The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[njsteve]

Ha, he's got a plane. He can fly me out himself!

[CTBob]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Does anyone know what the lubrication specs are for oiling the weird, little, oil port on the side of the distributor?

Hey, Steve! In response to your inquiry about lubing the Prestolite distributor, I’m including a pic spanning 1 column each from pp. 8-54 & 8-55 (Ignition System-Electrical) of the ’71 Dodge Chassis Service Manual. Starting at the bottom of p 8-54 “Distributor Lubrication,” it states the complete info. The specific answer to your inquiry is item #1.”Add 3 drops of SAE 10W oil in the oiler on outside of distributor base, (Prestolite only)” I hope that this helps the cause!

[njsteve]

Very cool info Bob. Now I guess I have to find a vintage drum of 10W oil.

[John Brown]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Very cool info Bob. Now I guess I have to find a vintage drum of 10W oil.

3in1 Electric Motor oil is 10W. Ya gotta be sure it says 'Electric Motor' on the can, cause the garden variety can has different (unknown to me) stuff in it.

[Lynn]

You can put baking soda in an acid proof plastic drain pan, then pour the acid in.

I mix baking soda and water, then fill the battery back up with that solution.

Now all the acid is neutralized.

I have a thread on this somewhere in the last couple years. Put a Braille battery inside my old battery. Works great.

[Lynn]

Here:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...raille+battery

[John Brown]

Hook a headlight bulb to the battery and let it sit until there's no more juice left in it. Might take a day or two.... or less?

[njsteve]

Well the Lucky Horseshoe have been at work overtime...

After I had the episode with Fedex smashing the last known repro AGM Group 27 battery in existence, I told my buddy Al who owns the local old-timer garage where we all hang out at.

He promptly tilts his head, looks up (which means he is reviewing his internal inventory of junk he has never thrown out) and then walks over the the corner of his garage and pulls out an NOS 2444607 Group 27 Mopar replacement battery from 1973 that he has had sitting in the corner cabinet under a pile of alternators since 1973.

This is the exact part number for the 1970 battery for a 1970 Cuda, although a dealer replacement part since the later style had the dual three-vent caps instead of the single red verticle venting caps.

He called the local Napa store and they brought over a carton of battery electrolyte and we filled it up. It initially only read 6 volts but after the charger went through the de-sulfating process it is currently charging and holding 12+ volts. We stopped the charger for the day and he will hook it back up on Monday to let it run the full charging cycle for a new battery.

How's that for happy Saturday?

[scuncio]

It was meant to be!

[PeteLeathersac]

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Crazy stuff just like the 70's again...Purple cars and now w/ the Acid.

~ Pete

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