After having pulled the larger body parts from the car and doing some preliminary cleanup I got started with the removing of components that won't be used or at least are unable to be used due to not having the provisions for their use when I do resurrect the car. I started in the engine bay as there were some components that pertain to the emissions system and other functions this car had when it was new. Since the powerplant is going to be a simple HEI ignition with a plain 4bbl, there won't be any need for EGR valves and smog pumps or charcoal canisters or any of the stuff we know of that pertain to emissions. Along with these components I will also have to look at removing the wire harness in the engine bay since I do plan on rewiring the car and just like with the Dodge, I just need to save the plugs with a short piece of wire that go to the different loads. The first thing I did that was pretty easy was remove the old AC condenser as it was bent some and would need to be replaced anyway. This was pretty easy as it was held in with four bolts. With it out, it opened things up so I can work better later on in the engine bay. From there I removed the charcoal canister and some other component that looked like it fell apart. The next thing I pulled off that I didn't know what it was at first turned out to be a cruise control module. This thing has two speedometer cables coming from it, one going to the transmission and one going to the speedometer gauge itself. It also had a couple of vacuum hoses going to it and a two wire plug coming from it. I'm guessing that the thing uses engine vacuum to determine when to work the throttle, or maybe lock the throttle, and when the speed goes down (such as when you go uphill), the vacuum changes and the speed drops, causing the module to see these changes and work a solenoid that pushes the throttle up some to get back to the set speed that would disable the advancement of the throttle. I could be wrong, I'll have to research this first generation cruise control to see what all it involves and if possible, see how to maybe resurrect it, it would be a cool feature to have on this old car. Along with some vacuum hoses and the speedo cables, removing the cruise control module was the last thing I had to do before writing off the fender well as cleared. Some of the hardware went into the scrap pile while the cruise control module got set aside for that mentioned research I want to do. I'll be targeting the wiring next, trying to see if its possible to pull the whole bundle out in one piece where the harness may plug to a junction block so I don't have to resort to chopping up wiring. I'd rather do my disassembly in a clean manner so I can more easily salvage parts I may need from the things I pull free. From the way it appears, I'll also have to do some repairs to the HVAC box as it looks like a rat was chewing on the plastic shell, causing a hole to be formed. Along with that, I may start mapping out the electrical loads so I could just prematurely start on the rewiring by just cutting the pigtails from the plugs and leaving them on their respective electrical loads while removing the rest of the wire by any means necessary. This way when it does come time to do the rewiring, I'll already have some of the work done. Things like the headlights and turn signals could be pre-wired before actually working on the rewiring, with me just having to splice into the wires I run beforehand for the loads. Whatever I do, I want to try and make this project go by pretty smooth and if possible, quick. We will see though.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
May 2023
|