Re: Fury update

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

Thanks Dave, I need to get to the shop and get some things on  Miss Fury 
finished up so I can get back to the Dodge.  It is hard to pry me away from 
the wood stove , recliner, and TV when it is below 10 degrees, snowing and a 
30-40 MPH wind outside! 8-) .............MO
{Steve Mick}
http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave64" <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: Fury update


Looks like another winner, Steve.  I can see you have a post-'64 rearend in 
there.  Glad to see you still have your magic touch with trouble shooting 
your start/run issues.  Keep having fun!

Dave

--- On Tue, 2/1/11, MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fury update
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 1:01 AM
>
> 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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