Mike,
Congratulations! You only have a few things to change/replace/repair before
you and the car are road worthy. Not bad. Keep in mind all that you have
done to get this far. Amazing isn't it. First test drive is very close.
Way to go!
Herb
Mike Maclean wrote:
> Of the few days I get to work on my car to try to finish the
> restoration, today was a good one and it was a bad one. It seems that
> the more I try to get the car finished, the longer the list of things to
> do to finish it becomes. Today I spent the afternoon trying to finish
> up the wiring under the dash. I finally got the turn signal indicator
> light to work and now all the instruments are illuminated when the dash
> lights are turned on. Still can't figure out why the high beam
> indicator light won't work. I'll get it though.
> More perplexing is my starter pull cable. I went to start the car
> by truning the key and pulling the starter knob and it broke off right
> where it goes into the connector on the starter
> spring loaded switch under the bonnet. When I went to look at it under
> the hood, it was discolored and very hot to the touch! I guess I was
> grounding through it. I don't see how. The engine is grounded to the
> body with a strap connected to a bolt on the bell housing and
> frame of the car. The car would run fine after the cable was removed.
> I had been float gharging the car from the negative terminal to a head
> stud to keep the battery charged. Could this have completed a circuit
> through the starter wiring somehow?
> I also tried to make the doors close properly by shimming the catch
> on the "B" pillar and got the passenger door to operate perfectly. Not
> so lucky with the driver's side. Shimmed properly and couldn't get the
> door to stay closed. The mechanism mounted on the door would not engage
> the catch on the "B" pillar. When I inspected both sides for a
> comparison, the pin that snaps over the door jamb catch, in the driver's
> door did not protrude far enough into the hole to "catch" the door jamb
> catch. Now I have to get a new door mechanism with the chrome knob to
> get the driver's door to stay closed before I try to test drive this
> car.
> The more work I do on this car the more work I make for myself.
> Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, being a railroad
> engineer, I'm afraid it's a traim.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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