Thread: Chargeing system help

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Originally posted by BlownGoat


its a beautiful day in da nieghborhood da nieghborhood da nieghborhood

BG

Th uuuuu ................ sun 'll come out ............... toooo morrow......... bet yer' bottom dollar.

BTW: Just what iz' a bottom dollar?

Originally posted by pro70z28


BTW: Just what iz' a bottom dollar?

Its what i'm down to right now if this dosen't fix it

Drop a bowtie in it.. Zoooooom.


You knew that wuz' comin' sooner or later. HE HE HE

yeah i'm just surprised it took this long

actually i would if it were mine but its a car i built for my mom so i dont think she would like that to much

Originally posted by BlownGoat
yeah i'm just surprised it took this long

actually i would if it were mine but its a car i built for my mom so i dont think she would like that to much

jus' put a blue oval on the valve covers !! HE HE HE


Edit:
Now that I see that in print it doesn't seem like a good idea.

Goat
When you get a chance pull the point plate on the mallory and underneath it you'll find a Y shaped hold down. I'm thinking that yours is loose. In the one in my Mustang the screw worked it's way out and the hold down wasn't holding down. It locks the top part of the shaft to the bottom part.

OH yeah while your at that on the points plate check that the ground wire from the plate to the distributor body is screwed down tight so theres a good earth.

One other area to check where your distributor and alternator faults have a common connection is the ignition key/switch, being an older car the rotary contacts will be worn down and will not be making much contact. You should be able to confirm it with a probe light or better yet with a digital multimeter so that you can actually measure resistance across the switch. Oh yeah have you mentioned anywhere that when the ignition is turned to the on position is the charge light on ? (asuming it does have a charge light). :rolling:

hey .... the sun did come out today ..............

Just thought i'd let you guys know what was going on.

NTFDAY i checked the mallory dist. and took it apart hopeing to find something loose inside it but everything seemed screwed down tight and didnt look like there were any problems in it so i dont think that was the prob.

Well spent the weekend replacing ignition parts i replaced the dist/cap/rotor/coil/wires/plugs/selonoid(sp)....tore down to the t.chain to make sure it hadnt jumped a tooth and to get the timing marks lined up. then after all that it STILL wouldnt start.

I cranked,moved the dist. a bit,cranked and repeated this process for the better part of an hour but it would not start.

I got out scratched my head and stared at the motor for a minute(that always fixes things right??? ) then as i was about to say "thats it i replaced everything!" i cranked it one last time and it fired right up!

To be honest i have NO IDEA why it wouldnt start the whole time and why it just all the sudden decided to start but its started every time since then and i just tuned the carb and set the timing and it seems to be running pretty decent now. I still have the charging problem but the Woodward Dream Cruise is only 3 days away and i only live 1.5 miles from woodward so i think it will be ok to drive it up there and park it even without the charging system working for the time being,till i can sort that problem out.

So thanks to everyone that tried to offer help with this problem i appreciate the help guys

Now i've got to get back out there and get the dash put back together before saterday

BG