What did you do to your "other" car (aka musclecar) today

[RyanbabZ71]

 

Rims with brake dust

 

 

Cleaned

 

 

 

Ryan

[RyanbabZ71]

Decals "stock" look

 

 

 

Ryan

[SnakeEyeSS]

Tracing an ignition problem. Don't think the Digital 6 plus is getting power. Troubleshooting later.

 

Incredible clouds and sunset. Was going for pics, but never got going.

 

Seriously thinking of selling. I don't care if its finally straightened out, it's not like it would be gone tomorrow, I'd expect 6-9 months to find someone that wants a firebird with a completely built $$$ Pontiac engine and drivetrain.

Edited September 26, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[66nova]

Tracing an ignition problem. Don't think the Digital 6 plus is getting power. Troubleshooting later.

 

Incredible clouds and sunset. Was going for pics, but never got going.

 

Seriously thinking of selling. I don't care if its finally straightened out, it's not like it would be gone tomorrow, I'd expect 6-9 months to find someone that wants a firebird with a completely built $$$ Pontiac engine and drivetrain.

Why?

[SnakeEyeSS]

Why?

Because working this car out has been a pain. Like I said, its pretty much worked out(except for my current problem) Example, I posted this on the Camaro site I frequent:

 

FOUR LETTER WORDS! FOUR LETTER WORDS!

 

 

THE BUTTWIPE THAT WIRED THIS CAR. Guess what he did!

 

The guy.....aaarrrrgggg....so I'm trying to trace all the wires and trouble shoot because the coil should have blown up my voltmeter but didn't. No spark. I'm tracing the ignition switchable wire from the MSD digital 6 plus, the thin RED one. But it disappears. So I have to take off some of the 8 hours worth of zip ties and powerbraid which puts me in a bad mood. And my back already hurts(old spinal injury), so I'm in a bad mood already.

 

I Look at the other end of the dash and no friggin red wire. I take off everything on that part of the 6 plus wires(and learned my lesson, using Velcro ties now).

 

I see the ignition wire was too short so he connected it to a white wire, and ran it along the tach wire, which is white. What kind of bonehead.... Anyway, I look on driver side again.....only one white wire. A TACH wire. What the.... I trace it back a ways, and find the other white wire....which is now connected a YELLOW wire. Then I move to get out from under the dash and my back was just shy of giving out. Can't stand up straight right now. Not a great day. To be continued. Wonder how many more colors were used to extend it.

 

AAAAAHHHHHH! How hard is it to buy one wire that is long enough and the same color as the original wire!

 

Still have the main power wire to trace also. Scared to even try.

Edited September 26, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[KARNUT]

Kind of reminds me of the old roadrunners and barracudas of the 70s and 80s . The problem was they were my DD so when they didn't start I had to fix them right now or walk. The good old days. Electric problems were normal for them.

[SnakeEyeSS]

6+ has power again, all I did was unplug a relay and plug it back in, and then slightly move a wire bundle.

 

It tried to start, then went back to normal cranking, so I pulled a plug and set it on valve cover while I was cranking it over, didn't see spark. But, it did try to start, so I'm just hunting around again.

 

Hoping it just flooded and I'm soark-blind and it will magically start when I can get back to it later.

Edited September 26, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[kstruckcountry]

If it was mine I'd be tempted to rewire the whole thing. I hate chasing stuff around. Besides rewiring most of a car would keep you busy a while.

[SnakeEyeSS]

If it was mine I'd be tempted to rewire the whole thing. I hate chasing stuff around. Besides rewiring most of a car would keep you busy a while.

I don't need to be busy for a while. I barely have time for this, just work on it during my kids naps

 

 

The magic didn't happen. I put a voltmeter on the 6 Plus's orange and black wire that power the coil. On VDC and VAC it read nothing so I set the Volt meter to 9v battery, and it read .16-.25 volt during cranking, so I doubt its the coil.

 

I wish I knew someone nearby with a MSD ignition system, so I could just swap my coil on their car and see if it would start.

Edited September 26, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[SnakeEyeSS]

Getting ready to dive back in. Tracing the positive power now. The box's ignition wire is getting 12v, so that is all that is left really is that main power wire. If it is getting 12v I guess I'll start replacing stuff

Edited September 26, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[SnakeEyeSS]

It's alive again. Started getting power to certain circuits while I was testing them. I kept thinking it was a relay(that hmshould even be wired to the box power line). And suddenly it was getting close to 12v and so I put the coil wire on and it started and ran.

 

This car is REAL close to being named Christine.

[RyanbabZ71]

IMPD car show today. Good times. Tomorrow we are doing a covered bridge cruise

 

 

 

 

Ryan

[RyanbabZ71]

 

 

Ryan

[SnakeEyeSS]

Finally got some decent pics!

 

And of course, on a country road shot, some people pull on the road as soon as I stop, its usually empty. Oh well, got a good shot though.

Edited September 28, 2014 by SnakeEyes

[RyanbabZ71]

Nice

 

Seen this car today it was nice

 

 

 

Ryan