Fury update

["MO ( Steve Mick)" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tonight we got some pics up on shutterfly--joining the Dudge Click on the 
link below my name below. It needs to be re-arranged as it starts off with 
the Dodge 1st pic.

I made room in the shop and got the Fury inside last week. Problem: It would 
not start but would fire when you let off the key, and sometimes when it 
fired it would start up. And then it ran fine.  I don't care for the 
electronic Mopar ignition( to many things that can go wrong. So I eliminated 
the orange box and put in a single points rebuilt distributo and got rid of 
a bunch of wires.Left the new looking MSD coil. Still wouldn't start. 
Checked the ballast resistor and it had bright test light on both ends 
WTF????  Then I learned that a ballast resistor doesn't drop voltage until 
it warms up. Wouldn't start.  Then I found out that the hot wire to the 
ballast was not hot when the engine was cranking. AH- HAA! Ran a jumper from 
the battery to the input side of the ballast, and BANG--it started right up. 
Ran pretty rough, but after a while the engine  quit and would not fire.?? I 
had another good coil that did not need a ballast resistor  and ran a jumper 
wire from the battery to the input sideof the coil.. That fixed the quitting 
problem, but it still ran rough. Checked over the REBUILT distributor and 
found that the points were barely opening. Set the gap at .16 and now it 
starts up right away and runs smooth Well smooth as the lumpy cam will let 
it!

Today I got a real surprise. Got it up in the air on jackstands to check out 
the  underside. Despite the rust you see in the pics, there is no rust in 
the floors or inner rocker panels. I knew the frontend had been re-built, 
but I thought he told me they mads the headers, Nope, the headers are good 
with no clearancing dents in them and fit real well. May have an issue with 
removing the full size starter It has a driveshaft loop and adjustable 
pinion snubber.  Something is a little funkey with the rear axle housing- 
springs, That will need to be looked into.  but it does have the big finned 
brakes on the back. I still have some things to do while it is up in the 
air, than when weather permits, I will move Ms. Fury to another dry building 
and get back to Brutus( 64 Dodge.) I will have an update on it in a cuppla 
weeks

List member Fred Pfaulp in AZ. fixed me up with most all of the Sport Fury 
emblems .etc. that I didn't have---Thanks Fred!

Later.................MO


{Steve Mick}
http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/


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