And, this morning, the forum allows me back in... Again... For a day or two... Maybe...
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So, what we have here is a mounting br@cket (EEEEK!) cut out of a piece of heavy plastic originally intended to be side skirts or an air dam. Sitting on that, near the back of the picture, is an inline 30-amp fuseholder and fuse for the "signal" wire from the alternator to the battery. In front is an 80 amp fusible link inline with the main "charge" wire from alternator to battery. Both of those are as per the Me-Otter wiring diagram. Since I took that picture there is now a blue wire from the "light" terminal on the alternator to (wait for it...) a
light on the dash which then goes to a fused circuit on the original switch panel/fusebox on the dash.
And when I turn on the ignition, the light lights up. And when I start the motor the light goes out. Yay! I get about 14.5 volts when the motor is running and back to 12 and change (Harbor Freight voltmeter) when it's off. Bubba says "Sounds like we is alternatorizing to me." Yay again! (HamDip says "Yay" in her text messages when something good happens. I'm just being cool, hip and trendy and copying her...
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The power steering seems to be power steering-izing too, but I haven't actually made a test run with it yet. Lemme splain why...
Having run the motor for a few 5 or maybe 10 minute test sessions whilst I was checking out the alternator and power steering stuff, I noticed that the catch can on the radiator overflow was about 3/4 full of antifreeze/water. Weird, I thought... So I drained it and poured the stuff back into the radiator cap. I started the motor with the cap still off, so I could check that things were flowing as they should. I've done that before, with the old electric drive I had on the water pump. Now, however, with the belt driven pump, it overflowed and splashed antifreeze every-damn-where. I turned it off, put the cap on it and re-started while watching that catch can. In no time there was in inch or so of antifreeze in the can (Plastic jug, actually.) It continued to flow into the catch can as long as the motor ran. And this was from a cold start! (In other words, it ain't overheating!)
Bad radiator cap? Bad something else? Pulley too small on the water pump and over-driving it? (I'm making that one up...) Anybody? I'm gonna try a new cap later today. In the meantime, assuming I can keep access to the forum, y'all chime in with ideas, smart-a$$ comments, or actual suggestions. I'll be around...
Right now, my coffee has gotten cold while I was typing this stuff, so I'm going to the kitchen for a warm-up. See ya later!
Peace, Love and Ethylene Glycol-
JDK
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Build LogQuinn the Slotus:Ford 302 Powered, Mallock-Inspired, Tube Frame, Hillclimb Special "Gonzo and friends: Last night must have been quite a night. Camelot moments, mechanical marvels, Rustoleum launches, flying squirrels, fru-fru tea cuppers, V8 envy, Ensure catch cans -- and it wasn't even a full moon." -- SeattleTom