My stock 63 Avanti is back on the road following an engine-out restoration.
The radio is getting a lot of static....which of course disappears when the engine isn't running.
All the stainless steel shielding is in place.
Any suggestions?
My stock 63 Avanti is back on the road following an engine-out restoration.
The radio is getting a lot of static....which of course disappears when the engine isn't running.
All the stainless steel shielding is in place.
Any suggestions?
63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)
Washington State
What about a ground wire on the copper line from the Oil pressure Gauge to the engine flex hose?
Got radio resistant spark plug wires?
StudeRich
Don't know. I are you saying it needs one?Originally Posted by StudeRich
Same spark plug wires as before.
63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)
Washington State
Of course, even steel bodied Studes. have one! Otherwise you may be carrying the magnetic field around the high voltage wires to the area under the dash right near the Radio.=JBOYLE;564277]Don't know. I are you saying it needs one?/Cut/
Look right below the wiper motor, just before the rubber covered copper tubing makes the bend over the top of the firewall, about 1 1/2 inches below that there was a break in the rubber sleeving with a clamp and a heavy gauge white wire that may go to the back of the left cylinder head or into the "grounding" harness. I can't see for sure, but it does not make difference, it needs to go to ground.
That does not mean it will cure it, but it may and can't hurt.
Last edited by StudeRich; 07-24-2011 at 08:52 PM.
StudeRich
Didn't we used to put an aluminum can, a capacitor, on the generator to cancel radio static?
Tom Bredehoft
'53 Commander Coupe (since 1959)
'55 President (6H Y6) State Sedan....back on the road, again....
'05 Legacy Ltd Wagon
All Indiana built cars
There are supposed to be buffering capacitors(condensers) on your alternator, your voltage regulator, the wiper motor and the distributor....(and the originals were all different values) Anything with a rotating electrical field generates radio static.
Yes they had those also, that will help keep the static out of the Radio from the CHARGING circuit, but not the high voltage plug wires with a Fiberglass body, the resistence wires, the shielding AND the ground on the Oil Pressure Gauge line must have been required because they were all there!
StudeRich
Are the values critical? If I have to buy them can it be a simple "one size fits all" by getting all in a higher value?
63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)
Washington State
NAPA has the correct capacitors, the part number is RC1. Trying to eliminate the static in Avanti radios is tough due to the fiberglass body. My Avanti had a static problem and it turned out to be a bad lead wire on the antenna. Bud
As an added note, be sure that the engine has a good ground connection to the frame and the ground connection between the engine and the wiring in the car is in good condition. Bud
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