I drove the car a little tonight. I didn't think I was going to get out of the garage at first though. Apparently the ballast went bad and I flooded it. I tried an old ballast that was laying around and finally got it to start but only when the key was relieced. So after clearing it out, I hooked the wires back to the ballast on the car and it cranked and cranked and cranked. When I let off the key it fired up. I'll pick up a couple ballasts and see if that fixes it.
Something is making an awful noise while going down the road. I don't know what it is. I checked the front end and everything is tight. However, if you pound your fist against the top or bottom of the tire, there is a rattleing noise somewhere. Pounding your hand on the front or back of the tire does nothing. I don't know where it's coming from. I assume they are related somehow. The front fenders aren't undercoated yet so I thought maybe there was a vibration there. I need to have the rear gone through yet so maybe it will turn out to be that...it sure sounds like it's coming from the front though.
The turn signals finally stopped working all together tonight. I'll also pick up a new flasher at the parts store tomorrow when I get a ballast. They were starting to flash very slow and pause every once in awhile. The flashers are original so hopefully that takes care of it.
I had a chance to look at the speedo tonight a little too. I used my GPS to check against what the speedo was reading. It looks like I'm 5 mph off. I'm going 55 when the gauge reads 50. When the gauge reads 25 I'm accually going 30. For whatever reason, there were no mile marker signs on the road I was on so I couldn't check to see if the odometer was off. Hopefully it's off too. That would mean all I need is a different speedo gear. I'm sure I have the correct one though.
There is a cruise this weekend I'd like to attend. If I can get a couple of these issues figured out and if the weather is nice I should be able to make it.
