SOLD my 1969 SS396 300 Deluxe Post Sedan

[Postsedan]

Originally Posted by 69 Post Sedan

Next year........

Next Year? Who’s leg are you pulling?

Not happening

Dan

[69 Post Sedan]

Originally Posted by Postsedan

Next Year? Who’s leg are you pulling?

Not happening

Dan

Putting an LS in the car is taking the easy way out.....lol

The car has ran great for 9 years.....this is just a little hiccup that will be resolved in a couple weeks or less....hopefully..... #crossingfingers

Kurt

[69 Post Sedan]

So, I had to wait for the correct distributor gear as I ordered exactly what I had on the old distributor, which is the same part number. Well the old distributor has a .491 diameter shaft and the new one is .500. 😡

I actually read the instructions on the wiring and it said to install a 1.6 ohm resistor.....although my old one didn't need one. So I ordered that too and installed it along with the correct distributor gear. It started right up and seems to run good. I need to set the timing tomorrow. “Maybe” take it for a spin too!!!

Kurt

[69 Post Sedan]

Spoke too soon......still runs like S#*T.........gonna have to take it to a friend’s shop......I’m out of "answers"....

[69 Post Sedan]

I found my issue with the car running bad......a couple years ago I got a wire hot but didn’t seem to be too bad......well, it was and it finally came back to haunt me. It was the resistor wire that fed the coil.

I had a friend tell me to run a wire directly from my battery to my 1.6 ohm resistor for the new distributor. It fired right up and ran great. So I ordered a new engine wire harness and it arrived yesterday. I will be installing it this weekend.

Kurt

[69 Post Sedan]

Meanwhile, my new clutch arrived late last week, so I started installing that on Monday.

I thought I’d better replace the pilot bushing since it was 10 years old. So, I tried using this Lisle Pilot Bushing Removal Tool but once it filled the cavity with grease, THAT WAS IT!!! I couldn’t get enough pressure on the grease gun to hydraulically push the bushing out.

I got on YouTube and found out that bread works great......not as messy as grease. So I got my input shaft alignment tool that I bought from Crash at last years MCACN show, pushed bread in the cavity and pounded away....it worked like “sliced bread”.

[69 Post Sedan]

Here are some pictures of the new Advanced Clutch Technology (ATC) clutch kit. This pressure plate seems heavier than the McLeod and Hays. Maybe because it’s SFI rated where the other two weren’t.....at least I know the Hays wasn’t. The fingers are bent different too......? The organic disc appears solid also.....well built.

I finished installing it yesterday evening. I came home from work today and fired it up.....rowed through the gears a little while the car was still on jack stands. Everything seemed normal but the true test will be when I get it back on the road.

On a side note, the foot pressure is a little heavier than the Hays Street/Strip I had in the car previously......but not much more.

Kurt

[big gear head]

Many people already know this, but for those who don't, if you get a new pilot bushing and a magnet sticks to it, don't use it. Many of the bushings that are being sold today have iron in them. They will wear out quickly and may damage the input shaft.

[scuncio]

That is one serious looking clutch. Let us know how it works out for you.

[mockingbird812]

Nice Kurt. You gots to be stoked to drive her!!!