astrochimp

It's very interesting how threads trigger things..... I had the thought....maybe just take a light and do a full inspection. I have a 6 blade flex fan and alumimun radiator so should be somewhat good airflow. The ALUminum radiator is thinner than stock...so there's a significant GAP on both sides between radiator and shroud. Guess where all the air is being pulled in from? Going to correct this issue and see how it goes afterwards 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

this is probably the fail proof solution

I have no idea why I didn't just post a PIC of the acutal fan for sale. I should ask for him to measure diameter. I tried a couple things to see if my 'flexfan' would work better at stop lights in HOT weather....it's just not moving enough air. Gotta try solid metal blades again I'm guessin. PHOTO of fan 4 sale. THANKS FOR THE INFO POSTED HERE!!!!

Installed the Wells VR715 and it works perfectly. Solid 14Volts. No worries about fluctuation due to heat or other random things. This is one of those no brainer swaps...like when i changed points out with pertronix point replacement kit.

Duralast Voltage Regulator VR715 is in the mail...(for those who are following along) Hoping for the Best. Will post results here

unfortunately, no. Looking forward to getting electronic one that works. When it's HOT out...my voltage drops on my gauge and I'm pretty sure it's due to the original style magnet/spring or whatever is in there regulator.

Yup, going with an ACTUAL Duralast V series regulator. This was the amazon recommended' electronic regulator for classic cars(the part numbers matched up with duralast, AC delco, etc..) . The reviews were good but this thing CLEARLY isn't working right and is a no brand name unit. I checked resistance between regulator ground connection and negative battery and it was .1 ohms

it was showing high in my after market gauges so i got the meter out and put on battery....showed over 17volts going to try and clean up/check ground connections (that's the only thing I've seen so far online for this issue)

Long overdue to replace the stock voltage regulator. Got the electronic regulator that looks identical to the original...direct replacement. Now my voltage shows anywhere from 16volts up to 17.8 volts when driving around..(was 14.5 with the stock regulator). Is this normal & safe for all the components? THANKS FOR ANY INFO 🙈

Getting RID of the flex fan and going back to the Ol metal blade fan. When it's hot out, temp creeps up bigtime at stop lights. I installed a new aluminum radiator but I'm certain i'm Not getting the airflow at a stop. Saw a local 72 olds 350 fan blade on FB marketplace....is that the same bolt pattern & width for my 70, chevy 350? 🍻

https://www.firstgenmc.com/forums/index.php?/resources/paintcodes/ can somebody confirm that my color is indeed "Green Mist"? the touchup paint company wants me to send them the paint code. My 70 monte doesn't seem to have a paint code tag attached to it anymore. THANKS!

The top is my trunk and the bottom is a piece of metal with dried touchup paint on it. They claim it's 1970 monte carlo green mist. This looks like forest green to me. any thoughts?

Actually, since my alternator is pretty new, this ELECTRONIC voltage regulator is what I'll be getting. https://www.autozone.com/batteries-starting-and-charging/voltage-regulator/duralast-voltage-regulator-vr715/130005_0_0

is this a Member Here? This looks like a good idea.

I've had this issue with bad stumbling under heavy or light acceleration. I assumed it was a timing/idle screws/metering rods/jets/springs tuning issue. Removed caps that cover metering rods and noticed that the barrels didn't come up...at all. I poke them and they still don't pop up. Went straight to the internet to search out this issue. Apparently the little barrels can get tiny imperfections that cuase them to stick or the chambers can get dirty. I ligthtly wet sand barrels with 1500 grit and clean out chamber with carb cleaner and Q tip. The chamber was DIRTY..and after the sanding the barrels were bright and shiny smooth. No sticking anymore Monte runs like a CHAMP now as you can imagine with that sort of problem.