It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

[m22mike]

Hay Steve
You need one of those Ford stickers
Mike

[njsteve]

Your right!

Does anyone with a Camaro out there want to loan me their CAUTION FAN sticker?

[m22mike]

Real funny Steve....

[Jeff H]

Steve, did you make it down to Jackson Outlets yet? I went this past Friday and it was a big turnout thanks to the nice weather. I haven't made it up to Flemington yet, but I need to soon.

[njsteve]

Haven't been to the outlets in a couple years. It's a long trip with 4.10s (about 120 miles roundtrip) and too short to trailer too.

I took some friendly advice and replaced the vinyl oil pressure line with a copper line. I got the copper line from Autometer for about $12. Good insurance since those vinyl lines bend and crack so easily once they have some heat and time on them. Here it is:



While I was under the hood (again) I took out the original born-with alternator and had it checked out. I've had Mopars for so many years I took it as standard equipment that the amp guage on the dash shows a discharge condition whenever anything electrical is activated: If you use the turn signal, the needle on the gauge clicks left in time with the signal. Well one of my mechanic buddies commented how dim my headlights were at the last cruise night so I got off my butt and did something about it. It turns out one of the diodes was bad and it was only putting out about 19 amps. I have it at the local rebuilder at the moment. He has done a bunch of alternator rebuilds for all the local hot rodders in town. Should have the alternator back by mid-week.



While the alternator was out I finally rerouted the main fuel line that was between the heater hoses for 21 years. It should be in front of them. Instead of disconnecting the heater hose, I just removed the fuel line from the upper junction block and reinstalled it again, which was immeasurably easier with the alternator out.

[markinnaples]

Love the updates.

[njsteve]

Got the alternator back today and it turns out that the internal leads to the diodes and the stator were broken due to the alternator ingesting some foreign object in the past. Who knows whether it was a giant bug or a loose screw sometime in the past 38 years, but now it works again. The alternator repairman replaced the rear bearing, the brushes and soldered the connections back, and now it puts out 55 amps. It cost $80.25 total.

Oh, happy day! Now the amp gauge actually goes to the right and not just the left.

[Verne_Frantz]

Well, it's pretty evident that Steve's Hemi has gotten a LOT of justified attention. It's had articles written about it and is on Hemming's short list for the MuscleMachine of the Year. I think I found out what the editors of the magazine REALLY think about this car..........

My latest issue has this in it............













































Steve, I'm sure you get the magazine, but if you want, I'll send you the card. That way you can save it separately.

Verne