Thread: 73 charger the saga

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It's passable!

Looks pretty good. Is there an ammeter in the gauge cluster?

looks much better!

Yes, the rallye cluster has ammeter, but I've bypassed it.

Nice job

The replacement heater box came in yesterday, so today I got busy with it. The front was in good shape, but the back half was damaged. So, i dissasembled both, and decided the back half of mine was a better canidate for repair. So I laid some fiberglass over the cracks, and reassembled it, caulking the seams. I was able to get it back in, just as the rain came. If the rain slacks off, i can get the dash back in.

Dash looks good to me. I'm guessing the dash wasn't perfect when it was new either.

I got it all back in today, soon as the rain stopped.

The defrost still does not work. No vacuum on any lines; any setting: good vacuum to switch. Dam, but I should have looked at the switch while it was out.

I'll try blowing compressed air thru it tomorrow, maybe it's clogged up.

On the bright side, I now know all the dapshots and flapper valves are good. AND, I now get a little blowing from the defrost, and strong from the front vents, whereas before I had near nothing.

I guess any progress is good right?

Keep at it your getting there!

I blew through the vacuum switch using compressed air, with the dapshot lines unplugged.

I now get vacuum to the dapshots, but the switch leaks air, so the vacuum signal is too weak to operate the dapshots. Plus, I fear the lines are not correct. Anyone had any luck fixing a leaky vacuum switch? I'll post an inquiry on the charger forum about the placement of the lines on the dashpots: they are color coded

I now have defrost. The damper which directs air to defrost vents is default position to defrost, so all good there. The damper which directs defrost vs. Front vents, I ran a zap screw in to hold it shut to defrost.

It's easy to access for un- doing when I get the replacement switch, but for now, it's fixed.

Joy and happiness, I had a loose ground; found it and now my fuel gauge works. The courtesy light turned out to be the bulb- poor contact in the socket.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

joy and happiness, i had a loose ground; found it and now my fuel gauge works.

loose ground!!!!!!!!!!! Holy moses, it was a loose ground. Go figure..... not that I've ever mentioned anything about grounds......hahahaha, just havin' fun....

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In retrospect on the dash repair:

Using great stuff to fill the V grooves I cut where the dash had cracked: not so wonderful. The great stuff tends to create air pockets, although it does trim and sand easily.

Using body filler to finish out the cracks repair: not the best idea to use a non- flexible medium for this application.

If I were to do it again, I would try silicone for filling the V grooves. I would leave a lump, and trim it smooth with a razor blade when dry.