Tip #1: Disconnect the battery! ;-)
Erik A Smeby wrote:
> Howdy from the guy who had the extra button to push while starting his car.
> For those who were intrested about my mystery button under the dash, it had
> wires running to the coil, back to the switch, to the brake light switch,
> then to some hot source. After spending a good 2 hours under my dash (seat
> removed, only three nuts holding it down) I found approx 10 cut wires, 10
> bare splices, misc HOT wires dangling, zip ties, and enough electrical tape
> to create a whole new vinyl top for the car. Needless to say, I need a new
> harness, there is no point in attempting to clean up this mess. Lucky for
> me, my parts car has a seemingly unmolested harness (all three sections).
> Any hints before I undertake this little project this weekend? Do I remove
> the dash entirely to install the new ones? (high windshield)
>
> Strange thing is, even with all these terrible "fixes" under the dash,
> everything works, even the dash dimmer and the clock.
> Here is a link on SU tech that many of you may have seen, but it helped me
> get my engine to purr with some minor tweaks.
> http://www.jetlink.net/~okayfine/sutech.html This may have been created by
> a list member, if it was, thank you.
>
> Erik Smeby
> Minneapolis
> 68-9 2L 1600
> 69 0L 2000
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