Oh, one more thing I forgot...I also put a new heater fan toggle switch
in the dash yesterday. Mine was broken. It worked alright, but the
half of the rocker where the backlit word "FAN" is in-laid had
disintegrated.
Unfortunately, I damaged the dash a little trying to get the old switch
out. Oh well, guess I'm out of the concours judging for awhile (LOL!).
I should have asked the list for suggestions regarding switch removal
first.
Donny V
78 MGB
>>> "Don Vierling" <Don.Vierling@stago-us.com> 6/14/2004 10:05:30 AM
>>>
OK, I managed to get a bit more accomplished yesterday. I finally
snaked my manual choke cable through the rheostat hole in the dash and
then through the large rubber plug in the firewall as a few listers
had
suggested (THANKS!). This is much more convenient than leaving the
choke cable just lying around in the engine compartment.
I also drilled and tapped two holes in my repaired rheostat to hold
the
back cover on and then tie-wrapped it up under the dash. I was going
to
leave the rheostat in the dash and fabricate a bracket for the choke,
but I was in too big a hurry. Besides, I never use the rheostat
anyway
and now the choke mounting looks "stock".
I also installed my new temperature sender and now the temp gauge
works! BTW - The new (machined out of brass) sender seemed like a
much
better quality unit compared to the older (steel pressed into
aluminum?)
unit it replaced.
So, still left to do: Lower A-arm bushings, oil cooler, vacuum
advance
hose(s), front discs, fuel pump, stainless brake lines. Hope they
rest
of you had productive weekends too!
Donny V
78 MGB
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