[elky] Clustertruck lives!
- From: Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:15:57 -0800 (PST)
I found a way to get Clustertruck's alternator back on...using the correct
lower
alternator bracket for a '73 Sprint, and a spacer and jackleg upper bracket
that
was on my truck before. I finally got the car going, and the generator light
does not stay on after the car is shut off (original problem that started this
whole mess). I'm not out of the woods yet. For one, the thermostat housing is
now leaking (I had to remove a bolt from it during one of my unsuccessful
attempts to replace the upper alternator bracket. Furthermore, my generator
light does not appear to be working at all. That's still a step up from
before,
where the only way I could keep the battery from draining was to disconnect the
battery everytime I parked the car. I suspect that my generator light problem
had to do with the fact that the red wire coming from the back of the
alternator
was rubbing up against another part. The new installation just looks
better...lots of room for the alternator to slide back and forth. The local
salvage yard supplied me with a good spacer and alternator bracket, which was
much better than the cobbled POS that existed on the car previously.
I didn't drive Clustertruck very far, just enough to park it in its winter
parking spot behind my house. But all I need to do is replace the thermostat
gasket. Should be an easy job. Easy as pie. Easy, like replacing an
alternator is easy :)
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