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Not 35 Pontiac. 35 and 36 Pontiac are 16x4" and share the 6 bolt pattern with Chevrolet. A 5 bolt pattern came in 37, but those were not artillery wheels.

In addition to CB, antennas like those were used for VHF FM Lowband 2 way radios. Lowband 2-way radios were still pretty common in police/fire/business use at that time. It could be for just about anything.

I won't speak for chistech, but I think he was just referring to running a dedicated generator as a motor to test it, rather than a starter-generator. It was a common way to test generators in the old days. Unless I lost count we are now up to three test methods for generators in this thread. Any of them will work fine.

It is a hazard of this particular design. There is no way to have a calibration adjustment anywhere because E is 0 ohms. I still marvel that GM used it in production for so many years. It must have been a real PITA for them, as it probably caused a lot of rework to be necessary on the line. Glad you got it worked out.

Day 6: I left Aberdeen SD and headed south on highway 281. I intended to cut over into Iowa on highway 18 and then jog north to highway 9 across the top of Iowa. I lost the South Dakota map in the car somewhere and missed the turn, so I continued south. Here are some pictures from the Fort Randall dam at the southern tip of South Dakota. The Pontiac's trunk lid is now held on with tape.. From there, on south to Oneill, Nebraska. Here's an old bank building in downtown Oneill: Then I headed across Nebraska and Iowa on highway 20. Here are some old buildings in Orchard, Nebraska: A 1940 Chevrolet for sale in Laurel, Nebraska: And a museum of windmills in Jackson, Nebraska. Highway 20 continues in a straight line east through Iowa. I spent the night in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Take the starter to a local rebuilder. The quality of over-the-counter rebuilt parts is generally crap. It was so bad in the late 90s only every third one would even work. The Chinese "all new" parts that have cropped up in the years since seem to be better, but still not even close to the quality of a properly serviced original part. In any event, a Chinese one probably doesn't exist for an obscure application like that. Shops that rebuild starters, alternators, and generators usually have "auto electric" in the name. You can probably find one under Auto Electric in the yellow pages if you still have those or the Internet if you don't. It is amazing how much better the quality is when you are handing the starter over the counter to the guy who is going to rebuild it.

Just out of pure curiosity, as I don't currently own a TC, what changed at build 2999? I gather the doors do not interchange.

Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Day 5: Here is beautiful downtown Hettinger ND: I headed out on highway 12. At some point it crosses into South Dakota. I don't recall seeing a sign. I stopped in Morristown, SD. I believe this is on the Standing Rock Reservation. This place had gobs of old cars: I spent that night in Aberdeen, SD and in the morning headed south.

Day 4: From Miles City on, I was back on highway 12, and although it is 2 lanes in many areas, it tends to bypass little towns, not that there are many to bypass in that part of Montana. And then a little more trouble... A few miles west of Baker, MT I pulled off at a wide spot in the road and when I when I was almost stopped, I heard a little "thunk" and suddenly the car was pulling to the right under braking. When I got to Baker, I asked around if anyone had a hoist, thinking maybe some rubber fell out of a leaf spring eye. I wound up at a place called Spiffys, who put it on the hoist. Nothing amiss was found, and no apparent damage to the wooden sills from the accident either. That was a relief. As it turned out, the pistons in the LF wheel cylinder were stuck. I don't know how that happened, as I wasn't on the brakes as hard as when I tried to dodge the deer, and it didn't stick that time. The cylinders had allegedly been rebuilt shortly before the former owner sold me the car. I have changed the brake fluid twice since then. I'll rebuild all of them when I get home. A couple hours later I was unstuck and back on the road. I drove until it was about to get dark, and then spent the night in Hettinger, ND. The only pictures I took were of an old bridge from 1946 over the Powder River, but they did not turn out. Here are some similar but far less blurry ones from the Internet:

Day 3: The next morning, the rain had slowed down but didn't quit. Once I was on the road, it started pouring again. There aren't too many pictures for the next stretch of highway 200 (common route with highway 87) because there was too much rain. By the time I got to Moccasin, MT the rain had stopped. This is the old hotel. I looked all over for the bellhop but I couldn't find him.... Some other old buildings across the street, and another Pontiac: A Chandler in Lewistown, MT. I think it needs a little work: On to Jordan! And then south on 59 toward Miles City. This is truly a deserted road. You hardly ever see a car. The downside is there are more deer to dodge. I spent the night in Miles City.

