the momstang rebuild begins TOOK A TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK!

evilcw311 · Aug 15, 2018

the momstang rebuild begins IT STARTED!

Spring goes down, cone goes up. If it has pressure it means the thermostat isnâ€™t opening. May have air behind the thermostat. Need to make sure all air is out of the system

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evilcw311 · Aug 17, 2018

Any luck Scott?

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ttocs · Aug 17, 2018

YES! I jacked the front end up and went to burp the system and for some reason this time it worked. It held nice and solid at 185 - till the upper hose on the radiator popped off. I saw it was seeping a bit and went to get a screw driver to tighten it up and by the time I got back it popped. So I am letting it cool down and will burp it again and then I might just test the brakes tonight.

evilcw311 · Aug 17, 2018

Glad to hear it was the problem. Sucks that the hose popped off.

But regardless, itâ€™s progress in the right direction.

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ttocs · Aug 17, 2018

and now, the fan will not turn on............ f-me

ttocs · Aug 19, 2018

traced all my connections and they were ok. For some reason I was only getting 2.2 v from the hp to activate the relay for the fan. After digging around in the software I noticed that some things were not right. Long story but after switching some stuff on the software I uploaded the tune and the fan turned on. After that I was really excited to see that it was holding solid now at 190 degrees and the idle was a approx 850 rpms. I put the front end down and started to roll it down the driveway. I could tell the brakes were softer then I liked and with the new gears and new motor upgrades I was trying to baby it and naturally bogged it and killed it. When I went to start it the starter was slow for a few cranks and then I heard a fuse pop and lost all power. The fuse that blew was 2 100 amp fuses that make up the main power fuse for my starting battery. I replaced them and then the starter would only make a clicking noise. I wacked it with a wrench a few times but nothing changed and it was getting dark so I pushed it back into the garage and will start to investigate that tomorrow.

ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

I had two high current fuses that blew and I replaced but the starter is still VERY slow to crank and its wanting to pop a 175 amp fuse on the starter wire..... The starter is new but I pulled it to see if there was anything obvious but there was not. Any way to test it?

evilcw311 · Aug 21, 2018

Autozone has a bench tester.

Have you looked up how many cranking amps a starter generally uses??

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ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

can't say that I have. I just remembered we have an alternator/starter shop not far away that I am sure can test it. figures I was 2 mins away from it just 2 hours ago...

evilcw311 · Aug 21, 2018

Itâ€™s probably around 200amps if I remember correctly.

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ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

it was not drawing that much prior to killing it in the driveway. It cranked up just fine for all those months.

evilcw311 · Aug 21, 2018

Most v8 starters range 200-250. Anything above that generally means the brushes are burning out. Only way youâ€™d be pulling less is if you have a high torque mini starter. Theyâ€™re designed to use less amperage and make more torque. They only start to pull more amperage in high compression motors.

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ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

my fear is it isn't the starter going slow as much as something else that is bound up slowing it down and drawing current. Like I said it didn't have cranking problems prior to that moment. Oil pressure and everything looked normal right up till then. If the starter checks out I am going to get fresh oil and see what the old stuff looks like and maybe take the belt off and make sure the alt/vortech and all the accessories are still turning free.

ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

tested the starter and it was good. I was afraid that one of the accessories on the front was bound up so I took off the supercharger belt and was happy to see it still spinning free. So then I took off the serpentine belt and then was not really surprised to see that he alternator was bound up. The other day I happen to notice it was HOT as hell and was afraid it meant a bearing or something was going out. Looks like I might have been right. Data log shows it was charging fine right up till the end so hopefully I can get a new bearing at the alternator shop tomorrow and try it again.

evilcw311 · Aug 21, 2018

the momstang rebuild begins IT STARTED!

That will definitely do it. I wonder why though?!?

How tight was the belt tension?!?

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ttocs · Aug 21, 2018

tension was tight enough but not crazy. Not sure exactly we have an pretty good hometown alternator shop not far away I will see if they can give any info on what might have caused it. Probably just a bad bearing but the alt is easy enough to get to.

evilcw311 · Aug 21, 2018

Just sucks cause it has no warranty and technically itâ€™s still new.

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ttocs · Sep 2, 2018

some people might say I am slow because it takes me 8 days to do an oil change, I like to think I am just dedicated and very thorough in the process. I finally got out into the garage for the first time in a week to see where I was last week. Finished up the oil change and then bled the brakes again. I have a little more pedal feel now but when I finished up it was dark outside. So keep your fingers crossed and I will see how it rolls tomorrow, and more then likely find a new problem to fix...