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#91
Off Topic Discussion / Re: EPA set to repeal many law...
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#92
Car Guys Discussion / Re: Unfamiliar Cars
Last post by Mike DC - August 22, 2025, 01:59:21 PMQuote from: doctor4766 on August 21, 2025, 06:42:39 PMBack when I was building my first Charger, around 2007 perhaps, a friend of mine who has always had American cars here in Perth asked me to drive his 64 Polara to our local Chrysler show. He had 3 cars he wanted seen at the show, so I agreed to take one for him.
It was my very first time driving a LHD vehicle and I gotta tell ya, it was quite scary.
I felt I was too close to the curb (on my left) and it was like a force was pushing me toward the centre of the road. My RH wheels were going over the cat's eye reflectors, so I knew I wasn't where I should have been.
It didn't help that the steering felt sloppy too and when we arrived at the show grounds, he remarked that once my Charger was on the road it would drive just as nicely lol
Fortunately, since all of the front-end components had been replaced it actually drove much like a modern car.
That has to be spooky.
I feel like it would be even more spooky to drive on the wrong side of the road from what I was raised on.
I've been to UK. Just navigating the cities on foot almost got me killed a few times. I kept instinctively looking the wrong way (for oncoming cars) before stepping out into the street to walk across.
#93
Off Topic Discussion / Re: EPA set to repeal many law...
Last post by John_Kunkel - August 22, 2025, 12:36:04 PMQuote from: Kern Dog on August 21, 2025, 02:45:10 PMYet just like idiots with TDS, you are still compelled to comment about me.
From the poster boy for TWS.
#94
Car Guys Discussion / Fuel type and cost, what do yo...
Last post by b5blue - August 22, 2025, 11:05:48 AM Just filled up at WaWa's, 93OCT at 3.79per and wondering what you use? I'm trying normal 10% ethanol mix after a few years of 89OCT non ethanol with my lower compression 440 that was swapped out recently. Itching to drive I let it sit for a full week to test fuel just sitting.
#95
Aero Cars / Re: U-tube Superbird unknown f...
Last post by 1970Moparmann - August 22, 2025, 10:54:46 AMCool video. Don't like the year description! For the de-winged and nose cone statement, I thought this was debunked?
#96
Aero Cars / Re: U-tube Superbird unknown f...
Last post by 69hemibeep - August 22, 2025, 09:10:13 AMSome BS mixed in there and I quit at 14.
#97
Electric, Gauges, & Lights / Is it the battery? I hope so
Last post by timmycharger - August 22, 2025, 06:57:27 AMHey guys, strange issue that had me calling the tow truck and then telling them forget it. Sorry for the long post.
This has happened only a few times since last year but then was happening more frequently until it came to a head.
What is happening is the car drives normally, starts w/o any issues etc and then I'll be just driving and the car will shut off without warning. What is strange is that when it does this, there is no power to the starter, fuel pump or radio/amp, A/C. Turn the key and nothing happens but the interior lights still work (dome and console and trunk).
What I thought was the problem (see pic below) was the power block I have coming off of my shutoff switch on the tail panel. It holds a mega fuse that I use to protect the car from the battery causing a fire as the large positive cable runs through the car up to the starter so if there was an issue, the fuse would blow first. When I installed it, I used a crappy star washer that got rusty. I figured that it wasnt making good contacts anymore so I cleaned it all up perfectly and coated with conductive grease.
I then thought that maybe the shutoff switch was the culprit so I bought another one and installed it to rule that out, made sure connections good and used the conductive grease as well.
At the same time this issue was going on, I was getting weird ammeter needle activity, jumping around all over the place and my interior lights sort of pulsating when the car is running. Per the meter, I was getting about 14 volts but it was not steady. Figured it was a voltage regulator so picked up one from Rock Auto and made sure I had an excellent ground (star washer and ground all paint off). The pulsating was better but now I am seeing 15.2 to 15.9 volts but it was more steady.
Thought maybe the battery was low and it was just charging it so went for a drive with the wife. We drove pretty far until the car just dies like I described. I'm jiggling wires, looking at different things and then just randomly it fires up again after about 20 minutes. I called the tow truck but then called them off once I got it started. It died 1 more time on the way home, doing the same thing. Randomly coming back to life.
I should also mention that it died almost immediately after putting the A/C on.
When I restored the car, I did the bulkhead bypass upgrade, none of the wires around there were hot or not wired correctly including the fusible link, that was fine.
I was so frustrated that I removed the alternator, checked all the connections around there, unraveled the tape on the harness, checking every connection there including the fields to the alternator and to the MSD as I bypassed the ballast resister as well. All good there.
I then started to think about what happened and how I was not getting any power to the starter, electric fuel pump or the amp when this happens and staring at at my battery I noticed that the wire that powers the electric fuel pump relay is only about 3 feet long (see pic/arrows and ignore the wiring mess, that was me ripping everything out) and it goes right to a fuse block that then goes to the pump relay. I checked that fuse block and it was intact and seemed fine.
I then did some research and found some guy on a Buick forum who had the same symptoms where car was dead except for interior lights and his issue was the battery. He also was using a red top Optima battery.
I figured ok, battery is now 10 years old and I never used one of those battery tenders for it like they recommend so maybe it just crapped out. I picked up a new battery, standard Diehard 800CCA and dropped it in.
