[elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:40:03 -0600
Hey!!! Great news Saul. Congratulations.
The little stuff is never done.
JC
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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