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Last week my friend Ian came down to Florida to help me work on my 1966 Chevy Impala which I've been trying to restore back to drivable condition. We had one goal in mind for the visit (aside from hanging out because HUMAN INTERACTION 0: ) to get Cassandra to start making noise in some form under her hood and show she wasn't done fighting just yet. I'm quite pleased to say she's not ready for the junk heap yet, of course there was never a doubt in my mind! We replaced the Distributor with a high end and brand new one after removing the old one, which turns out was the ORIGINAL Distributor from 66 as evidenced by the orange paint. I still have it laying around if anyone's interest in seeing it. It's in BAD condition, in all honesty that distributor looked like we pulled it up from the Titanic's wreckage. We replaced the Coil, all of the sparkplugs, opened up the valve pan covers to lube up the rockers with Marvel's Mystery Oil, replaced the end of one of the battery terminal wires, restored the hook for the hood to function, drained the old ruined gas, tested the radiator, bought a new Petcock to plug the big hole >.>, had her hauled down to my yard, and started putting new metal down on the rusted out floor.
The interior is going to be a beast that my dad and I tackle later on along with the rust on the outside of the car. But the main focus for Ian and I was to get her to make some noise. After getting the new Distributor put in, we discovered we needed to get her to crank so that it would drop down into place, so with care and precaution we installed the new battery and tried the ignition. For some reason there's no power getting to anything in or on the dash so I think there's a bad fuse or more likely a wire somewhere is missing because there's a lot of areas for grounds we discovered and no wires. But we were far from done. Taking a long screwdriver, Ian bridged the two points of the starter to see if we couldn't get her to turn over like that. Thankfully she is getting power and with a mighty crack the starter roared and whirred to life with the strength of a brand new component! So already I've met my resolution for this year of getting her to show some life, but sadly the starter didn't engage the flywheel to get the engine to move. I ASSUME that's because of rust gumming stuff up and my dad and I are going to try that a few more times this weekend to see if we can't get her to work that free and turn over. The same basic thing happened with the back two wheels. They'd been locked up from time and neglect and did not UNLOCK until a few feet from where we parked her as the trip (WHICH I HAD TO BALANCE INSIDE ON A BROKEN FLOOR BECAUSE NONE OF THE TOW DUDES WERE BRAVE ENOUGH TO MAN HER WHEEL!! BUT THAT'S FINE I GUESS! I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TRYING TO DRIVE HER ANYWAY >.>) managed to knock all that rust loose so she's now at least on a rolling chassis. Aside from the Distributor everything else under her hood looks quite well in tact in contrast to the rust damage to her body.
All in all I think it was a job well done and had a blast having my buddy come over and hang out, see the sights, and help speed along Cassandra's recovery! She'll be back on the road in no time! Thank you everybody for the support and well wishes! They mean a lot and eventually I'll release a youtube series of all the footage I've compiled during this adventure. Again that you all so much! lol I promise eventually I'm going to stop spamming my gallery with photos and get back to drawing!
To recap...
Last week my friend Ian came down to Florida to help me work on my 1966 Chevy Impala which I've been trying to restore back to drivable condition. We had one goal in mind for the visit (aside from hanging out because HUMAN INTERACTION 0: ) to get Cassandra to start making noise in some form under her hood and show she wasn't done fighting just yet. I'm quite pleased to say she's not ready for the junk heap yet, of course there was never a doubt in my mind! We replaced the Distributor with a high end and brand new one after removing the old one, which turns out was the ORIGINAL Distributor from 66 as evidenced by the orange paint. I still have it laying around if anyone's interest in seeing it. It's in BAD condition, in all honesty that distributor looked like we pulled it up from the Titanic's wreckage. We replaced the Coil, all of the sparkplugs, opened up the valve pan covers to lube up the rockers with Marvel's Mystery Oil, replaced the end of one of the battery terminal wires, restored the hook for the hood to function, drained the old ruined gas, tested the radiator, bought a new Petcock to plug the big hole >.>, had her hauled down to my yard, and started putting new metal down on the rusted out floor.
