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Bob, that brings back fond memories--the high cost of
having fun! Two back in the day Mopars that really influnced me to be a
Mopar nut. A good friend bought a 1960 Dodge 2 dr sedan, ex highway patrol
car . I think it had 0 options, but it had a 413 cop engine with three on the
tree. OMG that thing was fast !! I don't know what ratio rear gears it had, but
as I recall it would do over 100 MPH in second gear. Another friend bougt
a cherry 66 or 67 Belvedere--equipped just as your car was. It was fast and I
lusted for it. Shame , he just beat that car something horrible. A chebby
or a Ferd could never have stood up to the abuse! .. Glad you enjoyed my picture
link--I need to up-date it.......................MO
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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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Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:10
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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
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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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