It was really cool to meet you as well! I headed back to Pittsburgh Sunday 11AM. I look forward to Chryslers @ Carlisle every year!It was great to meet you there! I did meet a few other new FABO folks. But their names have escaped my sun baked brain. Also hung out with a bunch I have gotten to know in the last several years.. Now home relaxing in the AC
I think al the driver quality / unrestord cars were getting more attention than the trailer Queens.
Drivers are much more fun, my numbers match other people’s cars
Definitely true for me! I love em all but I found myself lingering longer with those. There was plenty of them.
Thanks, been using it for years.
There were a few, some were in building T but there were many more A12 440/6 B-bodies in that area.
I did the trip as well, in my 67 cuda. It was an 8 hour ride, 530 miles each way. Only issues was a drive train vibration the whole way, but not to bad, plus an electrical fire under the dash while I was in Carlisle. The car was parked directly in the sun, windows up all day. I went to start the car and smoke started rolling out from the dash. I think some wiring melted, even the metal under the dash was extremely hot to the touch. Oddly enough, all my stock gauges were pegged as well. So, I pulled the dash out and unplugged the gauges, and then pulled fuses for everything I didn't need. That worked like a champ, and then I drove the 530 miles back home. I didn't have any gauges though, but temp and oil pressure where fine on the way in.
Ouch!
Barry posted a link (new thread) to Carlisle Event's Flickr Album from the event. I thought I saw more there but wasn't focused on them.
Yup, agreed. My fuel gauge had been acting crazy for a while. Sometimes it shows my fuel level, other times total at empty even with a full tank. I havent torn it apart yet since I've been home but will soon just to see what cooked. And now the car has a lovely fried electric odor when I hop in, lol. I really need to re-wire all the dash stuff. It doesn't look bad, but it is just old for sure.
I had to go through the instrument voltage regulator replacement which is in the fuel gauge on a rally dash car like our barracudas. basically had to disable the voltage regulator in the gauge and wire an external solid state voltage regulator behind the instrument cluster, Fortunately mine went open so th gauges stopped working, if it shorted to full 12 volts your gauges can be damaged if it is not corrected in time.
I have read about the voltage regulator in the fuel gauge, but forgot about that. At lunch I pulled my dash out but can't find any burnt wires. I'll look more at that gauge now though, see if thats what smoked.
That gauge has three wires feeding in from the circuit board. One is 12 volt in, one is 6 volts out (this one feeds the other gauges) and the last is the sender wire.
I think I'm going this route though. My gauges have been a problem since I've owned the car. Plus I like the looks of these aftermarket ones.
