Caddy Update
ByTime constraints have just been insane, what with putting up the tree and decorating the house, along with trying to get the rental unit ready for the end of the month. Oh yeah, I also have to work for a living.…. Unfortunately, the “Gray Lady” has had to play second, third and even fourth fiddle recently, but when time allowed I have been playing around a little.
My major problem at this point is that I am getting no spark, so she won’t start. I installed a Pertronix Igniter electronic system under the cap thinking I was doing a good thing, but what looks like a simple installation has been a real PITA. First, the distributor had to go out to have the slop taken out of the shaft, then with the new parts installed we had no spark, so I messed with it for a couple hours, took it back out and after talking to CB Performance, they walked me through bench testing the unit, which checked out OK. Re-installed it and still no spark, apparently a grounding problem, took it back out and corrected the ground. Re-installed again, and still no spark, so now we swapped out the new coil thinking it might be bad.… No Dice, still no spark. So now the distributor comes out once again, this time when I bench test it, it fails, so it has to be sent back for replacement.
It seems Murphy’s Law is working overtime with this one and I am tired of waiting, so the points and condenser will be going back in, so we can get her started. I am about as frustrated as I can be at this point. With no other projects ready I began stripping the trim from the rear section of the car. The tail light bezels, chrome trim on the fins, the Cadillac letters on the fins, trunk vee and emblem are now off the car and will be sent off for plating and anodizing, then put away to be re-installed once she is painted (hopefully, next Spring).
It has really been an aggravating and stressful week, hopefully the coming week will show better results.…Till then..
