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dang litle buggers. They have chewed my wires or are jsut shaking them?
Car: 1968 Newport Custom 383, added an edlebrock, 4bbl avenger, custom dual exhaust, flamethrower coil, pertronix II ignition, replaced distributor shaft
Story: Let me defend my car by saying I bought it over 5 years ago and it has done great. Until this year.
Started earlier this year. One day while driving it just died. Flat out died. Everything stopped. I waited 45mins and it started working fine.
Ok, so a month or so went by and went out to start it for work and nothing happened. I mean NOTHING. 3 days later it started working fine, I hadn't touched it.
Ok, a month or so after that (yes I think my car is a girl and is having her time of the month at this point) it started acting up. Or just not acting is more like it. I replaced my coil with a flame thrower. Replaced my points with a pertronix II. Yes jumped over the ballister. Replaced my distributor shaft and distributor. Gave up my 67 stamped shaft for a 87 stamped shaft. Got shafted. haha
Did fine for a month. Then acted up so I replace my starter relay. Cleaned the CRAP out of the contacts and lasted a week.
The problem: When I go to start it I will hear a very high pitched whin from under the dash. Then once I shift it into gear, the moment it hits 'R' it dies. I don't just mean the engine dies. It flat lines. No juice. No brake lights. No trunk light. No radio. No ignition light, well on my car only the 'OIL' light coems on with ACC. Horn, the horn works. Not even the bally flashers work but the horn works. I guess that is so when it while driving I can honk at people before I kill them cause I can't turn.
The mechanic: Said every time he checks it out, 3times so far, there is juice to the relay and the starter then it always turns over for him. He said to clean the starter relay contacts. Done. Cleaned the freaking crap out of them.
The Bad: If this keeps up the wife is SO NOT going to let me keep her!
Car: 1968 Newport Custom 383, added an edlebrock, 4bbl avenger, custom dual exhaust, flamethrower coil, pertronix II ignition, replaced distributor shaft
Story: Let me defend my car by saying I bought it over 5 years ago and it has done great. Until this year.
Started earlier this year. One day while driving it just died. Flat out died. Everything stopped. I waited 45mins and it started working fine.
Ok, so a month or so went by and went out to start it for work and nothing happened. I mean NOTHING. 3 days later it started working fine, I hadn't touched it.
Ok, a month or so after that (yes I think my car is a girl and is having her time of the month at this point) it started acting up. Or just not acting is more like it. I replaced my coil with a flame thrower. Replaced my points with a pertronix II. Yes jumped over the ballister. Replaced my distributor shaft and distributor. Gave up my 67 stamped shaft for a 87 stamped shaft. Got shafted. haha
Did fine for a month. Then acted up so I replace my starter relay. Cleaned the CRAP out of the contacts and lasted a week.
The problem: When I go to start it I will hear a very high pitched whin from under the dash. Then once I shift it into gear, the moment it hits 'R' it dies. I don't just mean the engine dies. It flat lines. No juice. No brake lights. No trunk light. No radio. No ignition light, well on my car only the 'OIL' light coems on with ACC. Horn, the horn works. Not even the bally flashers work but the horn works. I guess that is so when it while driving I can honk at people before I kill them cause I can't turn.
The mechanic: Said every time he checks it out, 3times so far, there is juice to the relay and the starter then it always turns over for him. He said to clean the starter relay contacts. Done. Cleaned the freaking crap out of them.
The Bad: If this keeps up the wife is SO NOT going to let me keep her!