[elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
- From: Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:55:27 -0800 (PST)
with typos fixed!!.........
I mentioned a leaking thermostat....I fixed that Tuesday night and drove the
truck Wednesday to pick up some shelves. First time the truck has been past my
driveway since early September.
Generator light stays on while I'm driving. That has been the case the entire
6
years I've owned this truck. It wasn't until this year, when the light stayed
on after I shut off the truck, that I ever ended up with a dead battery. I'm
used to the electrical system being such a "cluster" that I ignore alot of
stuff. My next project might be to get the generator light working properly
again. I say "might be", because I tend to be much less active when the
weather
gets cold. And cold weather is here.
I noticed a few people bundled up, and living in tents, outside of Best Buy
tonight. I love how people re-enact the Nativity Scene on Thanksgiving!
Saul
'73 GMC Sprint..."Clustertruck"
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From: Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 11:32:01 AM
Subject: [elky] Re: Clustertruck lives!
yeah, I knew you'd get it. Smart kid.
Mary
>
>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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