--- In goldenfin@xxxx, rgwhelansr@xxxx wrote: > All 57-58 Plymouths I have seen came with idiot lights for oil pressure and > amps. Possibly your gauge was added later and never connected? Check it out! > Dick Hey Dick, I've actually got idiot lights... but additionally in the spaces below the temp gauge, and fuel gauge, I have a voltmeter and oil pressure gauge, respectively. they look absolutely correct for the panel. I would astounded if they were not factory, or at least some sort of factory optional equipment. I'm working on posting some pictures of the car and the projects up to the Yahoo group site, so stay tuned! Working on the panel this weekend turned out to be a cruel Chrysler joke of some sort. Not only is it impossible for a non double- jointed person to get to this stuff, but all the wires are about and inch too short! I mean there is *NO* slack at all on these things. Had to yank them all out to get the panel out of the dash, and I'll have to re-wire the whole shootin' match to get it back in. Also, what's up with fuses? I haven't found a singe one anywhere, yet! If you had a short in your wiring in the 50's did your car just burn to the ground or what? Tonight I'm stopping off at the auto parts store for some plug connectors and a lable maker, and making a nice organized harness for this thing - with plenty of slack in it! And a fuse block I can hide somewhere too! Oh, and my charging woes - after spending about 6 hours futzing with the new regulator with no success, it turned out to be a dirty commutator! arrgh!!! of course after I figured that out, I had already jacked-up the adjustments of the regulator and have to fix that now... Another thing my car has that I've never seen before, is a 4-way flasher to the left of the headlight switch. It was spliced into the wires for the turn indicators under the dash - another reason it was so hard to get at anything down there - and has a knob that lights up red, with a relay that plugs right into the back of it. The guy I bought the car from says it was a California requirement thing, but I've never seen one on even California Plymouths. Not sure it's too "original" looking either. Figured out what that strange pedal down by the high-beam switch was for too. Hit it with my head and damm near sliced my hand off - w/the wiper linkage - which was digging around up by the dash panel at the time. Scared the bejesus outta me! I musta been a sight to see - lying on my back on the front seat, legs up over the backrest, horn honking every time I try to move, and the wipers and turn signals activating at random intervals... Christine lives! lol Brian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/BBiolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: goldenfin-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |
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