Good morning;
After weeks of parts collecting and waiting out 90+ weekend days, I finally installed a gm alternator (37 amp) in my 62 Lark hardtop (6) and replaced the front motor mounts. This morning I got the lark started and the charging system works putting out around 15 volts.
So I drove my Lark up and down beside the driveway, ten feet down, ten feet back.
Now I have to fix the AS series carb, as best as I can tell, the accelerator pump doesn't work when you hit the gas. I have a carb kit but I have no idea how old it is, when I had the carb worked on about ten years ago, we used an old kit that I found at a swap meet. Can you even get newer kit for a Carter AS or might I have to use an RBS just because I can get a kit at NAPA because Mopar used RBSs well after Studebaker was gone.
Have to pick up a SW voltmeter, I know the system is charging but I don't want to check the system with a multimeter every time I start it, will eventually get a SW electric temp gauge too.
Need to replace the automatic transmission mounts, I now have a better idea why the Lark was popping out of Park back in the late 1990s.
and when I get to it, I need to pick up a couple of axle u bolts and about two feet of one inch square tube to finish my adaptation of a S-10 rear stabilizer bar to a 62 Lark.
Hope to all this done before the advent of colder weather because my Lark is parked outside behind the house.
After weeks of parts collecting and waiting out 90+ weekend days, I finally installed a gm alternator (37 amp) in my 62 Lark hardtop (6) and replaced the front motor mounts. This morning I got the lark started and the charging system works putting out around 15 volts.
So I drove my Lark up and down beside the driveway, ten feet down, ten feet back.
Now I have to fix the AS series carb, as best as I can tell, the accelerator pump doesn't work when you hit the gas. I have a carb kit but I have no idea how old it is, when I had the carb worked on about ten years ago, we used an old kit that I found at a swap meet. Can you even get newer kit for a Carter AS or might I have to use an RBS just because I can get a kit at NAPA because Mopar used RBSs well after Studebaker was gone.
Have to pick up a SW voltmeter, I know the system is charging but I don't want to check the system with a multimeter every time I start it, will eventually get a SW electric temp gauge too.
Need to replace the automatic transmission mounts, I now have a better idea why the Lark was popping out of Park back in the late 1990s.
and when I get to it, I need to pick up a couple of axle u bolts and about two feet of one inch square tube to finish my adaptation of a S-10 rear stabilizer bar to a 62 Lark.
Hope to all this done before the advent of colder weather because my Lark is parked outside behind the house.
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