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Hello Steve, What you mentioned was my intended pun
exactly. You would think that after 25 years of doing this stuff, a fella would
look for the easiest repair first. I took a gander at your attached photos,
they brought back fond memories of my "64" Polara 383-4Bbl-4spd, man was that
car fast. I had a guy come to Amarillo from Dallas to test his against mine in a
1/4 mile, he had basically the same car except with 2 4bbl's (he lost), had a
"72" Cutlass owner think he could win in a top end challenge, he weenied out
after about 130. Had to get rid of her though, was coming home from
Houston and was cited for 146+, 146+ because he said his cruiser was
clocked at 146 and he couldn't catch me. I kind of wish that I hadn't of stopped
at that truck stop to get a coke. The judge or my dad didn't think it was funny.
Lesson learned due to: Folks having to come post bail, 6 months to pay off fine,
6 months of suspended drivers license (was shortened 6 months to allow me to
drive to and from work only). My girl friend wasn't to enthused about
burning the rubber off of our tennis shoes to go to the show either. The next
car, a 65 Sport Fury, was neat but not as peppy.
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Subject: Re: CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE
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I can not count the number of times I have been
frustrated over a problem , only to find it something simple and easy to
fix. Case in point, working for hours and ready to start throwing tools
, because my chain on my chainsaw is bound up. Turned out to be the
chain brake safety bar was tripped !!
DUH...........................MO
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 8:49
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Subject: CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE
SOUL
Hello Folks, While I have my typing finger warmed up, I have a
confession to make. Preface: Chrysler heavy line tech, 25 yrs., same stall,
outlasted 4 changes of ownership, and retired in 1999. My baby is a 1965
Belvedere II, all power, air, cruise, discs, 1200 watt sound sys. (yea I
know what your thinking but it sure makes Conway Twitty, Ferlin
Huskey, Roy Clark, and Tennessee Ernie Ford to my liking), power antennae,
electric trunk release. The problem started one night when my baby and
I were out for a ride, and while sitting at a red light I noticed the dash
lights, (had changed to LED), flickering and pulsating. Being that nothing
less than perfect would be tolerated, this problem would have to be cured.
The original 45 amp alt. had already been the issue of a no charge
situation, broken rotor wire, but was re-soldered and repaired. With the
increased audio load and intermittent electric loads I decided a more
powerful charging system was needed. I opted for a 160 amp 1989 mopar
(mitsubishi) alt, which is a bolt on deal after shaving .080 off of the
pivot bracket and bushing the adjuster strap bolt hole down to 5/16, was
already using a 70's and 80's regulator. Don't get your drawers in a knot,
the original alt. wire still feeds the amp gauge and interior via the
fusible link and a 4 gauge runs to the battery then through a fused circuit
to the amps. Now to the confession part: after 4 nights of ohming, voltage
tests, ground cleaning, bulkhead cleaning, and packing with diaelectric
grease, disconnecting all circuits on the pos. field wire circuit to check
for a voltage drop as each one was reconnected, I had come to the
conclusion that the evaporator case would have to come out to check the
other side of the bulkhead connector as it is not visible or touchable from
the inside with that case in the way. While sitting in the drivers seat,
watching the dash and interior lights flicker, and wiping the tears from my
eyes from contemplating the upcoming task, the repair was revealed, surely a
message from above. I reached over to turn the lights off and just as I
touched the headlamp switch the problem ceased. GLORY HALLA LOU YA The
problem was just the wiper arm contacting the rheostat in the headlamp
switch wasn't making a good connection. Repaired by turning switch knob down
just enough to contact the next coil on the rheostat. THANKS for giving me a
place to post this confession. If ever confronted about this in public I
will deny it ever happened an accuse the offender of being a liar.
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