[elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
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- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:51:21 -0500 (EST)
Awesome news, Saul!
Maybe I'll see you and it again when I'm in the Wichita area next summer...!
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: elky <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Nov 21, 2010 4:40 pm
Subject: [elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
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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