Zelda84
06-19-2002, 02:02 AM
Well the 84 has been running sweet except for a few gremlins. I hope maybe you guys can give me suggestions.
First: The alternator likes to randomly over charge. Well at least I think thats what its doing.....I'll explain.....I fire her up in the morning and things are fine. The voltage gauge comes up to about 13 and then as I begin my drive it climbs up between the 13 volt line and the red line. As it nears the red line I get a chatter from under the dash and my choke light flickers. I turn on my driving lights & rear defogger and it drops down to the normal range (about 13) and stays there. Chatter stops and the light no longer flickers. I can then go about 10 mins and turn of the rear defogger and keep my driving lights on. I can drive about a total of 30 mins or so and then turn off the driving lights and things are fine. This happens regularly and randomly. Cold, warm, hot, ect. Any thoughts?
Next: My gauges are still screwy. My oil gauge all of a sudden wants to chatter and jump all over. This is a totally random thing. I can't make it do it all the time but I know bumps seem to affect it more. It really goes nuts sometimes when I first start the car and sit there for a minute and let it warm up. I again get a chattering noise from the dash. When I put it in gear its ok. I have looked for loose grounds under the dash and under the hood. Any thoughts or should I get an exorcist?
Next: The heater fan now wont work, or so I thought. The other day after our week of straight rain I had some moisture in the car from my T-Tops. (I found why they leak,the t-top seals are shot) So anyhow I went to turn on the defogger and hrmm no fan. So last night I checked the fuses and none were blown. I ran 12 volts straight to the motor and I could feel it trying to spin. I hear the relay chatter (?????) but still no spin up. Now tonight how ever driving home the fan all of a sudden was blowing hot air into my face. I had to switch it to low. Then I tried it later as I went to clean the car. Dead!!!! Any thoughts?
The last thing: On a hard punch of the throttle and I really get on it as the RPMS climb and I near the 5500 RPM area I get a flutter. Again totally random. This could happen one out of three times I hammer on it. I can lightly back out of the throttle as I near the 5500 mark the car hits second hard and I can lay back into it again. Is this a shift point issue in the trans where the RPMS maybe too high with the shift kit in it and the computer is trying to shut down the engine? Is it ignition related? The wires are new (accell 8 mm)new dist cap & rotor and new AC delco plugs. The distibutor was nice and clean. No vacuum advance, its the same one from the 305 now in the 350. Is this the problem?
So guys can you help me kill these annoying little gremlins?
First: The alternator likes to randomly over charge. Well at least I think thats what its doing.....I'll explain.....I fire her up in the morning and things are fine. The voltage gauge comes up to about 13 and then as I begin my drive it climbs up between the 13 volt line and the red line. As it nears the red line I get a chatter from under the dash and my choke light flickers. I turn on my driving lights & rear defogger and it drops down to the normal range (about 13) and stays there. Chatter stops and the light no longer flickers. I can then go about 10 mins and turn of the rear defogger and keep my driving lights on. I can drive about a total of 30 mins or so and then turn off the driving lights and things are fine. This happens regularly and randomly. Cold, warm, hot, ect. Any thoughts?
Next: My gauges are still screwy. My oil gauge all of a sudden wants to chatter and jump all over. This is a totally random thing. I can't make it do it all the time but I know bumps seem to affect it more. It really goes nuts sometimes when I first start the car and sit there for a minute and let it warm up. I again get a chattering noise from the dash. When I put it in gear its ok. I have looked for loose grounds under the dash and under the hood. Any thoughts or should I get an exorcist?
Next: The heater fan now wont work, or so I thought. The other day after our week of straight rain I had some moisture in the car from my T-Tops. (I found why they leak,the t-top seals are shot) So anyhow I went to turn on the defogger and hrmm no fan. So last night I checked the fuses and none were blown. I ran 12 volts straight to the motor and I could feel it trying to spin. I hear the relay chatter (?????) but still no spin up. Now tonight how ever driving home the fan all of a sudden was blowing hot air into my face. I had to switch it to low. Then I tried it later as I went to clean the car. Dead!!!! Any thoughts?
The last thing: On a hard punch of the throttle and I really get on it as the RPMS climb and I near the 5500 RPM area I get a flutter. Again totally random. This could happen one out of three times I hammer on it. I can lightly back out of the throttle as I near the 5500 mark the car hits second hard and I can lay back into it again. Is this a shift point issue in the trans where the RPMS maybe too high with the shift kit in it and the computer is trying to shut down the engine? Is it ignition related? The wires are new (accell 8 mm)new dist cap & rotor and new AC delco plugs. The distibutor was nice and clean. No vacuum advance, its the same one from the 305 now in the 350. Is this the problem?
So guys can you help me kill these annoying little gremlins?