Car fires up and now its not charging at all. WTF so I pull off the new voltage regulator and put back the one I had before this mess and now I am getting 13.2 to 13.5 at idle and no more bouncing ammeter needle or lights pulsating.
I then took it for a drive, a long drive with the A/C on full blast, radio and headlights. Alt was charging fine with everything on (I have a plug in meter as well for driving) and there were no issues so far.
Could the old Optima battery cause all these issues? Can it kill a voltage regulator? So strange.
This has happened only a few times since last year but then was happening more frequently until it came to a head.
What is happening is the car drives normally, starts w/o any issues etc and then I'll be just driving and the car will shut off without warning. What is strange is that when it does this, there is no power to the starter, fuel pump or radio/amp, A/C. Turn the key and nothing happens but the interior lights still work (dome and console and trunk).
What I thought was the problem (see pic below) was the power block I have coming off of my shutoff switch on the tail panel. It holds a mega fuse that I use to protect the car from the battery causing a fire as the large positive cable runs through the car up to the starter so if there was an issue, the fuse would blow first. When I installed it, I used a crappy star washer that got rusty. I figured that it wasnt making good contacts anymore so I cleaned it all up perfectly and coated with conductive grease.
I then thought that maybe the shutoff switch was the culprit so I bought another one and installed it to rule that out, made sure connections good and used the conductive grease as well.
At the same time this issue was going on, I was getting weird ammeter needle activity, jumping around all over the place and my interior lights sort of pulsating when the car is running. Per the meter, I was getting about 14 volts but it was not steady. Figured it was a voltage regulator so picked up one from Rock Auto and made sure I had an excellent ground (star washer and ground all paint off). The pulsating was better but now I am seeing 15.2 to 15.9 volts but it was more steady.
Thought maybe the battery was low and it was just charging it so went for a drive with the wife. We drove pretty far until the car just dies like I described. I'm jiggling wires, looking at different things and then just randomly it fires up again after about 20 minutes. I called the tow truck but then called them off once I got it started. It died 1 more time on the way home, doing the same thing. Randomly coming back to life.
I should also mention that it died almost immediately after putting the A/C on.
When I restored the car, I did the bulkhead bypass upgrade, none of the wires around there were hot or not wired correctly including the fusible link, that was fine.
I was so frustrated that I removed the alternator, checked all the connections around there, unraveled the tape on the harness, checking every connection there including the fields to the alternator and to the MSD as I bypassed the ballast resister as well. All good there.
I then started to think about what happened and how I was not getting any power to the starter, electric fuel pump or the amp when this happens and staring at at my battery I noticed that the wire that powers the electric fuel pump relay is only about 3 feet long (see pic/arrows and ignore the wiring mess, that was me ripping everything out) and it goes right to a fuse block that then goes to the pump relay. I checked that fuse block and it was intact and seemed fine.
I then did some research and found some guy on a Buick forum who had the same symptoms where car was dead except for interior lights and his issue was the battery. He also was using a red top Optima battery.
I figured ok, battery is now 10 years old and I never used one of those battery tenders for it like they recommend so maybe it just crapped out. I picked up a new battery, standard Diehard 800CCA and dropped it in.
Car fires up and now its not charging at all. WTF so I pull off the new voltage regulator and put back the one I had before this mess and now I am getting 13.2 to 13.5 at idle and no more bouncing ammeter needle or lights pulsating.
I then took it for a drive, a long drive with the A/C on full blast, radio and headlights. Alt was charging fine with everything on (I have a plug in meter as well for driving) and there were no issues so far.
Could the old Optima battery cause all these issues? Can it kill a voltage regulator? So strange.
#98
Aero Cars / U-tube Superbird unknown facts...
Last post by Wingnut426 - August 21, 2025, 10:32:47 PMI learned some unusual true facts never revealed before! WINGNUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_M-dmiGaGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_M-dmiGaGI
#99
Car Guys Discussion / Re: Unfamiliar Cars
Last post by doctor4766 - August 21, 2025, 06:42:39 PMBack when I was building my first Charger, around 2007 perhaps, a friend of mine who has always had American cars here in Perth asked me to drive his 64 Polara to our local Chrysler show. He had 3 cars he wanted seen at the show, so I agreed to take one for him.
It was my very first time driving a LHD vehicle and I gotta tell ya, it was quite scary.
I felt I was too close to the curb (on my left) and it was like a force was pushing me toward the centre of the road. My RH wheels were going over the cat's eye reflectors, so I knew I wasn't where I should have been.
It didn't help that the steering felt sloppy too and when we arrived at the show grounds, he remarked that once my Charger was on the road it would drive just as nicely lol
Fortunately, since all of the front-end components had been replaced it actually drove much like a modern car.
It was my very first time driving a LHD vehicle and I gotta tell ya, it was quite scary.
I felt I was too close to the curb (on my left) and it was like a force was pushing me toward the centre of the road. My RH wheels were going over the cat's eye reflectors, so I knew I wasn't where I should have been.
It didn't help that the steering felt sloppy too and when we arrived at the show grounds, he remarked that once my Charger was on the road it would drive just as nicely lol
Fortunately, since all of the front-end components had been replaced it actually drove much like a modern car.
#100
Aero Cars / Re: Daytona in upstate NY
Last post by Airmail440 - August 21, 2025, 06:20:02 PMRed tag on windshield is Syracuse abandoned vehicle notice. He must have registered it to keep it from being towed, inspection tag says like 18661 miles and brake fluid and oil all over