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My midlife crisis, (rebuilding engine, sort of) |
mobymutt |
Jan 19 2014, 12:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 550 Joined: 16-December 13 From: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 16,770 Region Association: Canada |
I just picked up a 1974 1.8 (carb conversion). It has been parked in an unheated garage for about 3 years, and was supposedly running fine before that, although it wont' fire up now.
My plan is to get it running, drive it on nice summer weekends, and use the other 9 months of the year to fix it up. Never worked on a car before, so looking forward to joining the fun! I'll post some pictures as soon as I figure out how... |
Dave_Darling |
May 25 2014, 06:06 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
It looks a little like the wires for the reverse lights may be inside that sheathing in the upper-left of your photo. There should be two wires, gray with a brown stripe. If you touch them together, the reverse lights should turn on (if the key is on). The wires look to have been cut off short, so you will have to extend them.
You can use bullet connectors to push into the holes in the switch. I don't know where to get the OEM round-nose connectors, but I think the regular cheapie male bullet connectors work. It's nice to have the rubber boot that goes over the switch; it will help keep dirt out of it and also hold the wires a little better. --DD |
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