Cheers Mr. Cassin...I did recently have a busted Pertronix...and learned how they work. I will do a video on them just for you...timing....??????😂 Ask my wife!
Cheers....in this case, I had the charger on and was messing with the ignition so the ignition switch was on. With the switch on, there is voltage running into the coil. Depending on whether the engine stops points open or closed (random), the secondary winding in the coil is either building up energy (if the points are closed) or not (points open). These coils are pretty hearty, but letting the coil secondary winding sit there and build up energy will eventually cause it to start heating up and eventually can cause it to fail (even explode if you remember that episode). I was worried about the extra "strain" since the charger is putting out close to 8 volts...so this is even more stress on the system with the points closed and the ignition on. With the ignition off, the battery tender is just putting small amounts of energy into the battery - no coil impact. Even with a tender on and me doing experiments with the ignition on, a tender puts out much less energy so I wouldn't worry!
Thank you as always for the insightful comments Jay. The cedar lattice....I purchased many, many years ago and it was pretty cheap...like $30/sheet. The same product today is $180 for the nice stuff. I bought one pressure treated sheet for under the stairs...really junk! Making it would be fun and you could certainly end up with a nicer product. My local sawmill has nice cedar too....fire up the table saw and stapler and get after it.I did pay attention to wiring sizing and upped it for the big amperage stuff. The rest is a little heavier duty than original. Fun project and it definitely forced me to advance my electrical education. Love those hardener products like Wood Epoxy. I used their "consolidant" on these porch post ends and a little sill rot. The stuff is very liquid...soaks right in and hardens up nicely like you said. I used a little filler too...but in this case was dealing with the bottoms of the posts and mostly just fit new material. Cheers!
They were indeed amazing folks. We have lost a lot in "specialization".....while people have gotten better at some things, deep, cross functional knowledge is missing in some many places. Interesting that companies like Tesla now place the engineering and design staff along production lines so they can't silo themselves....they get to see the impact of their decisions on the real world. I love it. Imagine if every architect had to physically build a house....what would that do to ya?😍
I don't know who has that information, but I think there are several things in the works that will result in that information arriving in the hands of a good steward. The MVPA is definitely working on collecting this type of information and ensuring that it is preserved and presented for future restorers.
I have been party to one tub removal...indeed a pain in the arse. I like the looks of the new SGI tubs....pretty reasonable at $1200 too. That is probably a great way to go - particularly for the "second" trailer out of this lot. I am probably going to be dropping the frame and the MBT trailer at a local sandblaster soon to get this process underway.Thanks as always for watching and for your support and comments!
Cheers Robert. The strap from the rear mounting bracket on the starter runs to the bottom side of the motor mount - so directly to the frame. The battery negative is running down to the frame, right near the weld on the battery bracket, so there is a solid and close connection between the two. From memory, the early Fords grounded the starter with a strap from the starter to the generator mounting bracket and then to the frame/motor mount. I do this on every jeep and it really helps with the starter speed.
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We appreciate your support Steve!