Hi everyone,
Just when I thought I was done with the restoration in time
drive it before the snow flies ---
It ran great on 3 short drives, then it started running
progressively worse until it quit altogether. There was probably less than 1
hour total run time on the restoration.
The whole time it was running around the neighborhood I
noticed that the ammeter was pegged on the high side. I could turn on all the
accessories and get it down about half charge. We rolled up our sleeves. BTW,
the car was converted to 1956 = 12 v components in the late
60’s
We eliminated fuel as the problem but we did find some
ignition gremlins. Coil was switched, no change, ballast resistor and other
components switched out and it still would not start or run. Then we put in a
complete junk yard distributor in and it started right up, idled and ran
great. Today I changed the condenser in the rebuilt 1st distributor
and put it back in. It still starts, idles and runs great.
The very high rate of charge is still there – is this a
problem? Could it have contributed to the condenser failure? Is there anything
else I need to investigate?
Thanks as always
…Jack
Jack C.
Boyle
Enjoying the same C300 since 1967
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