"The Onion" has really been kicking my ass lately which is why Episode 8 hasn't been released.
I've been having charging issues since day 1 and last night I finally....finally had the break through I needed. The car was stuck at 12.0V, while running then wouldn't start again (it will be in the next episode). I changed the Alternator and it only brought me up to 12.4v but after idling the volts decline. Last night I decided to chase every ground on the car and I found the issue. A few grounds were cut and dead, I found chaffed ground wires under the battery tray that go to the power box. After I repaired everything the car is now making 14.7v while idling. That's a Victory! The voltage gauge in the car isn't sitting a tad past 8 anymore, it's far the right now.
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Then "The Onion" struck again! One thing this car is good at and that's idling. Well I heard a weird ticking on the passenger side and the idle is stumbling, wants to stall. I look down by the passenger header and I see some smoke, smells electrical. The plug wire is sitting on the header and put a hole in the boot. The ticking was the spark zapping the header through that hole. Placed an order to Steeda for 94-95 Specific plug wires, these were stock anyway which needed to go.
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Got to do the following:
*Install the Steeda Plug Wires
*The Passenger Rear Caliper Piston is still stuck in the out position, I need to work on this.
*The Edelbrock Lower / Upper Intake ports needs to be fixed (see my last post above).
*Install the new OEM Tie Rods Inner / Out (I'm just going to do it all).
*Install the new Prothane Sway Bar Bushings.
*Install the new Strut Bar End Links.
*Not sure if I'll do the Ball Joints yet, I don't have the removal tool. I'll look into that.