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So I went through the fiber optics. Cleaned the ends and shined a light trough them. The front ones all seemed to work except for one.
It turns out, concealed under some electric tape again, the fiber optic was pinched.
I read somewhere that a fellow here would fix these things on the assembly line in 1970 with some wire sheath with copper removed. So I tried that out... I hollowed our the thickest wire I had in my parts bin. I cut the ends square and moistened (use your imagination) and joined in the hollowed our sheath. It worked very well. Thank problem now is that it’s somewhat brighter than the others
I am exploring solid core fiber 2.5 inner core; 3.5 overall. 30 feet is much more affordable than a reproduction harness. Hmmm
And my first ever Alibaba order. Solid core end glow fiber optic cable. This is a bit of a Hail Mary, but at $26 for 50 meters, it seems like a good gamble.
I finally pulled the trigger on a whole bunch of parts from Wilcox. In the meantime, I wait for the fiber optics to come in as well as the order.
Also waiting for the cross shafts to get done.
Still stripping the paint off of the interior panels on my quest to right a terrible dye job. For memory: the dye is on way too thick filling in the grain and flaking off in some spots. It’s also way too dark.
I’m refining the process of stripping off the paint. I ruined so far only the parking brake console. The vinyl is holding up all right to the stripper. The parking brake console is the only panel so far not to have vinyl covering.
Today I took on my speedo/tacho rash. Carefully sanding, masking and painting.
Wet sanded with 180 and 220.
Masking tape peeled off but still some razor tidying to be done. #pleased
Last edited by DorianC3; Dec 29, 2018 at 04:15 PM.
Let’s get a closer look at that lens. It almost looks like there is some mold on it. Let’s narrow in a bit on a spot and see if Meguiar’s Scratch X and a terry cloth will improve things or ruin...
It seems safe enough to work... let’s try polishing the entire lens. The other lens even seems to have some overspray on it.
45 min later...
#PleasedAgain
Last edited by DorianC3; Dec 29, 2018 at 05:20 PM.
I found three cracks in the tank. I bought some kneadable epoxy for steel and ‘Hail Mary-ed’ it.
I could only pull out a few inches before my hand got exhausted. The needle held for 5 minutes without budging after which I called it good. Sand and paint maybe tomorrow.
