Next Years Power Tour Car Part 2

[kwhizz]

So.....I think one of the mysteries of the world was solved today.......Remember.....this is a just restored car when I bought it.....and......when I got it home I wanted to drive the car as it was for a while before taking it apart.......But...I found out the tail light circuit had some issues and would pop a fuse every time.......(no tail lights or Brake lights).......I unplugged everything to the back of the car and the fuse still popped........Hummm!!!.......I removed the fuse panel as it seemed that was all that was left......I found some issues on the back of the panel and straightened them out and thought I had everything fixed.....Put it back together and popped another fuse........That's when I decided to take the car apart and rewire the entire car.........

So....After getting the console wiring completed today I decided to re-install the console and check everything out.....while doing that I decided to just add power to the repro console clock just to make sure it worked..........I have a little dry cell 12v battery and added a couple of jumper wires for power........hit the terminals and "Zap!!!"...........checked it out again and "Zap!!!" again...........Hummmm!!!!.......Dead Short!!!........looked closer at the terminals and noticed that the Insulator washer was on top of the screwed down terminal rather than between the terminal and the case creating a dead short........Humm!!!.......Somebody in China wasn't told how to assemble the unit correctly........swapped the parts around and everything works correctly.........so ....the power feed for the console must be wired into the tail light circuit and now it seems the Clock was the problem all along..........Long winded story but maybe it will help somebody else with a similar issue downstream..........Heres a picture of the terminal after correction......still kinda hard to see and a Mickey Mouse way of getting the power thru the case....

[Bill Rose]

I had a similar experience with my 69 Nova Ken. Couldn't get the brake lights to work. I checked out all the wiring from back to front..... Turned out to be the brand new Chinese turn signal switch....lesson learned!

BTW: Haven't had much comp time the past 6 months. I just spent an hour reading thru your entire thread. Great project. It's good to know I'm not the only nut to pull a perfectly good car apart, and "have your way" with it....

[IM RARE]

HEY nice catch volt guy

[kwhizz]

Since I changed the shift cable assy on the trans.......I didn't like the way the mounting bracket presented the cable to the trans shift arm........so....I made a new bracket today and installed it when I got home.......Everything is now more in line and it shifts perfectly......I also got my kick panel speakers in from Custom Autosound......got them painted and noticed that the Parking Brake pedal nad the Speaker were fighting for the same space.......so......cut and rewelded the pedal over 1 1/4" and solved that issue.......another couple things crossed off the list.......


















Ken

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Fine workmanship.

Socket Head Cap Screws, looks pretty Industrial.

Ryan

[Postsedan]

Ha, The Polish Emergency Brake, Love iT! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

If cutting the head of a bolt short is called &quot;Chicago-ing the bolt&quot; then adding a dog leg must be &quot;Polish-ing the pedal&quot;:-)

Ryan

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If cutting the head of a bolt short is called &quot;Chicago-ing the bolt&quot; then adding a dog leg must be &quot;Polish-ing the pedal&quot;:-)

Ryan </div></div>



Guilty!!.......But it works................LOL

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

LIKE

[CC Rider]

Nice clock. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]