Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
We had used the PERMATEX Ultra Black before on the tank and it failed for us. The number on the tube was #82180. It says 'Maximum Oil Resistance' on the label but does not mention fuel.
The shop in Grand Island installed Champion RC12YC plugs which were the recommended spark plugs for the Edelbrock heads and were what we had in there before.
WE'RE CURSED!!! CURSED!!! There's a car show about 15 miles away tomorrow and I talked Spencer into taking the Roadrunner to it and entering it in the PROJECT class. The interior and drivetrain were done but we still had bodywork to do. I figured I'd take the funnycar and enter it into their RACE CAR class.
Everything was going fine. I installed the seat in the funny and was working on the parachute mount. Spencer was working on cleaning up the Roadrunner.
After washing his car he sprayed the motor to clean it too. When he went to move it - it wouldn't start. We spent all afternoon and into the evening working on it. I pulled the distributor cap off to see if it had gotten wet inside. We charged the battery thinking that we might not have had enough voltage. He said the glove box had been left open and the light may have drained the battery. It still cranked over fine but if I'm not mistaken a low voltage problem will disable the ECU.
It smelled gassy. I thought he might have gotten the plugs wet when it wouldn't start initially. Even after sitting an hour it didn't start. After 2 hours I did get it to fire up but it wasn't hitting on all cylinders. My son started pointing at the right side of the engine. I thought he wanted me to shut it down so I did. We haven't gotten it started since. I still suspect wet plugs.
My son thought he'd load the tune he'd saved on my laptop from when we got it back from Grand Island. When he brought the laptop outside and hooked it up, the hard drive crashed.
Right now I don't know what's going on with it but unless we can figure it out in the next few days - it's not going to Des Moines.
Well, at least I got the chute mounted.
We had used the PERMATEX Ultra Black before on the tank and it failed for us. The number on the tube was #82180. It says 'Maximum Oil Resistance' on the label but does not mention fuel.
The shop in Grand Island installed Champion RC12YC plugs which were the recommended spark plugs for the Edelbrock heads and were what we had in there before.
WE'RE CURSED!!! CURSED!!! There's a car show about 15 miles away tomorrow and I talked Spencer into taking the Roadrunner to it and entering it in the PROJECT class. The interior and drivetrain were done but we still had bodywork to do. I figured I'd take the funnycar and enter it into their RACE CAR class.
Everything was going fine. I installed the seat in the funny and was working on the parachute mount. Spencer was working on cleaning up the Roadrunner.
After washing his car he sprayed the motor to clean it too. When he went to move it - it wouldn't start. We spent all afternoon and into the evening working on it. I pulled the distributor cap off to see if it had gotten wet inside. We charged the battery thinking that we might not have had enough voltage. He said the glove box had been left open and the light may have drained the battery. It still cranked over fine but if I'm not mistaken a low voltage problem will disable the ECU.
It smelled gassy. I thought he might have gotten the plugs wet when it wouldn't start initially. Even after sitting an hour it didn't start. After 2 hours I did get it to fire up but it wasn't hitting on all cylinders. My son started pointing at the right side of the engine. I thought he wanted me to shut it down so I did. We haven't gotten it started since. I still suspect wet plugs.
My son thought he'd load the tune he'd saved on my laptop from when we got it back from Grand Island. When he brought the laptop outside and hooked it up, the hard drive crashed.
Right now I don't know what's going on with it but unless we can figure it out in the next few days - it's not going to Des Moines.
Well, at least I got the chute mounted.