Later that day, disaster struck. Well... sort of. I continued on through Missoula MT and got on highway 200 headed for Great Falls. Somewhere past Lincoln, a little after dark I came up over a little crest and there was a wall of deer, at least 13 of them. I locked the brakes, spun a couple of times and went over the embankment down into a little gully. It is a miracle the car isn't totaled. The good news is I am fine, with only a small scratch on my knee, and the car is almost fine. I got out, looked for leaks or any serious damage, and really couldn't see much wrong. I got back in and stepped on the starter. It was already running. After a little back and forth, I got it unstuck and managed to drive it up to the highway. It drove fine. It went straight, had good brakes, and basically felt like nothing happened. It was several miles before I could find a streetlight. There is some very minor body damage to the left rear corner, but it looks easy to fix. The gas cap is missing, and... the trunk hinges are broken. I taped the trunk lid down with masking tape and continued on to Great Falls where I spent the night. In the middle of the night it started pouring rain, and I went outside and stretched a tarp over the car. It leaks.

Day 2, Idaho and western Montana: An old truss bridge leading across the Clearwater river to Kooskia, ID: Last town for a while, Lowell ID: This one is for our late friend C Carl: And in case anyone doesn't know what I am talking about, Here is his picture from a road trip in his 1927 Cadillac: Some beautiful scenery along the Clearwater river, headed for Lolo Pass: Lolo Pass summit: More to come later.....

Wenatchee WA, day 1: Highway 28 headed east, The old hotel in Odessa, WA: Headed south from Odessa on highway 21: Downtown Lind, WA: Kahlotus, WA: Highway 261 headed for Starbuck: An interesting looking old building in Starbuck, WA: Then on to Pomeroy. WA via Highway 12. Pomeroy is the county seat of Garfield County, WA. A couple more pictures from downtown Pomeroy: And the on to Clarkston, WA, directly across the river from Lewiston, ID where I spent the night. This part of highway 12 follows the path explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took, more or less, when exploring the area we now know as the Pacific Northwest.

And possibly damage the generator.

I can't answer your question, but I'd put that on Greyhound if they'll take it.

I would run the engine up to something higher than in idle, and then measure the voltage from the generator output post to the generator case. If it comes up anywhere close to 6 volts it should be pulling the cutout in. In that case I would guess a problem with the cutout. If the voltage wont come up I would suspect a problem with the generator.

If you mean the wood, and you have a Fisher body, I don't think it exists. If you mean the linkages and mechanisms, and you have a Fisher body, look here, several Fisher body manuals are posted: http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com If you have a Holden body, I have no idea. I'll have to wait and see what our members from Australia have to say. Good luck.

It sounds like your cutout isn't pulling in. That could be the generator's fault... or not. What car? Is there just a cutout or is there a regulator too? Is it a Chevrolet? How many terminals on the generator?

Ok 12.4 measured to ground, right? and then you close the points and you get 3.4v from the coil negative to ground? Your distributor or whatever part of it the points attach to is not well grounded. You need to check into that and fix it. The condenser's whole purpose (well, most of it anyway) is to prevent sparking at the points. It can't eliminate all of it, but the more it eliminates the better. Make sure the condenser is hooked back up. Put the end of the coil wire near ground. With ignition on and the points closed (so the negative coil terminal is low), manually open the points. The spark should jump from the coil wire to ground. If you still have no spark at the coil wire, I think you still have a problem with the coil.

Thank you!

Wow! That doesn't look too bad. Good luck with the repair.

Do you have pictures like that of the wood in the back doors?

There were flame traps in the projector heads, and the reels ran in closed reel houses that also had flame traps. In a typical booth, there were weighted sheet metal doors over the holes out into the house. They could be tripped by a string next to the door. The booths were fireproofed with god knows how much asbestos, and a fire door. In some cases there may have been automatic carbon tet fire extinguishers in there. If things went really sour, you were supposed to pull the string that shut the holes in front of the projectors, slam the door and sound the alarm. The booth was designed to keep the fire inside long enough to get everybody out of the building, maybe 20 minutes. In my day, the nitrate film was long gone. We had acetate (safety) film, and ran with the reel house doors open.

Is there any chance the impeller could be on upside down? My guess is that the inlet is the slot in the impeller, and the flat area, especially the outer ring, runs a fairly tight clearance to some flat surface, and that is what separates suction from discharge. I am wondering what that clearance is. Does the inlet port lead to the slot in the rotor somehow? I think it should. The other side of the rotor looks curved. Does it run close to a curved surface?