| Re: Sunday Chat 07.26.15 |
Subject: Re: Sunday Chat 07.26.15 by rklessdriver on 2015/7/26 23:19:04 Started the day off good. Took Elsie to breakfast at the VFW in the 72. On the way home get chased down by a guy that wanted to tell us how bad ass he thought the 72 was. I thought I was just going to relax today but my next door neighbor was trying to fix some wiring on his 66 427 by him self. Now the last time he did something to it the wiring harness caught fire.... hence why it was broken... of course he left it outside parked on the street for like a year... I finally convinced him that he's a criminal for doing so and he cleaned up one side of his garage a few weeks ago. Then goes to start the car and battery is junk...he puts in a new battery and burns the harness up..... So I crawled around under it and found that the positive battery cable had shorted out burning the main interior harness power wire near the starter. Cut it off and put a new ring terminal on it, new battery cables along with a little bit of rerouting of the harness. Shrink tubing on all the terminals. Cleaned everything up real nice. Got it running and sure enough carb is slightly screwed up from sitting so long. Accelerator pump not working. Going to order a kit and fix the carb when it comes in. I did pick up the water pump gasket for my 92 but after fixing the 66 on top of every thing else, I'm too tired to work on it. Maybe one night this week after work. It's been a tough weekend. I'm looking forward to the relaxation of regular work. Will |
