El Camino project car

[280Z Turbo]

It was the Mazda. Does it still have the 9000 rpm pill?

[Secret Chimp]

Sho nuff I bang off that thing every day

[hotrodalex]

WOOOOOOOOO AWH HELL YEAHHH WOOOOOOO!!!!!!

New cap, rotor, and coil = starts up right away. Finally. 5 days of madness have come to an end.

[Secret Chimp]

I just went and gave my Blaster II a smooch.

[hotrodalex]

I'm at autozone getting a new alternator, I think that was the cause of all this and it blew my ignition coil.

[68_427]

You stop soaking with any babes lately?  Maybe some clever sabotage

[hotrodalex]

You stop soaking with any babes lately?  Maybe some clever sabotage

I think there are maybe 10 people in this city who could even figure out how to pop the hood.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I bet next time you'll check your secondary ignition voltage.

[hotrodalex]

[FoMoJo]

I'm at autozone getting a new alternator, I think that was the cause of all this and it blew my ignition coil.

You sure it was the coil?

[hotrodalex]

You sure it was the coil?

Cap and rotor didn't really look corroded enough to be the main source of the problem. Replace them anyway, but I'm pretty sure it was a roasted coil.

[FoMoJo]

Cap and rotor didn't really look corroded enough to be the main source of the problem. Replace them anyway, but I'm pretty sure it was a roasted coil.

Not to belabour it, but it may well have been as simple as a hairline crack in the distributor cap where the coil wire plugs in...or on the coil itself where the distributor wire plugs in...whereby moisture, from dew or simply being very humid, can seep in and ground out the charge.  I've had this happen in the past on cars of that era...but never had a coil get roasted. 

[hotrodalex]

The alternator went bad the trip immediately before it wouldn't start so I'm assuming the problems were related

[FoMoJo]

The alternator went bad the trip immediately before it wouldn't start so I'm assuming the problems were related

Reasonable assumption.  I'd still want to know for sure.

[hotrodalex]

My speedometer cable seems to be spinning inside the gauge and not hooking up fully. It only reads about half speed and I can hear it spinning in the gauge. Goes away after I've driven about 5 miles and the gauge reads normally without any issue.

Do I just need a new gauge?

[FoMoJo]

My speedometer cable seems to be spinning inside the gauge and not hooking up fully. It only reads about half speed and I can hear it spinning in the gauge. Goes away after I've driven about 5 miles and the gauge reads normally without any issue.

Do I just need a new gauge?

Original gauge?

[hotrodalex]

I think so.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Take it apart and fix it. It's a simple mechanism.

[hotrodalex]

Take it apart and fix it. It's a simple mechanism.

Wasn't sure if that was possible. Never messed with one before.

[Eye of the Tiger]

http://www.classicchevy.com/assets/pdf/classicchevy/37-32.pdf

[Rupert]

When that happened on the Porsche, the whole stupid gauge cluster had to be replaced.

[hotrodalex]

Unfortunately I don't think I can take the cluster out without taking the dash off. So first I'll try some WD-40 and/or little bit of tape on the end of the cable.

[hotrodalex]

When that happened on the Porsche, the whole stupid gauge cluster had to be replaced.

Excuse for cool gauges!

[Rupert]

Stock VDO are all I need.

[hotrodalex]

Autometer American Muscle or Prestige Black Diamond might be cool. But $$$. In reality I'll just buy a stock replacement if needed.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Auto Zone has all the gauges you'll ever need. Speedometers are irrelevant since GPS.

[68_427]

[Eye of the Tiger]

 

[Soup DeVille]

In five years, when the guy tries to sell that car, he's gonna have some 'splainin' to do.

Until then, that's both awesome/hilarious and sad/creepy.

[hotrodalex]

Current goals:

- rear disc brake swap
- upgrade pads
- camshaft
- new heads, unsure if I want to go aluminum or just higher compression iron
- ceramic coat the headers
- new header-back exhaust
- posi/LSD
- maybe stiffer front springs
- adjustable shocks front/rear