[elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
- From: "Jim Dos" <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:16:50 -0600
Good for you Saul. Progress.
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Saul Marsh
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 9:16 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Clustertruck lives!
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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