1970 B5 Sport Fury GT...Critters folly....back to basics

[CanCritter]

welp was a good day and another save by Fury440...your diagram got me straighted away on what was what...so have 75 % of underhood sorted out...few wires left unidentified yet but will sort them out...pic for glovebox door also was a win Bill...yer on a roll..thanx ;)

..time to start thinking about pulling interior harness and going through it and hooking up everything in dash then install dash whole once l get a dash pad

and cleaned up wireing and bulkhead connections...getting quite good at dealin with all the connectors so far thank gawd….

all in all was a good day thanx to Bill

 

[CanCritter]

Critter"s Coroner Report...…………..


Subject... 1970 Sport Fury GT
Time of Death...46,000 Miles
Place of Death...Utah
Cause of Death...shoemaker got ahold of it

From information l had gathered on car and from things l found with car like direct connection valve covers..aftermarket 70s steerin wheel had figured someone was raceing the car and blew engine and or tranny and car was parked at 46k being it was also a lease car...

This has turned out to be a false assumption on my part after tieing into the engine bay and interiors wireing harness...
Started on the engine bay harness and ran into issues right off with melted wireing and a attempt to bypass it only to reroute it right back into same wire that was shorted out solving nothing...took me awhile to sort out what the hell was going on but got the majority of it and will sort out rest when engine ect are in...
At that point seeing l was runnin outa parts to deal with decided it best to tackle bulkhead electrical and get it set into dash and cleaned up....
Again l ran into one attempt to sort out electrical issue but realized it was a failed attempt as well once l mustered up the courage to yank whole harness from car and cracked bulkhead connector open..

part of wireing was getting worn and rubbed away by stacked red metal power leads

 

[CanCritter]

after that went through whole harness..unwrapping..checking and rewrapping...was happy to see no other attempts to fix electrical...whole harness still had factory wrap....
In anycase guess they gave up and got rid of car being a lease car it was probally sold or auctioned at which point engine and tranny were pulled...
A sad death due to people adding **** they don't know how to and atmpts by a somewhat less than talented mech or yard boy...………..

 

[CanCritter]

Red and green wires were completely fused together...….

 

[CanCritter]

cpl more wires and dash is done....need info..my camera croaked and took some pics l needed with it....what is this unit and dose anyone know off hand which wire gos were?

also need to sort out these two wires on heater control

and a mod....

 

[CanCritter]

sites driving me batty tonight...had enough..

 

[CanCritter]

 

[cantflip]

lve added different colors where they shouldn't be...
lve added parts from a different car....
l have to be honest here...lm somewhat disappointed l haven't triggered anyone yet

Yeah, it's just friggin awful how some folks take a basket case and don't make everything factory correct...

I doubt anyone will give you grief while they see what you started with. Maybe after it's a complete, operating car.

 

[commando1]

Critter"s Coroner Report...…………..


Subject... 1970 Sport Fury GT
Time of Death...46,000 Miles
Place of Death...Utah

So, what are you saying?

 

[CanCritter]

this was reason this GT was sidelined....wireing took it out

 

[Ripinator]

this was reason this GT was sidelined....wireing took it outView attachment 291265

That is really ugly. Ya gotta wonder how that damage occurred. Looks like something got stuffed up against it and constantly rubbed against it. Any idea what it was ?

 

[CanCritter]

That is really ugly. Ya gotta wonder how that damage occurred. Looks like something got stuffed up against it and constantly rubbed against it. Any idea what it was ?

A & B were the contact points..red power and blue and white were shorted...red wire bottom was worn open from heated and melted wireing probally..

red and green were fused together

had l not checked bulkhead connectors and harness woulda been mighty displeased when l tried to power this puppy up...

 

[65sporty]

Looks like someone was trying to find the problem with a test light by piercing the wire, big NO NO.

 

[CanCritter]

light day today...cleaned up my front sig lights only to find out the sport fury on the lense,s is stenciled on a piece of tape...gezz...welp will have something made up to replace them...something a little more to my likeing...

..things you find in ashtrays....

querry...wheres this go ????

??
sorted...part of door window assembly

 

[CanCritter]

lots of little stuff goin on in the background...fitment and appearance being key points...wasn't happy with my speedo lense so tried to clean it up with some cutting wax ect in garage and really didn't turn out good....thought ld grab some mquires compounds l had picked up for my old work truck along with a porter gable orbital buffer and drag it into house and give old lense a go to see if that would work..back to basics...use whats at hand..adapt...overcome

worked pretty darn good..quite happy with way it turned out...
another little fitment mod to accept /balance/switch to 71 dash

getting to know this GT inch by inch...…..hands on and elbow deep..lovin it

 

[Samplingman]

Great work! What brand is that aluminum paint?

 

[CanCritter]

Great work! What brand is that aluminum paint?

duplicolor...been having good luck with their paints all be it their pricey up here at 17$ a can...their low gloss black dose realy nice as well on certain items and has a nice finish

 

[CanCritter]

welp..few more items got done today...wasn't happy with my lense…

so went to town on it....

finished front sig lights...their handy and free and will have to do till l can find the right ones in good condition for cheap

had this ugly old road wheel in trunk...wether its original to car is anyones guess...

so am tryin to sort out what lm gona do for rims so thought ld do one up to see what it might possibly look like...oem roadwheels have been done to death

actually looks good without trim rings....anyway file that idea away with others till l get to that point

 

[CanCritter]

correct rear end from Tobias's Mopar Emporium for those that were concerned......……….Thanx Kindly for the help today Tobias...

Bonus item was the gas tank..dirty on outside but mint inside..even sender is good..

 

[thrashingcows]

Believe that is the "window down" stop and mounts in the bottom of the door/body.

The GT is coming along and looks great!