Home life has been very busy this past week.
Whenever I had a couple spare minutes, I managed to go out and set another wire or two.
I finally attached the sub-panel fascia to the
dashboard. It helped to organize the wires to where they are going. This also needed to get done before there were too many wires in the way.
Little by little, piece by piece, the wires were
connected to their prospective instruments. First the voltmeter, then the oil
pressure gauge. The vacuum gauge has been set in place but is not hooked up yet,
as it is a mechanical not electrical gauge. All the tachometer wires are now
hanging out of the hole. I still need a couple days before it will be all connected
and working.
Behind the panel, it looks like a rats nest. These
will all be organized after the tachometer is installed.
My best friend this week has been this wire cutter,
stripper, crimper tool. Without it, I would be very frustrated!
I still have to connect three more instrument lamps (the light for the tachometer is done) to get them working, the ignition
light in the tachometer needs to be connected, and the tachometer wires in the
engine bay have to be connected. Since the tachometer is the most complicated
(and expensive) instrument, this will be the main topic in the next post.
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
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