howie
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Post by howie on Jun 8, 2022 4:44:48 GMT -5
The simple fix for these is usually just clean the points for the rewind relay. After that, it's a quartz conversion clock. Not me. I always take the hard way. I think at some point the contacts fused and burned off the hair thin wire feeding the relay's coil. It burned off almost flush with the insulation. Through the use of a USB microscope, I was able to tie another hair thin wire onto the burned off nub. The wire you see in this picture is literally hair thin. After getting to this point, I used the smallest soldering tip in my collection. Not sure why GM didn't do this but I think I'll add a capacitor to the clock to keep the points from arcing. Actually the same function as the capacitor in a old school points ignition distributor  |
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Post by mastertech on Jun 8, 2022 19:45:28 GMT -5
Very nice work. Is this your car?
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Post by howie on Jun 9, 2022 13:59:26 GMT -5
Very nice work. Is this your car? Nope. Belongs to my friend. He was my best man when I got married. I was his best man (twice) He's currently on #3. The car is a dog. It was a recovered theft 40 years ago. He came across it at a customers house where it remained for that 40 years. It's a coupe that originally had a 327 300 HP with a 2 spd Powerglide transmission. Now it has a 1970 350 300HP with a 3 spd Turbo Hydromatic. It currently starts and drives but no where near road worthy. Has all new brakes on all 4 corners but is missing E brake hardware so it won't pass inspection yet along with a 40+ year old exhaust system that resembles swiss cheeze |
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Post by mastertech on Jun 9, 2022 14:23:59 GMT -5
Well at least now it has a working clock, lol. When are you getting one?
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Post by howie on Jun 9, 2022 18:54:55 GMT -5
Well at least now it has a working clock, lol. When are you getting one? This is the first project car in my new but still unfinished garage. 28X36 with 11 foot ceiling in the garage level. Has radiant heat in the garage level and I'm currently installing a Bosch 2.0 heat pump on the second floor that will have a full kitchen, bath and laundry.. I actually bought 2 Bosch 2.0's so I can replace the aging A/C in the main house    |
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Post by mastertech on Jun 10, 2022 10:33:49 GMT -5
Looking good. Do you plan on getting a car/truck to tinker with?
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howie
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Post by howie on Jun 12, 2022 15:38:21 GMT -5
Looking good. Do you plan on getting a car/truck to tinker with? Yes but right now it would be a distraction. I really need to concentrate on finishing the garage and painting the house. I'm going to install a 4 post movable lift in one bay for toy car storage and work on cars when it's done. Seriously considering a C8 Z06 but the old fart in me still wants another C2 Coupe Their about the same price these days. |
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