bullheimer
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While this is out it is alot easier to see and reach things behind the dash. but i am wondering how hard would it be to do these things with the glass in. i do not like much laying on my back trying to wedge my hands and arms behind a dash like that. i think now is the time to get to all electrical things that are not working. but also, i have the dash pad out. (i guess that you might have figured that). how hard is it to put a dash pad back on with the glass in. and how hard is it to remove the dash. i guess the dash wont go anywhere right, but the instrument clusters probably pop out. i live in the NW we have and will have dry weather until sept i hope. but i will have to eventually put the glass in as the car is outside. btw how hard is it to put in the glass? they want a butt load of money for these things, exp for Pilkington. but i dont know the shipping on it yet. but that is a different story.
all my connections seem to be mildly corroded on this whole car, despite it being from Yakima and very rust free. i have tried CLR and Tarn-X to no avail but did find that Mac's (napa) Battery Terminal Cleaner does work wonders! esp with a little wire brush. planning on getting the little files to do most of them tho. and although spraying that yellow jello all over the fuse box worked great, i can't see spraying it directly on things in the dash because it has to be rinsed off with water or somehow removed. so i could put some on with a Qtip or something and maybe just wipe it off. but i really need the file set.
my speedo also doesnt work. i found the link to the 66' wiring and other manuals. it tells me about it as well as my gas gauge. it doesnt work. any ideas? since the windscreen is out i could hold the cable in my hand as i am driving down the road, the cable is turning.
Q: should i remove, or try to, the instrument cluster out of the dash to mess with these things? i think that would be easier still, than reaching down from the window. Nice to have the 66 chassis book in reference. i'm sure not alot changed from 62.
OK, time slowly passes: i removed the "cover" ie dash pad, along time ago so that is step one out of the way. going by the 66 chassis manual in the reference section here. i got alot of little bulb holders gone. need to find. i could undo only 3 7/16" nuts and the instrument panel pushed in easily, only had to disconnect the speedo, and a green wire that goes to a bulb behind the Brake dummy lite.
i guess about everything comes in from the large 11 pin connector. i got all kinds of prehistoric looking levers for vents etc that have cable, like for your lawn mower, connected under the instr. cluster. some of them are bent and look like they have been for a millenium. will have to try to straighten that out. hope i can find a wiring diagram for all this stuff. i think i'll need a new speedo and maybe a gas gauge. there is a great test for that in the elec referece above tho, for a 66. should hold true.
anybody got any help out there lemmie have it!
all my connections seem to be mildly corroded on this whole car, despite it being from Yakima and very rust free. i have tried CLR and Tarn-X to no avail but did find that Mac's (napa) Battery Terminal Cleaner does work wonders! esp with a little wire brush. planning on getting the little files to do most of them tho. and although spraying that yellow jello all over the fuse box worked great, i can't see spraying it directly on things in the dash because it has to be rinsed off with water or somehow removed. so i could put some on with a Qtip or something and maybe just wipe it off. but i really need the file set.
my speedo also doesnt work. i found the link to the 66' wiring and other manuals. it tells me about it as well as my gas gauge. it doesnt work. any ideas? since the windscreen is out i could hold the cable in my hand as i am driving down the road, the cable is turning.
Q: should i remove, or try to, the instrument cluster out of the dash to mess with these things? i think that would be easier still, than reaching down from the window. Nice to have the 66 chassis book in reference. i'm sure not alot changed from 62.
OK, time slowly passes: i removed the "cover" ie dash pad, along time ago so that is step one out of the way. going by the 66 chassis manual in the reference section here. i got alot of little bulb holders gone. need to find. i could undo only 3 7/16" nuts and the instrument panel pushed in easily, only had to disconnect the speedo, and a green wire that goes to a bulb behind the Brake dummy lite.
i guess about everything comes in from the large 11 pin connector. i got all kinds of prehistoric looking levers for vents etc that have cable, like for your lawn mower, connected under the instr. cluster. some of them are bent and look like they have been for a millenium. will have to try to straighten that out. hope i can find a wiring diagram for all this stuff. i think i'll need a new speedo and maybe a gas gauge. there is a great test for that in the elec referece above tho, for a 66. should hold true.
anybody got any help out there lemmie have it!
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