Stopped back at the garage today, pay the bill and such, so while i was there i got busy trying to use some of the new parts i have piled up laying around.
First was the new 100 amp alternator i picked up to replace the old 60 amp one. It wasnt bad but i WAS planning on using a turbocoupe dual fan setup with a seperate controller, but after ruining the fan blades that were seized by rust trying to remove them off of it even after weeks of soaking it im not going that way anymore. Now im just going to use the OEM fan with a seperate controller for it since the factory one works when it wants to, which is never and im tired of the car puking its guts up.
I had to use a puller to remove the pulley off the old alternator, was really stuck on there. The new alternator i had to rotate/clock it but that wasnt anything to write home about.
I used the new nos alternator harness i had but the other side of the connector has seen better days. I have a new nos voltage regulator i keep in the trunk but the current one works so ill leave it alone.
My amp output measurement test failed right at the start since my new analyzer wouldnt work at all, but thankfully my multimeter does. Its putting out a solid 14.35 volts at idle and with everything i could possibly turn on it only dropped to 14.27. Ammeter never moved, never has and ive never seen one move ever on a ford with one. Wasted space wish i had a boost gauge there instead.
Satisfied with this for now, will address the harness connector thing next time with a backup i have laying around.
On to the next thing, the shifter.
The shifter has been on my fix it right list for over a year now. I replaced it when i got the car with one of those crap short shifters on ebay and when i finally drove the car i could barely shift it into gear so i cobbled the one it came with back together and had to rotate it so i could put a spacer in to move it away from my leg. Today i got the parts to fix it so i did.
The old one.
The new one.
The new one is an 87 shifter base and a 95 shifter handle, i also used a brass shifter bushing which fit right in a little too well. I wanted to keep the one it came with but the shifter handle wouldnt fit into the isolator parts, the bolt holes were much smaller on the older shifter handle and the rubber wouldnt fit thru them at all so i had to use the later one. My premade reusable gasket for the shifter base was a total waste of money, total junk and no amount of trimming wouldve made it work. Just globbed the black stuff around before mounting it. Feels alot better playing with it, Satisfied with that for now.
Things that need attention, the battery tray. Trying to take it out to clean up the mess the coolant made it was a mess taking it out thanks to the lowest bolt and the battery hold down bolt is all blown out so ill just replace the whole thing. Cheap enough.
And... Grounds. From what i read there is "supposed" to be a ground strap on the motor and i never saw one and have no clue where it wouldve been. I have a bunch of ground straps but i have no idea where to put them.
Ideas?
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