✌...back attcha 33...it's nice to switch things up...I've often thought of a hood, side hood and front cycle style fenders which are all removable...so yeah, I say good on you...
Still fighting with them over an unrealistic damage ***essment...I had a second appraisal done and it was twice their appraiser's ***essment which was a poorly estimated almost insulting bit of paperwork. They contracted an appraiser that really didn't know vintage Hotrod. I told them I don't want to deal with that appraiser any more due to his incompetence and he's still involved. They have got caught lowballing so I'm waiting on their next move but also looking at involving alternative avenues but I'm nearly at the point of writing this year off...I am pretty upset about that really. I will get through this ignorance.
I’m so sorry Stogy! Do you have another Toy to drive? Was it you who had a 33 Plymouth coupe? … maybe that was Dave’s coupe. Can’t recall
Some lady pulled out in front of His Model A And it got messed up pretty good. Salvageable but Insurance people are being **** heads There is some pics a few pages back on my thread
Thanks 33, I pm'd Algoma. No backup toys for me but I'll keep my mind occupied...but it's disappointing. They have chose me to play ball with unfortunately.
LET THE FUN BEGIN! I don’t no why I torture myself with these things! No I can’t be normal and Just buy a new alternator. I have to obsess about it do hours and hours of research, spin, nickel, and dime money on the small parts, have several failures, but I am bound and determined to find the cure!! I will let you know! I used to do that with the smog people too. I always figuring out how to just put enough smog stuff on it to make it p***. But if I moved to Oklahoma, I don’t have to worry about that **** anymore!!!! Time to put on some Reverend Horton Heat or the cramps or Brian Setzer we’ll see!
Well this story is kind of an ongoing one. Most of you know that I don’t like this one wire alternator business because it spikes on and off it wasn’t meant for all these extra components. Like an Fan circuit Heater AC circuit Electric fuel pump Bright halogen headlights. Etc. So I tried to convert it to a 3 wire, and bought a heavy duty dual purpose lithium battery. I think it’s just acting strange with the lithium battery. But the first regulator didn’t work when I switched it to a three wire and wired it so I went back to a one wire, Then it kept spiking 15-16 V and then dropping down, doing weird things. So then, I chipped the brushes, in accident, and thought that was it. So I bought a 3 wire rebuild kit and this the latest. it seems to be doing the best. So it’s charging nice and slow and steady and there’s no flickering of the lights and things so that’s good, It did however, go up to 15-15.6 once or twice but then it’s settled, So I don’t know if that has something to do with the lithium battery topping off, but it seems to be stable now, so I think I’m just gonna run it and see what happens. I’ve learned more about alternators than I ever wanted to learn lol! I’ll try to upload some videos in a moment!
So I did manage to find HD Regulator, And 50 amp HD rectifier So it should be fine with the extra capacity battery
Welp! Drove the car to work yesterday, and she spiked up To 16v all the way there. So Nope! The lithium battery does not work with the Gm alternator! Put my old AGM battery in before I came home. From work and it charged at 14.5 the whole way home. Even though the battery doesn’t hold the charge for more than 2 days. So I’m giving up on these cosmic batteries, going back to the old school lead battery!!! At least it’s three wire now and running like it should 13 five and an idle if the battery is doing good. It cost me $57 to mail that stupid lithium battery back!!! Lesson learned! I’m stubborn!!!
I also decided, even though My Mallory Unilite electronic Distributor has been performing well since I Added the Ballast resistor, Mallory coil, and Voltage Spike filter, I going old school, and buying the (Holley/Mallory Unilite Dual point distributor as a back up, in a ziplock behind the seat. So I decided to sell my “Cherry” extra set of rear fenders to buy it. The ones on the car are fine, a little more filler, sanding and a repaint some day will be fine.
Went back to a regular, good ole’ Lead acid battery, I hope that makes the new 3 wire alternator set up happy. I’m so stoked that Holly took over Mallory, and are makeon the Unilite “Dual” Point Distributor again. Pricey ******* though, been a week have not got even one call on my fenders. No one is buying early parts anymore. Made a new battery tie down for the taller Lead acid battery, while I kill time.
