Re: [FWDLK] Charging/Braking Questions

[William Huff <whuff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well Larry, my 58 DeSoto does the same thing.  It was a brute when I
had a gravel driveway.  Let me know if you figure it out. 
After a day or so of use the brakes are fine.  I sort of feel they
might be just dragging a little and then sort of bond when left to sit.
When I pull the hub, everything looks ok.  I will be converting to
disk fronts and a late 60's rear end eventually just for
reliability.

Amp gauge sounds very much like the regulator to me.  Probably just
needs the points burnished.  Unless the commutator is coming apart,
I wouldn't think brushes would be the problem at low RPM or
idle.

Bill Huff


At 10/19/200801:21 AM, Larry Ashbaugh wrote:
> I had the 57 out for a short run
> today.  Every time it sits for a time (couple weeks in this case),
> it will seize up.  By that, I mean I can put the transmission in
> gear, floor it and, although I can feel it straining, it does not
> move.  When it breaks free, it spins the wheels (gravel drive), and
> goes a bit, then seizes up again.  Works better if I put it in
> reverse.  Once it gets up the drive a bit, it drives fine.  Not
> sure if it is the brakes, the e-brake, or what.  Does not pull left
> or right when braking, and the transmission fluid is fine.
>
> Other problem I noted today is the amp gauge fluctuates constantly back
> and forth, not in any rhythm, but constantly.  Could it be the
> brushes in the generator, the voltage regulator, or the gauge
> itself?
>
> Not many more days when I can get the FL cars on the road here, as the
> first hard freeze is due tonight.  Bah Humbug!
>
> Larry (Akron, Ohio)
>
>
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