Re: Installing Elec Distributor in 64 Dodge

[Dodger7998@xxxxxxx]

I doubt it is the wiring, the wiring only supplies the power, and you said
it spun when you hit the key,,,,,,,,,am guessing bad starter or wrong
starter  ring,,,,,,,,,,what is transmission ?


In a message dated 7/1/2009 1:17:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
64Polara500@xxxxxxxxx writes:

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Big question...Last night, Dad and I tried  turning over the engine for
the first time.  When we turned the key,  the Starter ( a Mopar Mini
Starter) Turned, but did not engage the flywheel  to turn the engine
itself....Seems like the Bendix drive didn't catch at  all...or even
extend to catch the flywheel...

this goes along with  something I was reading below...Could this have
to do with wiring or the  way we have the car wired?  or do you guys
think the starter could be  bad?

Any ideas or thoughts would be helpful....We don't want to pull  the
header to get to the starter...OMG, what a nightmare that will  be....

Layne

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bill  Watson<wwatson6@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The ballast  resistor supplies reduced power only to the ignition (coil).
> There is  a separate volage limiter in the instrument panel for the
gauges,
>  usually a unit on its own but sometimes inside either the fuel gauge or
the
> temp gauge.
>
> On cars in the 1960's the supply for  the instrument gauge voltage limiter
> came from the windshield wiper  switch via an 18 gauge black wire.   That
> wire was connected at  the wiper switch to a 16 gauge black wire that ran
> from the windshield  wiper switch to the ignition switch, ACC connector.
That
> way the  windshield wipers, and the gauges, got power only when the
ignition
>  switch was in either ACC or RUN positions.
>
> If you have a 12  volt coil and the distributor can handle a 12 volt
input,
> you can  bypass the ballast resistor.   The BR was originally installed
when
> manufacturers went to 12 volt ignition.   The points could  not handle 12
> volts and wore out very quickly.   The BR was  placed before the coil to
> eliminate the need for a 12 volt coil.  And it was easier, and cheaper, to
> reduce the 12 volts of the  car's electrical supply than to reduce the
bumped
> up power put out by  the coil.
>
> There are four wires on the ballast resistor  -
>
> For the START side (power bypasses the resistor) :
>  BROWN (18 gauge) - from the ignition switch - START position
> DARK BLUE  (18 gauge) - to the coil
>
> For the RUN side (power runs through  the resistor) :
> DARK BLUE (16 gauge) - from the ignition switch - RUN  position
> DARK BLUE (18 gauge) - from the voltage regulator -  IGN
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
>
> -----  Original Message ----- From: "SB" <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>
> To:  <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009  9:09 AM
> Subject: RE: Installing Elec Distributor in 64  Dodge
>
>
>>
>> Herb,
>>
>> I  thought everything under the dash received its power from the  welded
>> splice connection that comes from the alternator charge  wire?  I have
>> completely bypassed the ballast resister in a  number of cars I upgraded,
>> with no ill effects.  I am not  doubting you, just looking for
>> clarification in case I am  wrong.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Herb  wrote:
>>
>>> Note!!  Do Not just bypass the ballast  resister as it also supples (the
>>> other wire from the resister)  reduced voltage to the voltage regulator
>>> in your dash for the  gauges.
>>
>>
>
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