The interior is going to be a beast that my dad and I tackle later on along with the rust on the outside of the car. But the main focus for Ian and I was to get her to make some noise. After getting the new Distributor put in, we discovered we needed to get her to crank so that it would drop down into place, so with care and precaution we installed the new battery and tried the ignition. For some reason there's no power getting to anything in or on the dash so I think there's a bad fuse or more likely a wire somewhere is missing because there's a lot of areas for grounds we discovered and no wires. But we were far from done. Taking a long screwdriver, Ian bridged the two points of the starter to see if we couldn't get her to turn over like that. Thankfully she is getting power and with a mighty crack the starter roared and whirred to life with the strength of a brand new component! So already I've met my resolution for this year of getting her to show some life, but sadly the starter didn't engage the flywheel to get the engine to move. I ASSUME that's because of rust gumming stuff up and my dad and I are going to try that a few more times this weekend to see if we can't get her to work that free and turn over. The same basic thing happened with the back two wheels. They'd been locked up from time and neglect and did not UNLOCK until a few feet from where we parked her as the trip (WHICH I HAD TO BALANCE INSIDE ON A BROKEN FLOOR BECAUSE NONE OF THE TOW DUDES WERE BRAVE ENOUGH TO MAN HER WHEEL!! BUT THAT'S FINE I GUESS! I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TRYING TO DRIVE HER ANYWAY >.>) managed to knock all that rust loose so she's now at least on a rolling chassis. Aside from the Distributor everything else under her hood looks quite well in tact in contrast to the rust damage to her body.
All in all I think it was a job well done and had a blast having my buddy come over and hang out, see the sights, and help speed along Cassandra's recovery! She'll be back on the road in no time! Thank you everybody for the support and well wishes! They mean a lot and eventually I'll release a youtube series of all the footage I've compiled during this adventure. Again that you all so much! lol I promise eventually I'm going to stop spamming my gallery with photos and get back to drawing!
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I'm curious, when you bridged the contacts on the starter, did you go directly from the top (large) one to the bottom (large) one or did you go from the top one to the one on the right (smaller terminal) as you face it? You need to do the latter as it causes the starter drive to engage the flywheel. If you just jump the two large terminals all that will happen is the starter motor will rotate but the bendix (starter drive) will not engage.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Actually that sounds like that might be it :0 !!! Thanks a lot man and thanks a lot for the diagram! I'll be testing that out this weekend and hopefully have better results! I seriously appreciate the advice! lol now if you had any idea as to why the dash isn't showing any signs of life when we put the battery in I'd be all set!! Seriously, again, I appreciate it!!
A really boring beige. It belonged to my Grandma. She actually had it when she lived in Florida (New Port Richey) for years so it wasn't all rusted out when I got it. It was in good shape but a typical old ladies car. 2 door sedan (post) with no power steering or anything. I even put a factory radio in it because mine was stripped from the factory and never had one. I went to a junk yard and got one and put it in.
Oh wow! lol well mine was made in Georgia so I think she was missing a coating or something when she came down here and the climate just tore her to ribbons. I'm also seeing signs the previous owner had started working on her but stopped midway through and left her to fend off the elements. There's also plain evidence that the top of the cab had been cut off at one point and put back on. So I'm not sure what all this one's been through before I got her.
It looks like slabs of bondo over just below the roof. I was thinking that it had been cut off at some point and that would explain why for some astounding reason the inside of the cab is just as rusted as the outside. My dad was saying after 13 years of auto-body repair he hadn't seen anything like it before and it confounded him how it got so bad without the roof leaking.
So do you need to jump all three connections together to get an actual crank? The two large contacts to spin the motor, and the smaller contact on the right to make it engage the flywheel? I mean that could be done, easier once they get her lifted and they can get underneath to work. But I'm curious if there's something that can be wired up directly under the dash to do the same job. I'm thinking their ignition switch is just bad.
Btw- I have an old ride as well. It is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9440000/
Thank you! I show it along with my 64 Fairlane. Infact we are taking the Fairlane on the Hot Rod Power Tour. Maybe when you get yours fixed up you might want to drive it in something like this.
http://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/
The route changes every year.
This might be closer to you however.
https://cruisinthecoast.com/
http://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/
The route changes every year.
This might be closer to you however.
https://cruisinthecoast.com/
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