abe72

July 11, 2015

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June 9, 2015

Follow up: Contacted the vendor that I purchashed the alternater from and he agreed to exchange it for a new one. Installed it, tested it and the amps/volts are at about 14.5 running. Haven't had any issues since. Guessing it was a bad alternater all along (keeping fingers crossed).

Thanks to everyone for your responses and suggestions.

May 30, 2015

Follow up:

Replaced the battery cause it wouldn't hold a charge anymore, while at the store thought about it and bought a voltage regulator and replace it as well. Got all connected and fired right up. good, no dimming of lights or any other issues.

Started it this morning and the Gen light comes on!!!! WTH? Light stays on until the rpms are increased then the light goes off and stays off until the next start. Had it checked and was told the alternator was bad, again? Does this sound right? Just had the alternator rebuilt this week.

May 29, 2015

I did the same asTony, paiinted and cleared them. Although, when taking them off I did break of a coulpe of the clips, I used double sided tape to hold them in place when putting the arm rest back on. Good as new.

May 29, 2015

Steve, Tony,

Thank you both for your suggestions and answers. I will do further testing this afternoon after work.

May 29, 2015

Yea 10 volts while running is to low. does it still have external regulator? or has it been switched over to internal? If its external it will be on the core suppore behind the drivers side headlight on motor side of core support, if its internal its inside the alt. sounds like its not charging.

Still has the external regulator. Thanks on the location.

you should see around 14.5 volts if the alternator is charging properly. Try pulling the ground wire off the battery with the engine running and see if it stalls out.

Okay, what would it mean if it stalls out or not?

May 29, 2015

Voltage regulator?

Thought about that too. How do I test it and where is it located?

May 29, 2015

How old is the battery? did you load test it? I had a simmilar problem with mine, battery tested good but failed load test. Put in new one and has been great since.

Battery is about year a half maybe longer, not very old. When the battery was tested it only read 10 volts while the car was running. Could that be the issue?

May 29, 2015

Hello all,

I'm having trouble maintaining a charge in my battery. Once I get the car started with a jumpstart, everything seems to be working okay until i apply the breaks and or turn on my lights. The radio loses power momentarily then returns until the breaks are applied again. If I turn off the car it wont start without a jumpstart. I've checked the battery and had the alternator rebuilt thinking that could've been the problem.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

April 1, 2015

Larry, upholstery turned out very nice.

Im going throuth the process of redoing my interior as well.

March 20, 2015

Yes. I purchased it from Year One - vinyl dye

March 20, 2015

Thought I would ask, because they look kinda dull / flat. Would putting protectant like armor all make them glossy?

March 20, 2015

Thanks to all for the advise and suggestions on the seat removal, bottom part was a bit difficult but got it out. Once that was done the rest was easy (thanks Aaron).

I'm removing the panels becuase I'm painting / dying them. I do have a question, after dying the panels are you suppose to spray clear on them?

March 19, 2015

Aaron,

Thank you for the instructions. Sounds simple enough, I will give it a try today after work.

Abe

March 19, 2015

Hello all,

This might be a dumb question, but how do I remove the rear side panels. Is it difficult?

Thanks,

Abe

January 6, 2015

You use any specific cables on those Abe? Been thinking about doing that with mine because I feel the top posts are more secure.

Nothing special. Just picked up a set from the parts store, choose the most sturdier lookin ones.

December 6, 2014

Mine had side post when I got the car, pretty sure they were original. I had them changed to top post, for some reason I liked that look better.

November 27, 2014

I have the same model (kfc 4675c) in my car. Just had to modify the brackets a bit, other than that they fit fine and sound quality is not bad either.

September 6, 2014

Hello all,

I took some of your guys advise and tighten the alternator belt a bit. Started the car and turned on everything I could, lights, radio, AC, and the GEN light did not turn on. Also,took it to a local shop had it checked and it was reading okay, charging fine.

Maybe a loose belt was the problem, I'll keep an eye on it.

Thank you all for your ideas and advice.

September 5, 2014

Thank you all for your advise. I just had the engine rebuilt, but had used the AC before without issues. The light turns on at high rpms and idle. I had notice the dome light "diming" at idle. I don't have a voltage meter, so I will have it checked out this weekend. I'm pretty sure the alternator is running about 63/65? amps, thinking of going with 80 amps.

would that be sufficient?

September 4, 2014

Hello all,

This past weekend while using the AC my GEN light turned on, when I turned off the AC the light also turned off.

Is this a alternator problem or something else?

Thank you for your help in advance,

Abe

August 2, 2014

Wonder why they had to relocate the mounts. Should've just placed them in the same position.

Maybe airbags would work better

August 1, 2014

Drove Monte to work today (I know still need to put up pictures). Running good so far.

Aaron - No scenery like that going to work. Weekends are another story.

July 21, 2014

Hello,

What brand or type if paint would you guys recommend for the exhaust manifold.

Thanks

July 16, 2014

I regret shorting it I lost my ride

Lost your ride? What happened?

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