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
<mailto: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 :)
