly of southern mechanics.

This is the way I removed the 440 from my 72 Dart and installed a 360. Like Jamie, I too have a lift in my garage. Made the job very easy.

She's going to be a nice one!

You had Angela nervous as hell and yelling at you with this one lol! "Jesus Jamie, be friggin' careful!". If she had only seen what I did to get the not a Dodge up on the stands I made...

What a great idea 💡 Jamie !! Dropping the entire engine/transmission/K frame & suspension out the bottom That overhead crane was Very helpful I didn't see any OSHA violations What so ever 😬 And no . I don't watch 40 year old reruns while wrenching 🔧 Oh yeah , we date 📅 mark our batteries 🔋 too #Sleeper #TheSpookyBay

Wow. Great project. I’m jealous of your workshop space. He he. My little shop is tiny, but mine. I just like to dream.

I was having withdrawals!!! And BOOM 🤯!! THANK YOU BROTHER 👍🏻✌🏻🎶🎵🎶🎵

First time I have seen your torsion bar removal clamp. Cool!

Got my fix of DDG! Thanks Jamie!

Those torsion bars and control arm bolts were simply amazing, I've never seen anything come apart like that in my life.... I'm definitely going to try to get my next project car from California. I wonder if the cars that were/near the ocean are still in that nice of condition. I'm also noticing that they seem to even be a little cheaper to buy from California too, but maybe that's just me. Anyways, good luck on this Duster project, if everything goes ok it might be, dare I say, (gulp) fun?

I gotta say that was something else. Great job Dude!

200th 👍🏻. Great way to drop the engine, nice!

Good work.

It was such a great body style, I just wish they could have come up with a better grille/headlight package, it was just so lackluster compared to their other cars.

Even though I'm a Chevy guy, I love your videos and always look forward to the next one! Cheers, Mike

408 magnum, TKX, dana 60?!?! That is down right fancy parts for you! Hell yea brotha Jaimie! I'm really looking forward to this!! And yes California is the best state.

Thank you 😊

Awesome video! I listen to RU-vid when I’m working a lot

RIVETING ACTION! Thank you Jamie!

That’s going to be a sweet little driver

That'll be a big improvement with the drivetrain. A turbo setup would be really cool.

I had a 74 Dart Sport that came from California and it was the same color. Mine never had the trim piece that went down both sides, otherwise a twin to the one I had. Mine was also disc brakes with big bolts pattern, also had sway bars. For a mid 70's muscle car mine road pretty nice and cornered surprisingly pretty well. I also v8 swapped it in the same manor.

Thanks Jamie. I think I’m gonna try this on the old E-body when the time comes

Yeah David Letterman "top 10 reasons" were about the best ....good A-body content and thanks

Nice informative video.

Gotta move out to washington and work with you, you have all the fun.😊 . Had to disinfect myself, put a 502 in a boat yesterday, ugh.😢

Thanks for the video! This is going to be a sweet build. I like to see you take on big projects like this and can't wait to see the next videos on this build! BTW, I have a degree in graphic design so if you ever want to update the DDG logo, I would love to take a stab at it with no charge.

Thats Ok, i have the ability to do it myself. Great videos!

Very badass❤ gonna fly

Hey, you got back to this one, cool! Dropping everything out from the bottom is definitely the way to go if you are rebuilding everything anyway. Everything is so much easier to work on when it's out of the car.

Another amazing job...On the GROUND!! 😂😂

This going to be a great build. Hopefully you are able to get to it very soon. I really want to see you do the subframe connectors.

There was an old mopar magazine article talking about removing the drive train from a mopar and still leaving it mobile. They made four simple wheel assemblies out of wheelbarrow wheels, flat steel, and pipe. The front wheel assemblies were designed like a tall caster that bolted to the bumper mounts. The rear ones were made more straight up and down and bolted to the front spring hanger mounts after removing the rear axle. By mounting these rear wheel assemblies first, this made dropping the k member so much easier because the center of gravity was so much closer to the pivot of these caster assemblies. It was also safer because these casters were firmly attached to the car. You didn't have to worry about the car slipping off jack stands. After the k member was off, the front casters were attached and now you had a body securely attached to mobile stands! I wish I could remember the magazine and the article better but that article has to be a least 20 years old by now. Maybe someone else has a better memory or a better idea? Just a thought anyways.

Great timing again Jamie! First of all, I wish I could say that "Skip your meds Monday" was a huge success, but it was not. What the hell was I thinking?! There's not many people who think like me. I couldn't participate myself, because I don't take any meds. Come to find out that my crazy neighbor skipped his meds, which prompted him to try to shoot me off my roof with his BB gun! Secondly, A lot of people think I should be heavily medicated!

