Thread: For Don Shilady

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Well the warm weather came finally and I was enjoying local trips in late June but then a mysterious problem with the car emerged with the tach flickering and the engine missing so I just got it back to my home garage and then it would not start thereafter. After trying many things like battery recharge and installing a new Pertronix Ignitor I gave up and had it towed to my local expert, Bruce Orlandi at Performance Transmssion. Bruce spent a day on the problem and even he was stumped. Finally after replacing the 2005 battery, resetting the timing and checking the Ignitor he found the wire to the starter Bendix was a partial short and was dragging down the battery and robbing current from the distributor. Now I have a new battery, new plugs, a new high torque starter and a rebuilt Pertronix distributor! I am now amazed that the car starts just by turning the key without touching the gas! Unfortunately I missed a July 4th event I wanted to take the car to and have not been to a local Friday night "Chic Fillet Meet" yet this year but now I hope to make it to a few local runs in August. Bruce runs a 702 cubic inch funny car occasionally and has one of the cleanest shops I have ever seen. He is at the north end of the Hanover Air Park less than a mile from my home so I am glad to have a very good local mechanic.

Best Wishes,
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist.teen rodder