TomM

Hey all, happy to be part of this forum. Just bought a 73 Challenger but admittedly very much a newbie to this vintage of car. Tinkering around, I found this basically resting on my oil filter!!! 😒

Hoping someone can tell me what this is?.....

RacerHog

Looks like a Battery Hold Down Bracket... But I dont think its for that car?

TomM

Thanks. Not numbers matching by any stretch and has a 383 magnum which wasn’t a 73 option so not really surprised I’m finding things that don’t go.

Skwerly

yeah, it's for a battery hold down. pics of the car?

TomM

Sorry for the long delay in posting a couple of pics!

Skwerly

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice!

RacerHog

Nice..

TomM

So hoping someone will have some thoughts on the problem I’m having. With key in start position the engine “starts” but then immediately dies when I let the key off to run position. Has spark (did spark test and actually put in new plugs) and fuel going into carb. Tried spraying in carb cleaner while trying to start but no luck. Just got flames eventually!! Battery is new and ignition switch was recently changed.

I did try attaching a jumper wire from the + battery post to the + side of coil and it started and ran. Left it running for less than a minute so didn’t burn anything out and thought that meant is was the ballast resistor. Changed that but still the same problem. Thinking then it was maybe some weird wiring issue, I ended up just swapping out the engine wiring harness but that still didn’t work.

I think I’ve exhausted all YouTube searches so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!