Another long day. This time it was tracking down the gremlin causing my horns not to work. When I bought the Monaco, it had cheapo air horns, and it was one of the first things I took off. After reconnecting the original Sparton horns, they didn't work, which prompted me to buy another set. I took the steering wheel off, looked at my NOS turn signal harness and assessed that it was in order, so I used some BarKeeper's Friend cleaned the copper contact ring, and reinstalled.
Then I went to the hood and inspected the wiring. One thing I didn't catch, when I was refurbishing the harness, was that one of the female spade connectors was missing part of the metal, so I wasn't making a connection. A quick replacement and my horns are nice and loud now, just like in 1975.
I also received my new door seals from Metro today, so I took the old crusty seals off, cleaned the doors and installed the new seals....HUGE difference, much more positive feel to the doors, when I close them, so now between the doors and the doghouse, the cab is sealed up once again.
The final thing for today was taking the heater fan out of the heater box, removing the squirrel cage, cleaning it and then oiling the motor shaft....no more squeak! Aerokroil is wonderful stuff, when it comes to making squeaky things quiet.
So now all the engine needs is the proper fuel line from the Thermo-Quad to the pump, which I finally found today on Classic Industries' website....the correct line I need they have listed as being for a '72 Dart with the 340. I want a one-piece, but I keep seeing two-piece lines; my filter is on the frame...a lot of the '70's Mopar fuel filters were vertical on the engine, next to the water pump, and they're a B!TCH to replace.
My final thought for the day is that I'm going to try, futile as it might be, to run the Monaco without an electric fuel pump, and see how it does. The existing electric pump leaks like a sieve and was welded to the frame, which really irritates me.