Got my old school battery in there now, pretty tight so I put rubber underneath the bracket and over the positive post just in case! The three wire GM alternator seems to be happy now! It’s still struggles a little bit to keep up with everything turned on maybe if I put a small smaller pulley, And a fatter wire going from the alternator to the battery post I think I have an 8 on it right now. I think it needs like a 6 But it was fine for almost 3 years so imagine it’ll be OK, I just hate when the lights get brighter when you rev the engine.
Well, according to my new friend ChatGPT, If I go for my 3 1/8 pulley to a 2 1/2 it’ll gain me 460 RPMs at idle so that should fix my flickering dim headlights at low RPMs. I ordered it. It was only five bucks.
What a fun old car. Hard to keep the flame alive.Fifty years in the family ,and back on the road. You have succeeded well.
Thanks!! Yeah, it sure is a love hate/thing! Specially, with the wife lol!!! I get the old “money pit” conversation a lot!! But I’m also kind of obsessive on things especially things. I’m trying to understand like electrical. It’s all new to me.
You know, sometimes I wonder about Amazon! Most of the time they’re great but sometimes I’m like wow they must’ve just got some complete Tard working in the warehouse pulling parts or whatever. I knew $4.95 was too good to be true. It’s more like 28 something for the actual pulley everywhere else so this is what they sent me lol! And of course it was the last one at 495 so I have to buy it for 2895 so I just went to Ebay had a tractor supply place! This should cover it!!
Well Good news from Amazon! Since this screwup and the double shipping charge on the Lithium battery return. They credited my account $60 bucks! And told me to keep the Solenoid I got instead of the pulley! Ok… no idea What it’s for, but ok. I just bought the same pulley on eBay from a Tractor Supply place, for speeding up Altenator conversions on old farm tractors. Should work on old Mac Flatty! me Thinks? so hopefully with the three wire set up, new lead battery, smaller pulley, and hopefully the Mallory Dual point distributor, it will be back to old school components. No bites on my fenders, dropped the price $200 Hopefully someone will buy them before the quit making the dual point again!
Update: Sold my fenders to a nice older gentleman kind of feel bad because he was chatty and he lives alone with just his dog! Really nice guy. Anyway, he’s happy and I’m happy, I bought my dual point distributor extra set of points and an extra module for my current distributor so I am set now I could venture out further from home and not worry about being stranded!
Oops… Do you think the doll runs a little Rich? I better hide this before the wife sees it!! Her hope chest is now become a carbon monoxide hangout!!!
Why Me! So I got my dual point distributor, opened the box. It was all sealed from the factory, no damage, nothing indicating it was dropped, pulled the distributor out, and this is how it looked.!!! So I sent a nasty email and Told them, at least to give me a new cap! Cause I didn’t wanna go through returning and packing it up yada yada yada! so what do they do have? one guy that puts the cap on these things on the ***embly line? It must’ve been a Friday and had too much Kentucky whiskey since Holley is Kentucky! How do you manage to break the center pin off of a distributor cap? I know it’s carbon, but really?! It was also 180 out from the alignment pin, and catty Wompus like they forced it on there!! So much for quality control!!!
Good news, though… My smaller alternator pulley and cog belt are working really good, it charges at 14.2 at idle now even with the lights on and the heater fan, but as soon as I turn on the electric fan ****er drops down to 12.8 but that’s an idle, so it should be no problem. It’s 10 times better than it used to be.
Well Drove to work in the Dark, lights, heater, and it still stayed at 14.2 V Drove it home, and it was 91° today. The engine never got over 180 driving, got to 190 at the stoplights and then The fan would kick on once in a while. It drop to 12.8 at Idle, but soon as you cruise it goes back up to 14.2 ! So I Think it is Fixed!!! (knock on wood!) Of course Holly ignored my email about the broken dual point, cap, so I’m gonna have to call them tomorrow!! Punks!
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