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It's alive again!!!!! Nothing caught on fire.......yet!

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It's been awhile....Thought I would post an update.

I burned up the brand new engine harness on the first test drive .......the red FLD wire on the back on the ALT. came off (when driving or I did not hook it up) grounded out on the exhaust manifold melted wires together back to the FW. rebuilt the harness, tested the alt. it turned out to be bad along with the brand new starter relay switch-grounding out internally.

After fixing the harness, replacing Alt., starter relay switch, did a tune up with plugs, wires, cap & rotor, coil, voltage reg. 

I did the AMP gauge bypass (www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/amp-gauges.shtml) added fusible links installing volt meter, gauges are still out working on wires that where stripped back for whatever reason.

Haven't started the truck gonna go over everything..... but not a lot time spent on the Trailduster...... Did heater core in Kia, got the Samurai running.

Work on the Trailduster has been going slow. There's multiple shorts in the dash harness. I hook up the battery its sounds and looks like I'm welding lol. Almost every wire has been cut stripped and another wire twisted on.


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My diesease is starting to kick in eyes start twitching mind starts racing I'm talking myself into buying another project then start thinking about going to get it!........Then I slowy start to realize I have two projects in the garage and two more at the shop and the grass needs to be mowed and it's time to get back to work and I sure could use a beer!!!    

This for sale on CL for 3k!!

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5539587179.html

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There was a ford starter relay mounted on the LH inner fender that was half @ss wired so I went down to Oreilly's and ordered the correct relay. Somebody worked harder to rig this truck up this way than fix what was wrong with it! Lucky only the starter cables caught on fire last time it was running. If I get a couple of hours this weekend should have her running again.

I bought a 1976 Dealer brochure off ebay for $6. Looks like this was ordered by an individual its has the sport package with 440 auto, cruise, roll bar, bench seat, power steering, skid plates, engine block heater, heater only no A/C, 35 gallon tank, heavy duty shocks, stabilizer bar, Sunburst orange paint. Originally I think this was bought from somewhere up north and made its way to Texas down the line somehow.

 

Quote from: SixGun on January 29, 2016, 02:40:16 PM
I wouldn't worry about the 74 RC.  74's were very unique in many ways. It would be confusing.  Good price but if you were to find a 77 FSM for that price it would be ideal. You might contact the seller and see if he carries one.

I purchased the 1975 & 1976 Supplement Service manual first and after going through wiring diagrams realized I needed the 1974 FSM to get complete diagrams because 75 & 76 sup. manual only shows what's new in 75 & 76. In 1977 they came out with a new FSM lots of changes, which wouldn't have helped me.

Lost it....went for $550

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Got up yesterday put my bid on the truck on LonestarOnline set the auto bid to $525, 10 min. before it ended went to check was still winning thought I had it in the bag......checked on my son who stayed home from school sick..... I came back to the computer auction had ended 2 minutes ago and I lost it! went for $550. Has 318 with new radiator, electric fan, nice rims and tires, I was more interested in parts for my 1976 Trailduster. OH well saved $525 plus auction fees!

Here's the link:

http://www.lonestaronline.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1074371132

Its like opening Christmas presents when the mail comes!!

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Here's couple pics....

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The engine harness is in.....correct alternator on.....new starter is on....a flat out c*nt to get in & out w/440 and exhaust, previous owner had one bolt and nut holding it on then had to re-tap threads on tranny dig for new bolt and stud but all is well if it ends well right?.....ripped out all radio, speaker wires, disc changer garbage there was even 10ft. electrical cords plugged into one another used as speaker wire lmfao .....Did not try to start it up yet going over dash wiring with FSM first!

I will start bidding tomorrow could use some of the parts for my 76......unless someone here is planning to buy?

Quote from: crazzywolfie on February 03, 2016, 07:31:13 AM
that looks like a pretty nice score. that harness looks like it is practically brand new

Thanks!!!!..............Yes its brand new with oem wire color and labeling

Nice RC man! I want a push bar like yours on mine.

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Found these on ebay.....

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