The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[Billohio]

So we have to wait a week to find out what is wrong???
Jobs sure cause us problems

[njsteve]

No,

He is one of them thar mollenial Influencers. He only uploads a video once a week to keep y'all hooked.

[Billohio]

That would not surprise me either.

[A12pilot]

Hahaha! I know it! It's killing me to not be home trouble shooting this thing and providing the much needed update we all want to see!

But fear not! I'll be out on the street very shortly and will have ample time to not only update this thread, but all the other ones I'm going to start for all the other members cars I work on so I can pay my mortgage and eat!

Just kidding.....I hope!

Cheers
Dave

[Billohio]

Dont get the corona while your out. We dont need any delays.

[njsteve]

New brilliant idea!!!

What's that old children's book? "Stone Soup" I think. Where every one in town puts something into the giant pot and at the end, everyone gets to enjoy the soup.

How about you just paint the car, send it up here and I'll do the troubleshooting and get it running. Then we can send it to someone who does interiors...(me and my son), and then on to another guy who does chassis work (me and my daughter) and then on to another dude who constantly argues about where all that money went (me and my wife).

I'll even bring it to MCACN next year.

;-)

[Lee Stewart]

It definitely sounds like an electrical issue. But . . . another wild ass guess/suggestion . . . pull the spark plugs and see if they are "proper."

Question: What happens if you install the distributor 180 degrees off?

[L78_Nova]

Ignition switch ?? Bulkhead connector ??

[A12pilot]

Good thoughts, guys. But; new ignition switch, new harnesses and connection connectors that are connected in the bulkhead connection are connected! Timing isn’t the issue either (it’s set correctly) and 180 out won’t get the car running without serious misfiring, but these are good suggestions.

T-Minus 5 days until I get home to figure this out and I’ve got several troubleshooting procedures I’ve researched to try when I get back. These include a sledge hammer to the A-pillar, a block of C4 to the bellhousing, and finally, a drive to and off of the Tallahatchie bridge

More to come this weekend since we’ll all be quarantined anyway and there won’t be anything to do except watch my thread!

Cheers
Dave

[A12pilot]

Attention all Users: Attention all Users:

A breakthrough has been discovered! Sitting Reserve in Miami with absolutely nothing to do except listen to the Corona-Clueless scrounge for TP, I decided to take a road trip up to The Villages to see my folks. Driving up with the dash and engine harness diagrams floating through my head from hours of staring at them, I called M&H and chatted with Joe (I think....I know it wasn’t Tom). So explaining to him my entire situation from start to finish, we methodically went through every situation that it “could” be. I’d present a scenario and he would debunk it with the diagrams. He’d present a solution and I’d describe why that isn’t possible with the wiring diagram in my head and the symptoms my car had, to which he’d agree. This went back and forth with some extremely intelligent banter the likes of which haven’t been heard since the Carter Administration. This hour long conversation puzzled him, puzzled me, puzzled the government phone tap guy that was listening on the other end, and ultimately made us both think we came up with the issue with concurrence from the phone tap guy who said “that’s it!” in a very soft and muffled voice

I have to use the voltmeter and test one wire when I get home which will confirm our assumptions. We’re confident that this will be it!!! Which means out comes the dash harness and back to M&H it goes to be reworked. There’s one, to possibly two, wires in the harness that are spliced incorrectly which is sending power where it doesn’t need to go and grounding out the system intermittently. We touched on it briefly in the thread and Darrell gets the trophy with his mention of the “key in buzzer” option. My car doesn’t have that option installed but the connection is in the harness. The wire that powers that option is the culprit along with the tach lead wire, and oil pressure sending unit lead, and coil wire. Yes, it is THAT complicated!!! I’ll confirm Saturday when I get back and have a better explanation, but I think the eureka moment has come!!!

Cheers
Dave