Ben Simpkins
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I have a 66 satellite and it does not have power brakes and when I press the brake with the car off, my amp gauge goes down just a bit. Why is this?
Weird brake question
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oh my..
Young guy and wants to learn.
They drain on your battery
Ben Simpkins
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I feel dumb
Dont we all have been down that road. Always ask if you dont know.
Nope, we all ask questions
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NEVER... don't know ask! I'm sorry for my post... too many beers!
I enjoyed your post,I needed a smile
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Yah, but at the expense of Ben! At least he knows his brake lights work!
vance.dykes
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this is normal as said above. even with key off there is power for that supply circuit witch the amp gage is live also and dome lights . go to my mopar .com and you can down load a factory service manual.
Here you go Ben http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=109
440Coronet500
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It will also pulsate when you use your turn signal. Just a heads up! 440'
Tough to see brake lights from driver seat unless your looking for them.
BDF6
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You aren't. Dumb is not asking questions & ruining things/endangering self & others because of pride.
It is WISE to ask questions so as to learn.
You can fix ignorance (not knowing) but you can't fix stupid.
66 Sat
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That's not dumb Ben. When I was around your age I tightened the transmission oil pan bolts on my Barracuda to 150 ft/lbs instead of 150 inch/lbs. Stripped about 4 of them before I thought something wasn't right...
Never used a torque wrench before, so I didn't know how much 150ft/lbs was, although I was concerned at the start that it was the max setting...
Mark Barnes
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Ben- if it makes you feel better, I SAW a guy in my auto shop class in HS put a quart of oil in a car...down the dipstick tube. Took him the whole hour. To this day I don't know how he did it, but he did. Never forgot it.
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Dear Lord! *snicker*
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Oh HELL no ya don't....
Looky here. We ALL ask questions in this life that somebody else readily answers with a smirk
on their face....and then we smack our foreheads and go "duh, I knew that...."
If we're blessed with such, we get a loooong lifetime of that sort of thing.
These cars are wonderfully simple to learn on, yet they have all sorts of characteristics that
sometimes border on human, I swear...
All of that is why the cars are so much fun - and the people who also choose them as their hobby/
obsessions are also typically a lot of fun to hang with!
Come along for the ride with us, Ben. It's a blast for a lifetime.
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