71 Dart get 408/ Trick Flow Heads....

After a couple of delays we finally got it fired up and running....Ran for 10 minutes then clicked it off and let it cool...

Noticed that the starter was really dragging getting it started...Has two batteries in it plus alternator...

Fired it back up and ran for another 10 minutes...then began to cool it off....I pulled the valve covers to check everything...again starter dragged turning engine over to check valves...

Hooked battery charger up and got thing on the charger...I remember while it was running the voltmeter was only showing 12 volts....then my daughter said yes..that where it was went we were in Bakersfield too...

Pulled the trunk lid and hook battery charger directly to battery.....well they are dead....

We got the timing set before I burned up the timing light on the header........got the trans topped off with fluid before we shut it off....rear tires are turning which is a good sign....Need to test transbrake.....

Need to take alternator over to small shop and have it rebuild...one of those one wire powermasters...


It’s not funny but the way you put it made me LOL about the headers eating your timing light.

Killed a couple myself like that. But I’ve had more killed loaning my light to guys at the track. They bring it back with the cables and inductive pickup ate up from exhaust. You mention it to them and they say it looked like that when they got it!

I stopped loaning my timing light because of it.