Sorry for the delay in getting these to y'all. Between monsoons down here in the south and the headache of redoing botched EVERYTHING on this beast, she is finally running a bit better. May have a good bit of questions for you fellas so all help will be appreciated.
This is the first time I have experienced AC Delco and Rochester anything on a cruiser. I am a stock purist; if its not Jap, dont want it on there....having said that, as I explained in a previous thread, SOR techs said this was a common upgrade that kids made back in the day did for more power...vacuum advance goodness.
Checked on a brand new distributor for this cat just for kicks....38 bucks....yep, 38...who knew? Well, anyway. ok, the skinny of things done to this little lady when purchased:
1.Clutch Assembly
2.Oil Relay (detached from the block which is neat)
3.Master Clutch
4.Master Brake
5.19 rattle can of black over the factory paint!!!!!!!!!!!DA@#...and by adding the pumkin colored wheels makes for a nice Halloween ensemble.
6.An oh-so-awesome welding job receiver hitch complete with sheet metal and plywood (which is a nice touch) screwed into the rear quarters.
7.And last but not least, fiberglass cathair over the kick plates for the absolute sole purpose of covering 16 pinholes.
These picts are of her when I bought her in the middle of nowhere GA. But for 900 bucks, couldnt resist.
OK just thought of a question after all of this banter - the amp meter on this guy works great...until I crank the motor, then it pegs out to the positive side. I cant check my amps on the battery/ alt beause my amp meter is a POS. All I know is the dial on the POS amo meter pegs to the right as it is running (gradual build up) so I assume the alt is working...but ran it for about 2 hours yesterday, and after shutting it off I had a pssssssss coming from the battery...too many amp? I do not have a regular on this guy so would that the issue?
Thanks,
Ben
This is the first time I have experienced AC Delco and Rochester anything on a cruiser. I am a stock purist; if its not Jap, dont want it on there....having said that, as I explained in a previous thread, SOR techs said this was a common upgrade that kids made back in the day did for more power...vacuum advance goodness.
Checked on a brand new distributor for this cat just for kicks....38 bucks....yep, 38...who knew? Well, anyway. ok, the skinny of things done to this little lady when purchased:
1.Clutch Assembly
2.Oil Relay (detached from the block which is neat)
3.Master Clutch
4.Master Brake
5.19 rattle can of black over the factory paint!!!!!!!!!!!DA@#...and by adding the pumkin colored wheels makes for a nice Halloween ensemble.
6.An oh-so-awesome welding job receiver hitch complete with sheet metal and plywood (which is a nice touch) screwed into the rear quarters.
7.And last but not least, fiberglass cathair over the kick plates for the absolute sole purpose of covering 16 pinholes.
These picts are of her when I bought her in the middle of nowhere GA. But for 900 bucks, couldnt resist.
OK just thought of a question after all of this banter - the amp meter on this guy works great...until I crank the motor, then it pegs out to the positive side. I cant check my amps on the battery/ alt beause my amp meter is a POS. All I know is the dial on the POS amo meter pegs to the right as it is running (gradual build up) so I assume the alt is working...but ran it for about 2 hours yesterday, and after shutting it off I had a pssssssss coming from the battery...too many amp? I do not have a regular on this guy so would that the issue?
Thanks,
Ben
