My Pro Touring conversion
- Thread starter Meat Drapes
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Lookin' good.
I'm having trouble placing that post in the last pic. Where is it, and is it a ground?
I'm having trouble placing that post in the last pic. Where is it, and is it a ground?
Doober said:
Its a ground lug right on top of the trans tunnel in front of the shifter. It will be hidden under the dash. I was tired of ground to anything I could find. That will tie in to chassis, block and body.
So I was testing more circuits. I have turn signals, brake lights, and lights. All the gauges work. What does not work and is kicking my a ss is the stupid dome light. The painless harness looks dummy proof. Nope. Its a closed loop circuit with 3 grounds and as a former Electronics tech from the Corps, this is sad that I cant make it work. When I bought the car it was disabled and a switched light system under the dash had been installed. Im determined to open a door and have a light come on. How hard can it be?
Dome light circuit is working. Both doors and the headlight switch turn it on. I am ready to stab the dash back in.
StreetBu said:
When I bought the car the wiring was rigged to run 2 little lights under the dash. The wiring under the dash was a disaster. Now its clean and organized. Open the door...lights. Turn the headlight knob...lights. My first attempt I had grounded a hot. The problem is that there are white and black wires that are ground AND hot. I just had to find what was what. The original door switches work good. So does the headlamp switch. I have checked most of the circuits Ill be running. All thats left is the engine bay.
I have the dash installed now. The carpet is vacuumed. I cleaned the interior a bit. Tighten up a few loose ends and Ill be ready to put the steering column back in.
I also took a minute to decode my VIN.
Car is a 1979 Malibu ( not a classic!!) It has Classic emblems . I will need to get rid of that. Only emblem left is glued to the new dash cover.
Original Camel vinyl bench with a Camel exterior. Ugly ugly ugly color. Now Black cloth.
It had a 4.4L puny engine with the M20 option and a posi option.
It was built in the 4th week of Feb in Doranville GA. One of over 400K... though I doubt very many had a 4 spd and posi w/ bench.
Thought it was kinda cool to see all that.
Car is a 1979 Malibu ( not a classic!!) It has Classic emblems . I will need to get rid of that. Only emblem left is glued to the new dash cover.
Original Camel vinyl bench with a Camel exterior. Ugly ugly ugly color. Now Black cloth.
It had a 4.4L puny engine with the M20 option and a posi option.
It was built in the 4th week of Feb in Doranville GA. One of over 400K... though I doubt very many had a 4 spd and posi w/ bench.
Thought it was kinda cool to see all that.
