86 ramcharger HELP! (Page 4/5)
zetabird SEP 09, 07:47 AM
ya still dosent help that i feel like a moron now lol, now to fix the electrical system... it runs at about 12 volts till you turn the headlights on the volt guage drops to 0 and everything starts flickering
carnut122 SEP 09, 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by zetabird:

ya still dosent help that i feel like a moron now lol, now to fix the electrical system... it runs at about 12 volts till you turn the headlights on the volt guage drops to 0 and everything starts flickering



At least you're to the point that it's worth chasing all of the small stuff. I have a 53 F100 that I completely built from the axles up. I still have a few small issues to track down, but I'm saving them for when I retire.
zetabird SEP 10, 11:43 AM
one of the techs at the shop i work at helped me test it yesterday, electrical diag is not my strong point, the diodes in the alt went out and fried the volt reg. new ones are under my desk Saturday im bringing it in and swaping them out, along with fixing any wires in the processes
Tstang429 SEP 10, 02:40 PM
so did you just leave that hose or replace the bypass?
zetabird SEP 10, 02:45 PM
right now the lines capped with a straight filter i had for another thing on it, i figure that return is important so i thought i should prolly get another factory filter
zetabird SEP 12, 01:06 PM
ok so mabey i was hasty its doing the same thing again....
KurtAKX SEP 16, 02:09 PM
What happened to the Impala?
2.5 SEP 16, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by zetabird:

ok so mabey i was hasty its doing the same thing again....



So if better fuel flow helped it some.. perhaps it points to it still being a fuel problem.
Tstang429 SEP 17, 01:32 AM
Ok this is gonna sound weird drive around with the gas cap off see if it makes a difference. Maybe a vents not working or blocked off and you getting a vacuam.
zetabird SEP 18, 04:31 PM
tried the cap its not vaporlocking like that, but i noticed the aux electric pump isnt working... im guessing its locked up and restrickitn now... gonna work on it now