jshanks

The shifter is off. I have all gears now, as I had lost all but reverse before the "rebuild" I assume the linkage needs to be adjusted. The speedo has not worked since I got it. The cable is there but the gear is not according to the guy that just had the gearbox out of the car. I hope to get it sorted out with him soon as I have a pinion bearing that is growling pretty bad that I need to look into next. I'm not giving up on this wagon any time soon. It will probably nickel and dime me to death, but no one else has one around here so I am going to keep at it.

No worries. That is a better answer than the guy at the transmission shop gave me by a longshot. At least I can figure something out one way or the other. This is the same person who charged me $2400 for a complete rebuild but when I came for it yesterday he said, " By the way, when you put it in drive you have to sort of feel for the sweet spot." I won't be going there again.

Hmm....I'll have to find out. Everything is factory original on this wagon and I haven't been under it at all yet. The person that I got it from "supposedly" rebuilt the gearbox before I got it from him. All I know is that it has a baby 904 tranny. I will see if I can find out the diff ratio in the few manuals that I found.That turned out to be not true. In the process, I found out that he removed all kinds of stuff (including the speedo gear) that is haunting me now.

I just paid severely to have a local shop rebuild the baby 904 3 speed in my 78 Colt wagon. (way too much) One of the several things that they didn't bother to take care of was installing the speedo cable because, according to him, there are at least a half dozen different gear possibilities. I find that hard to believe. Can anyone tell me the correct part number or send me a link to the gear and cable assembly? It would be much appreciated since anyone that I go to here in the US acts like my car came from Mars whenever I tell them what it is.

So I am being told by the transmission shop that just brutalized me for $2400 that there are 12 different possible gears for the speedo cable in the three speed auto gear box? Can anyone tell me what the part number is for the correct gear?

Registered as a Dodge Colt. See the tag in the pic as well. I wanted to be positive about the springs because every forum that I've dug around on shows different thoughts about it. You all obviously have been tooling around on these for some time so I'd rather hear what you guys have found to be the best...other than cutting springs. I just finished primering her today so I've got time before I get to lowering her. Next is finding a replacement 3-speed auto since I only have one speed and reverse right now.

So, anyhoo. Who sells a good kit for lowering this wagon and what suggestions does anyone have about it?

I suppose I shouldn't complain about the dash. There are a few cracks that I can deal with. The pillars though...they look like someone forgot to feed the kids.

How about the plastic strips that go down the pillar behind the front seats that encase the seatbelts? Mine are totally cashed and need replaced. The left front turn signal housing is jacked too, but I can wait to take care of it. I noticed in a few forums that there are dash covers around but I can't seem to find where people are getting them.

Here are a couple of shots of the Colt right now. I pulled the rack off so I can get her in primer. She needs odds and ends like the plastic pillar covers for the seat belts. (looks like a dog chewed them pretty good) The drivers door will be getting reskinned. I need to get a heater core and replace the three speed gearbox that is pretty shot. Did Mitsu make smooth front and rear bumpers for these without the pushouts? I am curious to find a good site that actually has parts for these. I wanted to find something that no one else here had and I am quickly finding out that there are practically none here.

Hey all. I'm in the US and just picked up a 1978 Colt wagon that was in decent shape, short of needing a new 3 speed auto and some patch. I found out right away that there is no such thing as parts for me over here so I am looking out your way. Does anyone have a good suggestion of a vendor that has a kit or parts for dropping the wagon a good inc-inch and a half? I ask folks here and all they say is, " what did you say you're driving?"