Re: Killed my gauges

Posted by Trevor On 2017/4/18 6:02:44

HE LIVES!

My '55 Patrician lives, no thanks to my tom foolery - note to self, just leave the damned thing alone.

Apparently I fried up the points....and I know exactly when I did it too. Since this is my first car with points I'm going to chalk that up to a learning experience.

He's also fixed my gages - because as previously discussed my ham handed ways knocked them out....apparently I stupidly left the ignition in the on position when back there and shorted something - but they're back, and another lesson learnt.

Last but not least my mechanic thinks the ethanol in the gas ate up the rubber in the accelerator pump when I left the car to sit for nearly 3 weeks.

All in all I've learned my lesson - leave it to a professional. Next stop, the detail shop!