Re: 49 instrument and switch cluster
Posted by Elefant On 2017/5/4 10:49:31
thank you,
the center chrome came off with disconnecting the center bulb wire at the instrument-lite switch and the cig-lighter wire at the headlite switch. Now it was easy to connect a new blue wire to the "T" port of the switch... but absolutely Ross was right, it would be much more better to find the T-ail-wire somewhere else and just crimp on some wire for the front parking lights. Positive effect of all these work is the perfect accses to clean all the lovely chrome parts.
to overhaul the speedo would be a nice idea... perhaps bring it to a specialist who can make it show "km" instead of miles.. but I think I will struggle with that. the risk to destroy something is the problem, the old wiring is to stiff to move the instruments out.
I thought I could connect the new wire from the engine-bay directly end to end, but I will have to cut them somewhere between firewall and instruments.
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the center chrome came off with disconnecting the center bulb wire at the instrument-lite switch and the cig-lighter wire at the headlite switch. Now it was easy to connect a new blue wire to the "T" port of the switch... but absolutely Ross was right, it would be much more better to find the T-ail-wire somewhere else and just crimp on some wire for the front parking lights. Positive effect of all these work is the perfect accses to clean all the lovely chrome parts.
to overhaul the speedo would be a nice idea... perhaps bring it to a specialist who can make it show "km" instead of miles.. but I think I will struggle with that. the risk to destroy something is the problem, the old wiring is to stiff to move the instruments out.
I thought I could connect the new wire from the engine-bay directly end to end, but I will have to cut them somewhere between firewall and instruments.
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