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    HEI module dwell time.

    Back in the day, about forty or so years ago, when my 69 step side was my other baby, I installed capacitive discharge to solve the point burn issue. Doing so dropped the point amperage from about 7 amps down to 200 milliamps, or about 2/10th of an amp. Since the amperage was so greatly...
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    My new 78 is running an Accel HEI Super Coil, number 140003. Just looking at the plug wires, all except one are yellow, matching the truck paint (eat your hearts out), suggesting they should all be replaced, along with plugs, rotor and distributor cap. The Accel HEI looks like a sleek solution...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    SNORT. I used to live in Naches, back in the fifties. My parents owned Whistling Jack Lodge, but my mom couldn't deal with the seclusion the winter brought, so we moved to Naches and my dad stayed with his state highway job [eventually taking charge of the east side of the Northcross, when it...
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    Rag joint question

    Add to the matter of slop from deterioration of the flexible rubber portion, the possible issue of wear on the splines. That can create play between the joint and the steering gear. In the end, it will require a new rag joint too.
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Hmmm
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    Exterior Door Handle Linkage Connection Solution

    78 Door Linkage A follow-up on the “Locked Out, And The Truck Is Running” saga I posted elsewhere: Getting to the linkage tying the exterior door latch to the door latch mechanism was, initially, other than fun. A bit of head scratching later, and I went and looked at my rod and tube...
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    Smoking Ground Wire

    My FIRST suspect would be, the ground connections (both ends) of the burned wire. Bad connections act like resistors that, if you put a volt meter across them (power applied), show voltage of any significance. Even on the ground side. Next, the main ground cable connection to ground. That is...
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    heater fan - always on?

    Groan. Fortunately, if you own a drill, some bits and a saber saw/jig saw, you could make your own plate to replace the damaged one. A good sabersaw (bayonet blade types) will cut nice, straight lines, with practice, for, say, a square rocker switch hole in a piece of 1/8" aluminum. Since...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Funny. I used to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard [PSNS], then Bangor Sub Base, before ending up at Keyport Torpedo Station (Now Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station [NUWES], back in the day. As such, I worked with the engineers there, a lot. Lot of interesting stories that only folks...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Hmm. I'll have to see how that works. The heavy, high tensile wire used around here to hold up apple tree limbs just might make one.
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    Swapping Fuel Gauges Into the 2-16" Slots

    Kept looking for data on this matter. "Perplexity" was more than a bit helpful. Perplexity provided me and pointed me to a lot of valuable info. For example, I, now, know senders for my rig have an ohm meter reading of zero to 90 ohms, zero being the "you're out of gas and walking from here"...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Keep in mind, I've only had this truck a few days, so I don't know what surprises the previous two owners left for me. At the time of purchase, I was only given a single door and ignition key. Yesterday, my work on my new driver was limited to going to what passes for town here, five miles...
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    heater fan - always on?

    Sadly, photos of it are long gone. That aside, I solved the problem of a dead switch by enlarging the rectangular hole and installing a three position rocker (12 volt 3 position rocker - center was off, up high and down low. When done, I had a rocker that lighted when power was applied to the...
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    Swapping Fuel Gauges Into the 2-16" Slots

    I searched, but, if info is out there, it's well buried in the history of this site. I just bought a 78 C15 step side. It's very drivable, but needs a lot of previously ignored details attended to. One detail I want to tend is, my ZERO love for under dash gauges. I like keeping my eye on the...
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    Back In the Saddle After 40 or So Years

    I love muscle cars, just like I love kids. That is, they are things to be cherished. Often, because they have to go back home, away from me [and my wallet (or pressed upon time). My old 69 C10 step side always got attention, as it rolled down the highways and byways of The State of Washington...
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