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    Lithiun Ion Battery Caution

    Have been reading about a problem had with one of these new Li Ion car batteries over on a another forum. One caught on fire in a car, and if you read down in this thread, you see the OP conversed with the mfr, and was told that it was probably (and in general can be) caused by jump starting...
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    '62 Alternator Rebuild Questions

    So my original '62 Mopar alternator started making some noise and it sound like bearing noise. I took it apart and the front bearing feels smooth as silk. Anyone know if this is common to just have a bit of dried grease in this? It is an unsealed ball-in-cage bearing. I have a new rear one on...
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    Info on Voltage Limiter Operation

    Anohehr FWIW post here. I wanted to come up with a simple test procedure for folks to use to accurately test their original type instrument voltage limiters with a digital voltmeter, and came up with something and went out to test. It read a voltage waaay off from what I expected and modeled...
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    Live Coil Voltage Levels: Pix

    FWIW.... if you ever wondered what the voltages at the + and - of a typical ignition coil really look like when running, and why you get those odd 6 to 10v readings on your voltmeter at coil + for example, here are some oscilloscope pix from a running ignition system. An oscilloscope presents...
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    At-home Silver Plating for Electrical Contacts

    I am rebuilding the heat/defrost control for my '62 Dart and the issue was that the blower switch contacts inside the control corroded and got hot and made everything all 'melty'. I trimmmed out the plastic button control holes and made the mechanical action all good, but the brass contacts and...
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