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General Discussion / Re: 1976 Eldorado Convertible ...

Last post by TJ Hopland - Today at 11:32:08 AM

$50k for a 4100 car?  I guess if you just want to look at it?

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General Discussion / Re: Clicking Sound Dashboard

Last post by TJ Hopland - Today at 11:27:52 AM

Yep.  It will likely change if you change the temp dial or modes.  May not go away but should change.

Why is it doing that?  You have to go through the troubleshooting process to figure out what isn't happy.  Cadillac Tim wrote troubleshooting manuals for these more recently using normal DIY tools and based on what often fails with age vs the factory manuals that were based of factory tools and being fairly new units.

Do you want your system to work or just stop clicking?

#3

For Sale - Cars / 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Conver...

Last post by sdigesualdo - Today at 10:34:46 AM

Selling my 1941 Convertible - Thank you!

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1941-cadillac-62-firestone-co-2788150

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Technical / Authenticity / Re: 1973 Eldorado convertible ...

Last post by scottsdaleaz - Today at 10:20:32 AM

Sounded like an interesting challenge so i traced it out.



is it like this:  When the ignition is switched on, but the engine (and thus the alternator) is not running, the battery's 12-volt supply flows through the warning light and through the resistor and at that tap to the alternator. At this point, the alternator is not producing any power, so the circuit is completed back to the battery's ground through the resistor , allowing the lamp to light up.

When the engine starts and the alternator begins to generate power, it produces a voltage that closely matches the battery's voltage. This means the voltage on both sides of the lamp is nearly equal, leading to a drop in current flow through the lamp, causing it to go out. Essentially, the light goes off because there is no longer a significant voltage difference across it.

The hot side of the Tell tale Bulbs goes to the 5 Amp Gauges/Trans fuse.   

So wherever that joint is.. that dot on the center of the schematic..  tracing left of that dot.. that needs to produce 12v at the alternator and have a good circuit back to that dot.. or else the resistor is good enough to make the circuit for ground path so the the Gen lamp will glow (?).

I would try pull the connector at the alternator and feed the brown wire with 12v and see if the lamp goes out eliminating the wiring and blaming the alternator internals.  This is my guess - so verify before you inject 12v.

Maybe the Seat short spiked the Alternator?

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General Discussion / Re: Clicking Sound Dashboard

Last post by "Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364 - Today at 10:12:29 AM

Sounds like a defective AC programmer
Greg Surfas

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General Discussion / Re: Wanted: CLC Escalade Owner...

Last post by Jason Edge - Today at 10:09:24 AM

That would almost kill the morale of what is left of the pre war attendees at GN and regionals.

Looking back at all the GM and other makes that are no longer in existence I would think many "pre war attendees" would be encouraged that the Cadillac brand is even still around, 122 years after its inception. 

It is interesting for some how as time marches on our perception and definition of a daily driver vs classic to to antique car changes. I remember when our 1995 Fleetwood Brougham was just a big ole daily driver, and now I dare say  many consider these 1994-96 Fleetwood's, and earlier Broughams as Classics. I remember back when I bought my 1964 Coupe de Ville in 1996, I thought of it as a Classic but not an Antique. At 60 years old, I think it is now leaning toward antique status (my perception anyway).  When I first started taking it to CLC region meet-ups and other car meets, it was usually in the middle of the pack age-wise, but in more recent years it is part of the older car pack, and sometimes even the oldest car in the group.

One final comment: I was just reading the CLC first and second Newsletter (it was not called the Self-Starter and a good trivia question for you old-timers or CLC historians), but they came out August and Sept 1958, and it is noted that they were there to recognize 1902 to 1942 Cadillacs and all LaSalles. That means they were formed to observer vehicles 16 years old. That was 66 years old ... or about 3 generations of car owners in human life spans. 66 Years later, our club is still around but the grand kids and great-grandkids might have an different definition of a Classic or Antique Cadillac. This of course has a lot to do with what each new generation grows up with and consider their era Cadillac. 

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General Discussion / Re: Post Wiper Blades

Last post by ELDERDADO - Today at 10:07:37 AM

Thanks to all. Got em off. Was moving the plastic swing arm the wrong way.

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General Discussion / Clicking Sound Dashboard

Last post by ELDERDADO - Today at 10:05:19 AM

Anyone know what causes the regular clicking sound behind the passenger side dashboard on a'72 Coupe?

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General Discussion / Re: Post Wiper Blades

Last post by ELDERDADO - Today at 10:02:44 AM

Thanks!

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General Discussion / Vinyl Top

Last post by ELDERDADO - Today at 09:59:54 AM

Made the mistake of using some dubious vinyl spray (303) and it turned the top brown. Need soapy brillo to get it off. What's next to brighten it and protect? I've heard everything from PLEDGE to Armour All. Any ideas?