Author: Voeltagear
87 5th ave 4 speed conversion
I’m getting ready to pull the 76 Aspen and the 87 5th ave in the garage and start swapping parts to make the 5th ave a 4 speed. I have a good idea about what I need for the swap but I’m open to suggestions. The carpet is a question for sure. The Aspen…
Field and load relay
My relay gave up the ghost today. Fortunately my battery had a high reserve capacity and I made it home. So my question is whether or not the relay is necessary. I replaced it with a Bosch style for now. Would there be any problem with just putting a …
Adding Relays
Hey everyone, I’m getting the pen and paper out to draw up a new charging and accessory wiring diagram. I have a 6 circuit fuse and relay box, plenty of 14ga and 12ga wire as well as some 8ga. I need some 4ga for the alternator to the circuit breaker…
Ballast resistor wiring
I’m curious to see other vehicles wiring at the ballast resistor. I swapped my blue wires to match the wiring diagram (the picture was taken afterwards). The small blue jumper wire was hooked to the side with the big brown wire. I’m sure it’s not a …
Light throttle ping from stoplight on hot days
I have a 1976 Dodge Aspen with a 318, 4spd. Since the weather warmed up this week into the upper 80’s I’ve been experiencing a light throttle ping when leaving a stop light. It gets progressively worse as under hood temp rise.
The EGR was deleted …
1976 aspen Heavy duty charging questions
Does anybody have one of the 1976 fleet vehicles with heavy duty charging? I have questions about the wiring schematics. Mine doesn’t have a connector in the bulkhead. All the wires run through the firewall in a rubber boot then split off. There is …