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Again, Tom has come through for me.....sending on some goodies I purchased a wee while ago....and also managed to squeeze in a sweet Mopar Electronics Tote-bag. A nice easy trade/purchase again with Tom, and he goes that extra mile to drop something else on me.
I really appreciate the bag...
And this is a quote from another thread where I posted the brush holder diff for the squareback alt versions. While brushes interchanges, the top holder doesn’t
That is not actually dated correct for 74 but roundback for 70/71 having both provisions available (single and dual field). Probably replacement for those.
The correct date alt will look like this:
Which from back looks pretty much similar to the revised version used by Powermaster and Mopar...
I love the smell of gasoline. I REALLY love the smell of leaded gasoline.
I have old cars out back, they all have at least a little bit of the raw fuel smell and I absolutely love it. Nothing compares to the memories that go through my head when I am in or near a classic car. The interiors of...
Welcome, and good luck with your project....it'll be a great car. Go ahead and ask away!
Oh, and you get extra points for including pictures on your first post. :)
Welcome, dandelion. It'll be hard to identify a lot of modifications to your engine, aside from obvious bolt ons, without opening it up to measure things.
What sort of drag car is the engine in? We like pictures here. :)
I presume this carb has 4 idle mixture screws? If so, opening the secs is just transferring the problem to the secs.......will still be rich because extra fuel coming from the now exposed sec T slot.
Correct fix is more idle air. Some of these carbs had an adjustable air screw. If not, the...
It could be the alt is on the threshold of charging, ie the alt output voltage needs to be higher than the bat voltage; alt voltage could be changing/varying slightly at this changeover point, which could explain why the problem goes away with more rpm which will increase alt output.
If this is...
I see the prods are not parallel, intake is offset. That is probably putting some side force on the link bar. There is not much metal above & below the slot in the link bar, & that is where the failure occurred. Could the failure have been caused by flexing due to the prod being at an angle?