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Bueller
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Posted: 27-February-2021 at 2:58PM |
A little long winded, but here it goes if you have time.... So he told me the very first thing I needed I do, was go to the gas station to make sure it was full. Put 11 gallons in it, went to start it, and it made some god awful noise both times I tried, and then it just clicked. Went and got a solenoid and a starter just in case. Changed solenoid, made no difference. There was no way I could of changed that starter in the parking lot. There was no less than 5 people that wanted to talk about the car within 5 minutes of getting to the gas station, lol. LUCKILY one of the guys that was talking about having one in the 70’s, was a fellow mechanic, and had a nephew that might be able to haul it home on a trailer for me for a fee, of course. Long story short, they got the ‘ole beast home for me. Charged me $200 which I thought was fair for taking time on a Saturday on an hour’s notice, rounding up a car hauler, and traveling to the edge of the world and turning left... Got the starter installed (bendix had an 1/8” of play side to side at the snout) went to hook up the battery, and the negative cable wanted to weld itself to the battery terminal! Hadn’t seen THAT before! Stuck the old solenoid on there, and it finally turned over proper. Blasted around town for about 20 minutes after dark, avoiding Johnny law, since brake lights, and turn signals weren’t working. Also managed to get it stuck on wide open throttle, when I went to open it up a little bit! That was a little bit of a butt pucker moment, but I had it under control with some liberal brake application, and working the gas pedal the wrong way... Got a lot to do on it, but a lot of it is done already thanks to my coworker. He’s just too busy to mess with it. I’ll gladly take care of it, and will bring it back to mint Frank
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handsofstone
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Welcome. Slow down and go through the car methodically after you get it insured. As a 48 year old, it is different than a newborn.
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californiajohnny
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hmm stuck wide open? these have a built in return spring on the cable! i'd un snap it from the carb and push it in a few times by hand... feeling for any sticking spots, that may indicate a frayed cable internally!
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JOHN
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handsofstone
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A friend out a Holley on his Chevelle out of the box and it locked up when wide open. Mechanical secondary carb. Naturally it locked up doing a burnout in the McDonald's parking lot and sent us out into traffic sideways. He threw it in neutral as we hit the curb. I shut it off before he did any damage. He was pissed when I said "I told you so". I saw that it was hanging up when I took it out of the box and said to get another one or you were asking for trouble. Haha
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dan0R30
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Welcome Frank! Thanks for sharing your story. Diagnosing those starter problems are always a pain. I've been hearing more and more that you should never buy a starter solenoid from your local parts store anymore, most are cheap junk. After only 6 months of using one from O'Reilly, just this past Friday I bought myself a Standard/Bluestreak solenoid online from Rock Auto as that brand is one of the few that seem to have good reviews. We shall see...
Now that's just funny right there!
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Dan
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Bueller
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He asked if I screwed the lid down too tight.....might of been something he could of mentioned while I was still in his driveway messing with it, lol. It has an edelbrock on it, so I bet that’s it. That’s kind of what it felt like...getting hung up on something. Gonna go play around with the car in a few minutes, and get some of these bugs worked out!
Frank
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72FordGTS
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Welcome! Start up a project thread on your car, and we can follow and help as you make progress on the car.
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Vince
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Camojoe
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Welcome Bueller, there's a lotta o' knowledge up in here. Camo |
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werd tuh yuh momma and dim....
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Bueller
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Indeed there is! Finding it is a little bit of a pain sometimes, lol
Frank
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Big Bird
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(We need a "Budda" emoji. )
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
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72 RS 351
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Exactly, it can be frustrating to not find what you want fast, but you will learn a lot more from the searches.
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Don
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welcome bueller
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Welcome to the group
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Bueller
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Thank you all for the welcomes!
Been working on it for almost 3 weeks every day before work and sometimes after. Finally drove it around with the ole lady yesterday afternoon, and put about 30 miles on it. Still got some bugs to work out, but definitely got it closer now. Frank
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