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Hey all,
So I am still missing something. I missed the part where I should have bypassed the resistor in the install of this distributor. I bypassed the resistor now and things are OK. But I have a follow-on question. The distributor I purchased does not have a vacuum advance. What is the...
Hey all,
It's been a while since I replied to this thread. I wanted to come back to finish the story of this repair. Terry sent me wire... thank you SO much. I got a micro-welder and it worked great. Took a bit of getting a handle on it but I got there. I was able to repair one of the gauges...
OK... some closure on this. Rechecking the timing and I found the timing to be about 18 to 20 degs... WAY out. But while fiddling with adjusting the timing, I found one of the three wires from the new Speedmaster had a failed crip. I had to disassemble the connector, solder the wire in...
Thanks RJ... I have run it quite a bit. I am fairly certain all the air is out. But burning your arm... yea. That sounds like a running engine adjustment. I will give that a shot. :thumbsup:
Hey all,
I put a rebuild kit into my 1966 Charger steering gearbox, but the kit did not come with bearings. I have tightened the gear shaft adjusting screw down but still have some slop. I am unsure if the screw should be adjusted with the engine running or not. The image is before rebuilding...
Thanks Don... I had never heard of rotor phasing before. The old distributor is non-functional. It was broken during transport prior to the rebuild as the block was not original to my Charger. After some research, I see what you mean. I pulled the cap and removed the rotor and noticed the rotor...
Hey all,
I rebuilt a 440 block and upgraded (so I think) the distributor with a Speedmaster electronic distributor. Problem is, under load, it seems to backfire into the carb implying I am not getting the spark advance I should be getting. The only thing I upgraded was the distributor. Should I...
I did a full front end rebuild on this. Bushings, ball joints, tie rods, pitman and idler arm are all brand new. Plus I upgraded to disks in the front.
Thanks for the response Photon440... I did center the tie rods before I aligned the wheels and I do have about the same travel in both directions. :thumbsup:
R/T Boy 67... YES is was. That's it. Holy crap. Never thought of that. Yes... the coupler was disassembled, cleaned and I put the damn thing back together backwards.
Wow... thanks man. :praying:
Hey all,
The rebuild of my 1966 Charger is all but done. I am doing shakedown runs and found one interesting thing that I can't figure out what happened. I rebuilt my steering gearbox but I have two issues with it.
1. The steering wheel is 180 out.
2. The steering feels a bit sloppy.
I know I...
I can... grind, sand and polish them and sell as a set. The challenge is the mounting studs. I found that the matching holes are different with a 66 vs 67 so I am unsure if I should drill and mount for a 66 if someone has a 67 fender. But I can sell them as finished products.
Hey all,
The front chrome spears on my 66 Charger were damaged and I could not repair them. So, I crafted a model and sand-casted replacement spears. Like all sand-castings, they are rough and require some minor grinding followed by sanding, polishing then buffing to a shine.
They don't have...
Hey all,
Does anyone know the wire gage for the nichrome wire used in the fuel, oil and temp gauges? I want to try to rebuild each but not sure what the wire gage size is. Does 24 gage nichrome wire sound right?
Yea... I did. Running through a host of other minor issues like no tach, no temp and no oil pressure readings. The 5v converter is gone TU on me I think.
Awe crap... and I just put the gauge cluster back into the dash. :BangHead:
As noted, I see the voltage jump up and down... tough to read though. But I get what your saying Twecomm.
Do you know what to look for in a blown gauge?