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Originally posted by TxDave
1)Gauge lights don't work. I fiddled with the brightness knob. Is it possible all the lights are dead? If so, how do I change bulbs?
2)Best I can reset the tripometer is to 1 mile. The ones digit is out of synch when I start rolling it. Just live with it?
3)Needle that shows what gear I'm in stays in park. Anyone messed with this?
4)Trans definitely making it into all 4 gears. Only flairs when changing from 3rd to 4th. Is "trans x" the first course of action? What about vacuum lines that typically go? How about the filter? Would flairing happen in this particular spot if it is overfilled?
5)Figured out why the wiper fluid reservoir was empty. Filled it up and pumped the pedal. Got fluid to spray then realized the bellows was leaking on the floor as well. Replace it? I did the test with the car off. What is that electrical connection at the bellows?
6)Driver door stem switch missing but I can see the plug it goes into. Guess I should just buy one and see if if flies. The one in the passenger door makes all the lights turn on and off correctly. Although my front interior light fixture needs to be replaced. The light comes on, but only if I'm holding it in one of the positions. Bad connection. Easy to swap the whole thing out?
7)Rear door on driver's side won't open. Just get in there and pull the door panel off? What might I expect to find?
8)I'm attaching a bad night picture of something called an "atomizer" I found under my hood. Looks after market. It is apparently in the fuel line system. Never seen one. Do I need to poor out the soot from the jar? Just remove it?
9)Haven't tested my heater yet. Mostly because the levers broke off at the controls. Should I just get a screw driver and manually rotate those climate control disc thingys? While looking at the firewall I noticed a metal tube coming through with no hose connected to it. Is my heater not hooked up or is that some kind of drain? I don't know where the evaporator coil is located. Bad night picture attached.
Thanks,
Dave
PS. What type of wood is that in my dash?
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1. You probably have to take the cluster out to change the bulbs. Check all power and ground wires. It's an old car.
2. Don't know.
3. The trasn gear indicator has a small cable attached to a hook on the shift rod. It's either broken or detached.
4. Do a search on these trans.
5. The bellows should have a sheet metal ring over it for intermittant wipers. This is a car from the 70's so don't laugh.
6. Don't know, but take off the door panel and check it out.
7. Probably a broken rod.
8. Seems like snake oil to me.
9. Don't know, do a search. The levers are apparently expensive.
Please take some day pics.
Nice car otherwise.
Regards.