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Old 04-30-2012, 03:40 PM   #131
Vic Piano
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Default Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour


Ya know the old saying “if it Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It”… Well, that doesn’t necessarily apply when dealing with an old car that someone (or perhaps several someone’s) had a hand in making changes and/or (you hope) improvements on the various systems over the years. Today I ran into such a situation with the ’39 Zephyr. After reassembling all the components in the car, I must have jostled something because the brake lights weren’t working as they had been before we took everything apart. I actually have a complete (new) wiring harness for the Zephyr however, I don’t want to install it until after the car is painted so, as a result, I myself have had a hand in fixing and or modifying things that (due to age or whatever) have gone awry over the time that we’ve had the Zephyr. Well I set out to find the problem with the brake lights and ended up having to disassemble the consol to trace the origin of the repair. Looking at the mish-mash wiring job done by a previous owner, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear that Rub Goldberg must have owned the Zephyr at one point… Anyway, I fixed the brake light problem and now I’ve got to figure out why the windshield wipers don’t work… It sure is fun playin’ with these old cars.
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