Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2010/10/24 17:00:00
10-24-10
Rain showers all weekend has hampered my progress. Managed to get a few things done though. I removed all of the wires and bulb sockets from the back of the instrument cluster, labeled them and removed the instruments.
I also removed the ignition switch, headlight switch and power antenna switches from the dash, but kept the wires hooked up for now. Too much rain at the time to get them removed and labeled. Also noticed that someone cut the wires for the power antenna! Maybe that is why it wasn't working, but when I took the cover off the motor, it was covered with a white powder junk which makes me think the motor doesn't work. It is also rotted where the nylon tube goes around at the bottom to push the antenna up.
I also removed the radio. Took some doing to get it from under the dash because of it's size. It worked when I got the car (lit up and static came out of the speaker but no signal because of the bad antenna) but about 10 years ago, it stopped for some reason. Maybe it blew a fuse. I'll have to check it out.
When you guys do your wiring, do you add disconnect plugs to make future removal of items like the dashboard or instruments easier? I'm thinking about doing that. Haven't decided for sure or where the best place to put plugs would be.
Also, in the last picture, I'm holding a black plastic item between some wires. Is this some kind of connector? If so, how do you get the wires loose? I gave them a gentle tug, but nothing happened.
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Rain showers all weekend has hampered my progress. Managed to get a few things done though. I removed all of the wires and bulb sockets from the back of the instrument cluster, labeled them and removed the instruments.
I also removed the ignition switch, headlight switch and power antenna switches from the dash, but kept the wires hooked up for now. Too much rain at the time to get them removed and labeled. Also noticed that someone cut the wires for the power antenna! Maybe that is why it wasn't working, but when I took the cover off the motor, it was covered with a white powder junk which makes me think the motor doesn't work. It is also rotted where the nylon tube goes around at the bottom to push the antenna up.
I also removed the radio. Took some doing to get it from under the dash because of it's size. It worked when I got the car (lit up and static came out of the speaker but no signal because of the bad antenna) but about 10 years ago, it stopped for some reason. Maybe it blew a fuse. I'll have to check it out.
When you guys do your wiring, do you add disconnect plugs to make future removal of items like the dashboard or instruments easier? I'm thinking about doing that. Haven't decided for sure or where the best place to put plugs would be.
Also, in the last picture, I'm holding a black plastic item between some wires. Is this some kind of connector? If so, how do you get the wires loose? I gave them a gentle tug, but nothing happened.
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