Over a year since I've updated this one. We drove the Nova last Easter to my aunt and uncle's house. When we were leaving it wouldn't start. The boys gave me a push, I bump started it and we drove it home. Parked it. Shortly after my father became ill. We lost him in July. The Nova was a bottom of the list priority. By the time I could mentally do much, I had so much work to catch up on the Nova sat.
Now I am sorting thru the starting issues. No crank. Nothing. Freshened up the battery. Realized the charger I had been using was not working. So at this point it isn't as much a starting issue. What I have learned is there is a MAJOR drain. To top it off, I also believe the alternator is failing to charge. Charges at an idle. Does not charge at higher RPM. With a fully charged battery, multimeter reading the battery, you can watch the volts drop. Before I change the alternator I need to determine where the draw is coming from. This still has the old (possibly original) voltage regulator mounted on the inner fender. There is a powered lead from the battery to the voltage regulator. The only other thing I have changed on this since we have owned it is the starter and ignition switch. Ignition switch literally fell apart. Probably the original. Now I am questioning whether I ever truly needed to change the starter or if the replacement ignition switch was bad. Or. . .maybe when my helper put the wires back on ignition switch they didn't hook the wires properly. Long story short. . .I need to follow a lot of wires with the multimeter. I need to study up on original wiring of 62 Chevy II's in regards to ignition switch, voltage regulators, and then determine what has been changed in the wiring over the last 56 years. I'm sure there is plenty.