New springs solved steering issue.  New high torque starter solved intermittent starting issue.  New fuel pump solved rough running issue.  Almost had a disaster when top radiator hose came loose on test run.  Bought bottled water at convenience store and everything OK.  Now ready for a test run on Interstate.  Probably have wife follow in her car.

Nice to see that you have the car on the road.  Once you get the kinks worked out, I would be glad to help you with a V6 and 5 speed conversion.

Glad the new car’s running good for you, Jack.

…and I thought I was being risky in running the RPMs up to 3500 — but this is an unknown engine that has about 30 miles put on it by me — prior to that it was sitting for a year in the PO’s shed and prior to that, it was in a 1988 Mustang prior to being swapped out for a 5.0L V8….

The PO pulled the throttle body injection off and installed…[Read more]

It was fine at 3-4 grand. Flog it at 6. It was the sustained 7 that did it in.

Keep in mind it was cammed and ran a 4 barrel carb. The cam came on at about 2,500.

I’ll let Bill answer but pretty sure he usually shifted at 8,000 rpm whether it needed it or not.

Thanks Bill —

A quick question:  think back to when you had that SMALL, OLD, FORD 2.3L engine in your car — what was the red line RPM?  What RPM did you typically shift/run the car?

I’ve been a VW-kit person and don’t know “kit” about this Ford engine….????

Great news. I’m glad to see it up and running.

I can’t remember how I got mine to work. I remember it was an accident, so probably I grounded the wire to the GEN light or something.

Again, this was the Subaru engine (and alternator).

If I knew what to do I’d tell you. When I don’t know what to do I just Google and then start, ya know, trying…[Read more]

I am using an incandescent bulb – the original bulb was blown when I got the car.

Trying to figure out how excite the winding on the Motorola alternator I have. B+ wire to the field terminal?

I have wired the alt lamp directly to terminal 15 on the coil and still get no light nor any charge – even at close to 3k RPM.

For sake of full…[Read more]

IT’S ALIVE!!!

I finally got the North Carolina VIN attached to the car, Hagerty Insurance, and registration done — I timed it just as the forecast calls for 2 weeks of rain.

By the way, the “won’t idle below 2500 RPM turned out to be a problem with the progressive  Weber carb on the car.  The throttle plate would not close completely, even w…[Read more]

Yes, it is true about residual charge on the windings.  That is the purpose of the charging indicator light circuit, however. A good article from SpeedyJim’s web page.

http://www.speedyjim.net/schem/mot_alt.htm

Oh, sorry.  After I put my brain back on, I realize that the picture is of your grate which I think is quite nice.

Maybe, but I won’t be doin it, I was thinking (DANGER/WARNING) more like the mesh grill in a blower Bentley or the like.

So, I guess yours is lost or not handsome enough.

I wonder if the grate from a gas grill could be adapted and look good??  Chrome or porcelain black?

I think you need to excite the field windings in your alternator. I had the same symptom when I put the Suby in Bridget.

Here’s a vid showing how it’s done with a Delco GM one.

Here’s a Samba discussion on topic for our stuff:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/archive/index.php/o-t–t-488081–.html

And yeah, don’t use LEDs for everything…[Read more]