Posts by cobraboy

Quote from kapdavm

Try this site also.

You might recognize it.

http://www.kcode.net/bucktags.htm

Is the info at the start of this article correct on which plants used buck tags ?? I thought that it was Dearborn that did not use them ??

Quote from dunc289

That makes three, not a bad number, anyone else? great food and cars, weather should be good too!

I would go, but we have such super weather here at the moment , it would be a shame to miss out

Welcome Don

Put up some pics

My Dearborn car has the part numbers and date code stamped down the drivers side, but is a 3 core ( I guess someone upgraded the core when it rotted in the past).

It does keep cool so I have no worries.

I went to a show yesterday after spending all week cleaning etc - dull day with drizzle, great

Woke up this morning to go to work - clear blue sky - boy do I need to do the California sunshine test!!!!!

Welcome, show us some pics of your car.

Say, that Jim is talking beer now, it was scotch the other day - I bet that he's a tough guy to keep up with in a bar.

When I got my K home and drove it for the first time I had a job to keep it in between the hedges at the side of the road. This despite it being advertised by the dealer as being the tightest straightest driving mustang he had driven in 20 odd years !.

My point is dont lose any sleep over your shims. I had to redo it all anyhow. I now have 3 deg positive caster, 1/2 deg negative camber, 1/16" toe in - with a straight monte carlo bar and a heavy duty export brace, the old girl is a pleasure to drive.

Its a job for later, good luck.

Thats the trouble with you Americans - cant find the answer so go and hit the bottle !!

Actually its a great idea

Heres mine - 1965 13 R Dearborn K GT FB sorry its not very sharp

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Quote from jwc66k

Low voltage is sometimes the result of corroded contacts. I know, something you really wanted to hear. Another possibility is a "pinched" wire. That being said, take a measurement from the positive terminal of the battery to the positive terminal of the coil - not to ground. This will give you the voltage drop. Do a reading at start = 2.5v

and at run. = 6.5v

Both readings taken with both wires on coil.

Start should be zero, run should be about 5 to 7 volts. What is the run voltage at the battery? = 14.4v fast idle

That should be about 14 volts.

Jim

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I have parted and cleaned all electrical connections in the engine bay and coated them all with petroleum jelly.

The firewall plugs are in very good order with no corrosion on pins or sleeves.

So am I OK with these readings

Thanks Jim

Mark

Dave

I remember when I first got the car I was concerned that according to the label on the coil it was a 12v coil not intended to be ballasted. So I bought a coil designed to be ballasted and did some checks at the time to determine whether the wiring was stock or not and never really got to the bottom of it.

So I am re visiting the issue and thanks to Jims tips I have found that I still have the proper set up but am confused as to why the voltage at the coil is so low.

To answer your question yes the car starts and runs, but ever since I have owned it trying to get a smooth idle has been tricky, I have been wondering if the coil is getting enough volts.

I seem to be a couple of volts adrift at the coil with the ignition on and also when cranking and even more volts adrift when running.

Battery voltage = 12.8v

Rear solenoid terminal when cranking = 11.7v

Voltage across coil when cranking = @ 10v

Voltage across coil with ign on = 5.5 - 6v

Voltage across coil with engine running 4 - 5v

Mark

Have done some checking today.

Found the pink wire. Feed comes from my ignition switch to a plug under the dash, the rally pac tach then plugs into this then the pink wire plugs into the other lead coming out of the tach and goes to the firewall plug.

I have 12v going into and out of the tach.

If I pull the coil feed wire and connect a meter between it and earth I have full 12v.

If I put a meter across both coil posts with both wires on I have 5.5 - 6v.

If I do this with the engine running I only see 4-5v.

I have 10v across the coil posts when the motor is being cranked.

I have tried 2 coils the readings are the same.

I am no auto electrician so please tell me what I am missing. As Jim says I should be seeing 8-9v across the coil.

Thanks

Thanks Jim

I will do some checking tomorrow.

I think I know why I did not the 12v when cranking as I pulled the rear thin wire on the solenoid to stop the starter when I did the voltage test, so that probably explains that one as I did not realise it would also be supplying the coil 12v.

If I am only getting a low voltage at the coil does it mean that the pink wire has gone bad ? do they do that ?

Thanks

Mark

I checked the voltage to my coil today and got 5.6 volts with the ignition on.

When I turned the key to crank the starter the voltage stayed around 5.6 volts. Is this normal ?

1. Should I get a full 12 volts at the coil when the motor is being cranked ?.

2.I dont see a pink wire going to the coil, I have a red wire with a green trace that goes from the coil into the firewall plug.

Nothing is cut or spliced.

3. What happens on the interior side of the firewall, is the pink wire inside the car ?

Thanks

Hi Jack

I make that the equivalent of 21.6 mpg UK galls.

I can only manage 18 mpg UK galls at best, but have 3.50 rear gears and a 1.12 carb.

If I was to put in a 3.00 gearset I guess it would be much better.

The car is a bit busy at 70 - 80 mph but I dont do many long trips at the moment.

Thanks for the info

Mark

Glad your old girl ran well.

What sort of miles per gallon were you getting over the 900 miles?

I realise this will be in US Galls but will convert if you know.

Cheers

Mark

Talking of sheetmetal, how many stamping plants were there?

I know there was Dearborn and Cleveland, were there any others ?

Would say a Dearborn car have all its panels with a D on or would they have sourced panels from other stamping plants as well ?

leading to a mix of letters on a particular car.

People quite often pull gold out of the ground here in the Eastern counties.

It always amazes me how this stuff is turned up by the plough and is found looking like new.

Needless to say I have not discovered anything yet, may help if I bought a metal detector

Welcome

Good luck finding your K car

Quote from SaltLakeDj

The last good set of carpet that I installed on a 65 mustang was in 1994. All you had to do was install it on a 100 degree plus day. You almost died, but you got it to fit. What I would try, is to set it out on the blacktop for about an hour. you may get it to fit that way.

He He, that depends on where in the world you have your blacktop - if I tried that at the moment I would not be able to get the carpet through the car door

I too have had a good run of work lately, good luck with getting your car done.