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we replaced the filter this weekend. raised the alternator up and got it out. the old rubber lines had to be cut off due the horrible condition they were in (at the pump and the hard line). Put it right back in the stock location and to our surprise, the car started right up on first turn of...

Full honesty, I'm learning as I go. There was a pile of old ones in the trunk last year and the one on the fire wall was hanging off, so we just went left to right. The previous owner disclosed the electrical gremlin problem as a major reason for selling and recommended the 1 wire route...

coming up on a year of ownership for us but I only drove it for 3 months last year before putting it in storage for the winter (NH), so we are finally seeing and dealing with issues as they pop up. Last summer was the alternator where we switched to a 1 wire and even then we had issues where...

Are the majority of people keeping the fuel filters tucked behind the alternators in the stock location? I just find that to be a PIA for simple maintenance to have to drop the alternator.

I'm not so concerned about temps of the location of the fuel filter, more so the ease of maintenance and getting my hands up in there to replace the filter. Everything looks original. The car is heading off to have a few months of rust repair and they may drop the tank. If they drop the tank...

Two weekends ago, we woke the 69 Newport up. Drove it all day on the 4th, had a blast. The 5th however was a different story. First errand with it, couldn't get it started. When it did start (long crank), it choked itself out. Couldn't even get it in gear before it would stumble out...

Plan is for the kid to learn how to do a full repair on it (he just turned 14). I don't envision it going on the car for another year or so. The current hood is like a pepper shaker, every time we open it, it sprinkles down all over everything.

Sometimes, I just luck out on late night random Ebay searches. Scored a fairly mint hood for my 69 Newport Hard top next state over in Mass (Pick up only). The entire latching system is gone on my current hood, so this was a lucky find for a piece of unobtanium in my opinion. The seller also...

There were 2 crusty alternators and the AC unit in the trunk when we took delivery of the car and the boxes on the firewall looked new. Have a feeling this was not a new problem. Some rodent probably chewed something somewhere and they just started to unplug stuff.

I'll give that a watch tonight, thank you. I appreciate the help. The previous owner took the AC compressor out, went to a single V belt pully on the alternator, I think he tried to eliminate as much wiring as possible. The Radio works but the horn doesn't...lol

So are those that are running a 1 wire alternator running a fuse between the positive battery post and the charge wire off the alternator? The instructions didn't mention putting a fuse at the post... like running anything like an amplifier. We went this route as the mechanic gave up chasing...

this is an all internal, 1 wire to the battery alternator, ran zero gauge right to the battery. Advance Auto Parts - Down for Maintenance I added the extra ground just because. I haven't worked on a car this old since the late 90's with my 66 Mustang, even then if something didn't work, go...

I actually bought the huge shop manual from 69 for the Newport , New Yorker and Imperial. We went with the 1 wire as the mechanic we bought the car from basically threw in the towell after his 3rd alternator and recommended to just go with the 1 wire instead of chasing the wiring. We will...

Before folks come down on us for a simple question, we are just starting to learn and I'm teaching my 13 year old to work on the car (I'm not a mechanic). We replaced the alternator on the 69 Newport the other day, no issues driving for 2 days, seems to be charging. Yesterday we got the belt...

Here are some photos from the day of purchase.