Any old skool Mopar guys out there????

[Eric Wettschreck]

Gotta keep the old girl purrin, Frank. Ringneck season is creeping up.

[Surface Tension]

Yeah I gotta get down there for a ride in the car.

It will most likely be later in the season though.

[harvey lee]

Keep it running Eric, its a nice ride up to the local pub.

[trolloni]

Eric that resistor was the first thing i thought of when i read youre post but when you said it was converted to electronic ingnition i thought well thats not it, sorry ,yeah all the old mopar guys always had a couple spares in the glovebox when it goes itll do some wierd stuff!!

[Eric Wettschreck]

OK, another question. Now she decided to stop charging. I'm assuming (assumptions are dangerous, I know) the problem is either alternator or voltage regulator. The question is, how does average shade tree mechanic test the regulator, or the alternator, to determine the faulty part?

[Macgyver55]

Well in the "old days" we would Full field the alternator.

Doing this is basically by-passing the regulator. If it charges then the regulator is bad, if it still doesn charge, then the alternator is bad.

To do it, run a wire from 12+ to the terminal marked "field". The alternator will charge at its highest ability if its good, if it doesnt, then the alternator is the problem. Be careful to only do it long enogh to test it, then unhook right away to avoid prolonged high voltage to the system

Judging from past memory, regulators on the old Chryslers were more often the problem.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Thanks Mac. When I get ambitous and get off the couch (it's Labor Day!!!) I'll go check it out.

[caseymcq]

68 Fury III with 318, 2 bbl Carter carb, 23,000 actual miles on the girl...

You're killing me here. You post something like this. There are four pages of discussion and not one stinkin' picture . This is like telling a guy how great the pie is your wife just baked and not offering himm a bite

[Eric Wettschreck]

My apologies Casey. Have some pie.

And a scoop of ice cream to go with it.

[Nate McVey]

Greatest license plate of all time!

[caseymcq]

Thank you. It's just, when I read something like "Mopar... 68..." I get a little excited.

[Eric Wettschreck]

This isn't a Cuda, it's a family truckster..........but it's darn fun to drive.

[swamptiger]

Quote:

This isn't a Cuda, it's a family truckster..........but it's darn fun to drive.

Plus it's a real car not a tonka toy....

[caseymcq]

Any '68 with a V8 is good by me. I like seeing cars of that vintage so the pictures are appreciated.

My brother had talked to a state trooper who had worked at that time. He had a Fury III with a 440 for his squad at one time. He said if he had the distance to let the car wind out, it would do 150 . I can only imagine how many times he visited a gas pump through the course of the day

[swamptiger]

Its true - my 69 Charger R/T speedometer read up to 150, and it would bury the needle - don't ask how I know that... But I do know 150 is way too fast....

My brother was a Chrysler mechanic back in the late 60's and early 70's, and he used to tune the cars for the state troopers, so he can vouch for that as well...

[Eric Wettschreck]

I get a lot of comments like, "My first car was one of those." or "My mom and dad had one of those." Then I'm asked if it has the 318 or 383.

Apparently, the Fury III's with the 383 would flat out fly.

[swamptiger]

Yeah, the 383 put out about 325 or 330 hp with a 4 barrel carb.

They put the 383 magnums in the Roadrunners and Superbees too..

There's a lot of info about old Mopars on the allpar dot com HSOforum.