Still no luck with the '69 Charger 383. Hasn't fired once.

[Sheriff JW]

Had this same occurrence happen some years ago on my 72 Challenger 340. Turned out to be a frayed wire on the alternator connection. It would make intermittent contact. Took a bit to troubleshoot. Good Luck.

 

[eldubb440]

I once opened up what appeared to be a good starter relay.......the only thing inside it was big flakes of rust

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Loose nut behind the wheel?

 

[Mark Barnes]

@SteveSS-
Get it figured out yet?

 

[Sixpactogo]

Anyone notice that he has not commented on this thread since the 8th? My guess is he got it figured out.

 

[Don Frelier]

Anyone notice that he has not commented on this thread since the 8th? My guess is he got it figured out.

I'm guessing not

 

[Fran Blacker]

He was commenting on thread in the last hour. Curious minds would like to know.

 

[pedal2themetal]

He was commenting on thread in the last hour. Curious minds would like to know.

AAHHH NO.. SteveSS was the orginal poster of this thread and he hasn't posted since the 8th.....

after that seams like everyone is answering someone else's posting on this thread..?????
tim

 

[joe smith]

AAHHH NO.. SteveSS was the orginal poster of this thread and he hasn't posted since the 8th.....

after that seams like everyone is answering someone else's posting on this thread..?????
tim

But he seems to have alot of time to post Useless information messages on here???

 

[SteveSS]

Good news for once. A guy who is supposed to be a wiring Mopar whiz is coming over tomorrow.

 

[Mark Barnes]

Good news for once. A guy who is supposed to be a wiring Mopar whiz is coming over tomorrow.

 

[1967coronet]

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I think in the 3rd thread he said its fixed , someone had stuck the distributor cap on backwards.

 

[Sixpactogo]

Wow! Didn't know that was possible. I thought the notch would have prevented that.

 

[1967coronet]

Wow! Didn't know that was possible. I thought the notch would have prevented that.

Same here, prob only one side clip locked down.

 

[Mark Barnes]

I think in the 3rd thread he said its fixed , someone had stuck the distributor cap on backwards.

Huh. As of post #50, he had a Mopar wiring whiz coming over, so I assumed it hadn't been fixed yet.

 

[1967coronet]

Huh. As of post #50, he had a Mopar wiring whiz coming over, so I assumed it hadn't been fixed yet.

Yeh, but that was 2 threads ago. There is a 3rd one now.
Your not keeping up.

 

[cacharly]

It was running great then started backfiring and losing power. Limped it home and can't get it to fire once. On advice from here, changed the points and condenser. Changed the coil. Changed the plugs. Changed the ballast resistor. Set the timing at 13 degrees.

It cranks well. I'm pouring gas or starting fluid down the carb. The plugs get wet after cranking. I've got spark, at least at the plug wires. It won't fire once.

The wiring at the bulkhead is kind of hinky. There's a jump wire going from a brown wire that isn't connected to the box to a sprig of a wire shoved in next to a purple wire at the box. I took off the jump wire and I got nothing. No crank, lights, anything so I put it back.

One weird thing. When we were limping it home and it was running terrible, it ran well for two blocks then ran terrible again.

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just because pull your fuses and check for corrosion
had the same issue on my 69 fuse looked good from the front and metered good
but corroded at contact --- which was NOT visible

 

[Old Sparky]

If you have spark, fuel and compression with no start or run that brings up that the timing chain may have jumped a few notches.....been there a couple

 

[Mackman]

Threats sometimes work. Do you have a gun?

Kicking helps, too.