There might be a good reason it hasn't ran in 20 years
good luck dont give up yet. when you get her done she will treat you well
That might be funny if u actually knew what I meant. The car I bought ('69 'Cuda) had been stripped of everything before I bought it by the previous owner. I have had the car almost a year now. When I brought it home it was barely a rolling shell. No doors. No wiring. No interior. No fenders. No hood, etc. The only bolts on the car were the ones for the u bolts on the shackles and anything holding the front suspension together. So, having never put one of these cars together I completely assembled this car down to every last nut and bolt in my driveway while only earning twelve bucks an hour. So, forgive me if I have had some issues with the motor. If you doubt anything I have said here I can put you in contact with the original owner, not that I need to justify myself to you. People like you are the reason more people build Chevys. I would appreciate it if you would just not bother commenting on my threads, but instead of doing something constructive I am sure you would much prefer to be a faceless, witty, no fact checking hero of the a-body forum.
Hopefully better than some of the people with their clever insults have here. My best friend who is literally a master certified ASE mechanic has been scratching his head after trying to sort this thing out. Fixed the intermediate shaft. That was the wobble problem. Now I have to figure out why my brand new Mallory ballast resistor didn't hold up. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I am not going to give up. I think DodgeFreak is just jealous because my factory big block 'Cuda is rarer than his ride.
I think you were right on the money with the junk distributors. One was a used Mallory. The second was my el cheapo imitation HEI off of eBay. However it was a bad intermediate shaft. The only thing I haven't sorted out is why the new ballast resistor seems to have gone bad. 15 volts in and only 5 coming out. I know there is a drop, but that seems really low. Am I just crazy? How much voltage should be at the positive side of the coil? I am sorry if these are obvious questions, but the wiring in my 'Cuda seems to be tempermental. I just want to do it all the right way. Thanks for taking the time to offer your help!
Some folks also just take the easy way and offer smart-assy comments instead of actually being constructive. Even if it is an answer to a seemingly obvious question. When I do get this car on the road I will remember the folks who did try to help and will pass that knowledge along to other new Mopar enthusiast. At the very least I will not spend my time trying to make someone regret seeking out answers to questions that may or may not be obvious. BTW... My 340 came out of a totaled Barracuda that was hit so hard the car ended up 30 feet away in my neighbor's yard. That is why I have ruled nothing out on this motor, nor hesitated asking questions, dumb or not. This 'Cuda being one of 300 and something big block a-bodies for 1969 I am trying to be as well informed as possible. If you don't have anything to offer but dumb comments to my dumb questions then who's the one really wasting their time here?
Sounds good. I was measuring it at the feed side post on the resistor with my voltmeter on the 20 setting. I am using an optima red battery mounted in trunk if that helps. Thanks again!
Will do. The one I have installed is a Mallory resistor. It came with my Mallory Unilite I was using til it quit. Just pulled the resistor and found two small cracks running up across the resistor. Time to replace!!!
