72 Satellite Gen III Hemi Restomod

[supergluehero]

I was able to determine my wire lever nuts were just bad. I swapped them out for a different set of wire nuts and that did the trick for everything except the antenna. That still wants to be unplugged and plugged back in to work. I'm going to install a switch that I think will solve that problem and also allow me to put the antenna down when I'm streaming from my phone. That will have to wait though since I'm dropping off the car tomorrow to get the AC lines made up and the system charged

 

[70chall440]

Wire nuts?

 

[supergluehero]

Wire nuts?

I used a style similar to the Wago style lever nuts.

 

[supergluehero]

I got the car back from the AC shop today. They created custom lines for me and charged the system. Now I just need to wait for a hot day to test it.

It has also come to my attention that there should be a clip to hold the mixing valve cable to the lever arm on the HVAC arm. I'm not one of those purist, so any ideas to make it stay on since I don't have it?

 

[supergluehero]

I bought a cheap switch for my antenna. Now when the antenna fails to deploy, I toggle the switch on and off and it works. I can also lower the antenna when I'm only using maps or streaming from my phone and don't need it.

I found a spot under the dash next to the steering column to hide it. I fabbed up a bracket. I've got paint on it drying now. I'll post some final install pictures when I'm done.

 

[supergluehero]

I got everything put together on the switch. It's in a nice spot where I can reach it, but not see it.

Now that the radio is in and all the pieces are working, that's the end of what I wanted to do initially with my swap. I've still got plenty to do, but it's something crossing off the last official task.

Next up is I have a new weird noise coming from the rear end. I still might throw some 392 badges on it. Power windows are in my future. My door panels are pretty beat up. They need some attention.

 

[supergluehero]

I figured out the weird noise was my exhaust had shifted and was touching my suspension mounts. Easy fix, but on the test drive the rear end started roaring under load. I only went for about 5 miles, but when I got home the rear end was very hot. I opened up the fill plug and smoke started coming out. I swapped the fluid in desperation that would fix it, but no dice. I guess it's gonna get towed to the gear shop for the third time.....This sucks

 

[HEMIB]

Sounds like too much preload on the bearings