67 Dart 270...Project Old School
Over The winter I have been troubleshooting a battery drain issue. The car would sit for roughly 10 days with the battery tender hooked up and suddenly the car would be discharging faster then tender could charge. I would have to disconnect the battery from the car and recharge it. I went through pulling all the fuses and disconnecting circuits from the battery to finally find the issue was my 1 wire alternator. I disconnected the field wires from having constant power and that resolved the issue. Now I had to turn my 1 wire alternator into a 2 wire alternator. This also gave me the opportunity to clean up the mess of wires on the back of the "supposedly 1 wire" alternator.
I went through and shortened up the wiring to clean up the mess and added a plug for the field wires, so I could easily remove the alternator in the future.
I connected the field wires to a switched 12V supply under the hood and my discharge problem was solved.
Next item on the to-do list was installing the trunk seal. Here are the tools for this job: Clothes pins and sealer adhesive.
I just took my time working on a section at a time.
Here is the finished product:
Next I installed the passenger door seal.
The door seal was easier then the trunk seal...once I found the screws. The door seal install wasn't very photogenic, but I will try to capture some shots when I put on the driver side door seal tonight.
Over The winter I have been troubleshooting a battery drain issue. The car would sit for roughly 10 days with the battery tender hooked up and suddenly the car would be discharging faster then tender could charge. I would have to disconnect the battery from the car and recharge it. I went through pulling all the fuses and disconnecting circuits from the battery to finally find the issue was my 1 wire alternator. I disconnected the field wires from having constant power and that resolved the issue. Now I had to turn my 1 wire alternator into a 2 wire alternator. This also gave me the opportunity to clean up the mess of wires on the back of the "supposedly 1 wire" alternator.
I went through and shortened up the wiring to clean up the mess and added a plug for the field wires, so I could easily remove the alternator in the future.
I connected the field wires to a switched 12V supply under the hood and my discharge problem was solved.
Next item on the to-do list was installing the trunk seal. Here are the tools for this job: Clothes pins and sealer adhesive.
I just took my time working on a section at a time.
Here is the finished product:
Next I installed the passenger door seal.
The door seal was easier then the trunk seal...once I found the screws. The door seal install wasn't very photogenic, but I will try to capture some shots when I put on the driver side door seal tonight.
