Howard Tarnoff Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Now that I have my Plymouth back I went through all of the paper work and found that I wrote down a link to Picasa that I had totally forgotten about. I thought to post it as there are some useful tips. Now in the process of purging the fuel tank, flushing the brake and clutch hydraulic fluids, radiator and an oil change. Unfortunately the Diamond Back Classic's flat spotted from sitting unmoved and the battery needed to be replaced as well. I installed an Optima Yellow Top and have new tires on order. Other than that no worse for the 4 year hibernation. Here is the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/105464848349468493648/Magoo 6 Quote
casper50 Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Wow. Doing it twice to get it right. Dedication. Looks very nice. Quote
mrwrstory Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Good job! I also like the cars I see in the background. Variety is the spice,.....right? Quote
Tommy Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 I'd love to get more info on the A/C compressor/alternator brackets. Quote
Don Coatney Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 Now that I have my Plymouth back I went through all of the paper work and found that I wrote down a link to Picasa that I had totally forgotten about. I thought to post it as there are some useful tips. Now in the process of purging the fuel tank, flushing the brake and clutch hydraulic fluids, radiator and an oil change. Unfortunately the Diamond Back Classic's flat spotted from sitting unmoved and the battery needed to be replaced as well. I installed an Optima Yellow Top and have new tires on order. Other than that no worse for the 4 year hibernation. Here is the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/105464848349468493648/Magoo All of what you have done is probably good but has it addressed your fifty mile failure problems? What exactly has failed on your car after 50 miles of driving? Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 28, 2015 Report Posted June 28, 2015 50 mile radius means you never get to break out of that "MOST ACCIDENTS OCCUR WITHIN 25 MILES OF HOME" of course you may have to move to break out of that perimeter. Quote
Howard Tarnoff Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Posted June 29, 2015 I'd love to get more info on the A/C compressor/alternator brackets. The brackets were made by Chop Shop Customs in Woburn Mass early on in the project after we got the motor back from George. I can take some close ups and post them at the end of the week. I heard that Lenny closed up that shop and moved on but I do not know where he is working out of now. 1 Quote
Howard Tarnoff Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Posted June 29, 2015 All of what you have done is probably good but has it addressed your fifty mile failure problems? What exactly has failed on your car after 50 miles of driving? Don, I always thought it was a problem with the coil or something else failing with the HEI but may have been dead wrong. Back in 2010-2011 the car would just turn off at about 45 to 49 miles of any one trip. Three rides home on a flatbed and the 3rd strike and it was out (per my wife). When the transport guy arrived in Charlotte to pick the car up last Friday it quit running before it made it out of RK Motors warehouse. RK diagnosed it as a failed electric fuel pump and replaced it. The car arrived last Sunday evening and I had made an advance appointment with Doug Lenz Auto Electric to have the ignition checked and the electrical on the overdrive corrected. Both may be simple in that I had 4 years to think about the two issues. The overdrive was finally working flawlessly until I had to have the clutch replaced. My bet is that the trans guy did not put the proper connections back on the governor and solenoid. And if it is ignition then my guess is the the wire from the ignition switch to the coil is smaller than number 10 causing the coil to breakdown from heat in it not drawing enough current. More news by the end of this week but had I found Doug years ago I probably would not have sold the car when I did. He is extremely confident that he will find the real problems and correct both. Then again maybe it was the fuel pump getting ready to die. I just do not know. Quote
Don Coatney Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 Was the clutch not new when you did the original build? Why did it fail? Quote
Tommy Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 The brackets were made by Chop Shop Customs in Woburn Mass early on in the project after we got the motor back from George. I can take some close ups and post them at the end of the week. I heard that Lenny closed up that shop and moved on but I do not know where he is working out of now. Thanks, that would be a great help! Quote
Howard Tarnoff Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Posted June 30, 2015 Was the clutch not new when you did the original build? Why did it fail? Installed with issues that caused the failure according to what the transmission shop showed me back then. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Posted June 30, 2015 Seems like it's sometimes difficult for shops to "get it right", no matter what you pay them......even if they are supposed experts. It's a good looking Plymouth and hopefully with some remedial work it will run better. Quote
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