RE: Fury update

[David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve, congratulations on your accruement! Must be nice to have both the Dodge and Plymouth in 1964 vintage. And both as two door hard tops! Are they both 383 motors?
Have fun and good luck with them!

Dave Bailey
'64 Dodge B-body 440, 2dr ht, 383 cid, 4 bbl
4 spd, '64 Sure-Grip rear axle, duel exh 
ZZW - Anniversary Gold w/ white side sweep
In restoration to - as stock original (So far)






 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Fury update
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 01:01:32 -0600
> 
> 
> 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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