I've never had much luck with 6 cylinders (all makes) and don't get me started on 4 cylinders, come to think about it there have been some 8's that didn't last either, seems there might be a pattern to this. Good job Jamie, Maybe I should block the wheels, nah that's only safety!

Looks like it will be an enjoyable project and fun car to drive! I hope I didn't just jinx it for you! I also hope that there is a brand new set of "RAIN" tires somewhere on the shelf full of parts.

Dart Sport!!

I tought you didn't like magnum swap from your last experience ? I was thinking of doing it in my 75' Valiant 4 doors sedan. I really like your videos. Like any Moparian who looks at your stuff. When I look at your cars condition, I hate winter snow and Calcium they put on streets that makes us swears when the floors or frames are rusted out after few years. We can drive our classic cars from November to April.

Safety 3rd!

Brake line meet Victorinox! Love it. Seems that I was seeing an orphaned slant six for sale on Marketplace or Craigslist every few weeks because another A body got a V8 swap. I'm hoping you can find the time to do the turbo slant 6 project or even just a 4 barrel carb upgrade. It would be great to see what a slant 6 can do without being held back by a holley1 barrel

I'm planning on doing what you just did on my '74 Duster when I put it back together again. I hope to build a K-Frame dolly for it though. I guess something similar to the one that US Car Tool sells.

westport wa.state here sir.

I bought an engine crane a long time ago when Harbor Freight had it on sale but I hope to use it as a body lift while I drop the powertrain the Mopar way. Not pulling it out the front like those other makes. Though I guess I'll need a wheeled platform like yours too...

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That was A-Ok!!!

Yahhhhh a '74 Golden Fawn Dodge Dart Sport gonna be a wolf in sheeps clothing. I have a '74 Duster....same color!

Dammit Jim the dilithium crystals are almost depleted - I’m only a doctor Jim, not a magician!

I had the same A body bolt pattern argument, except I won by pointing at my 76 Valiant.

Easy-Off will make that transmission shine like a new penny. Get the stuff in the yellow can though, not the hippie-friendly blue can.

"Safety Third!" 😂

Shit you made that look easy

Think of it this way, the overhead chain hoist is a lot safer than using dollar store ratchet straps tied to the rafters to lift up a body... not that I would know anything about trying that, heh...

I'm in the northeast, worked on a California car once, it was like cheating, break a bolt loose and spin it off with your fingers. You can lift the body up with an engine hoist and lifting straps (chains scratch).

This is Dylan's Dod Sport.

I think you need more current in your garage electrical system, the lights sure do dim a BUNCH when you operate that lift!

Just wondering if you wud be up to swapping the front suspension on my 94 dodge van. I mentioned it to you the other day

Couldn’t think of anything clavier to say… but this still counts as a comment.🤔

That mail truck was a 1988! Ask me how I know😂😂😂😂

Jamie, what kind of hoist motor is that?

Looks like a ton of work! Do you charge by the hour, job or how expensive clothes the guy in the car is wearing (including watch, jewelry, wallet (if fat), ect ect….).

The front drums are finned. Were they all? When did they start finning them?

So now I get it, you repair postal service vehicles for income. Cool! Nothing wrong with Government Jobs Right!

A two post lift is cheaper than a burial.

I think your crane should be on a different circuit breaker

I have a ranger. It's a 3.0. I need a 4.0

can I come build a slant 6 with you?

Can you explain to me why the most reliable engine ever conceived always seems to be blown up, leaking oil and/or sounds like someone poured nuts down the intake? Din’t get me wrong, I love my slant, but the reliable thing seems like the engine equivalent of “He/she has such a nice personality”.

It's just you

It didn't look 'that' easy to me. Those cars were a marvel of engineered economy.

73 on A-bodies had awful front end styling. Such a shame.

You can throw all those expensive parts at your Demon and have the same but better cause it is a Demon. Not a good idea.

Oh, nooo!! CA 2TVS023? Don't y'know what famous tv show that car is from? Worth a small fortune, uh, in original form, 'cuz Telly Savalas drove 2TVS in the series! Ya poor, (now) customizing fool....

I'm saying fake news here.... "kinda blown up slant 6" is a lie. We all know its the most indestructible motor ever lol. ALSO if it wasn't videoed I wouldn't have believed anyone could get one of those Milwaukee right angle impact wrenches to get the k-member bolts out. I've tried my compact one before and had to break out the old air powered stuff.