I went for a test drive with the new dash today. In the course of operation noticed a few things:
- [s]The throttle is messed up somehow. Once the jeep warms up, the throttle climbs like I'm accelerating. It may be an issue with the throttle valve setting on the carburetor or the spring that goes from the TV cable to the carb. I'll check it again in the morning.
- My reverse is f***ed. It's always been a little weak but now when I go into reverse I get almost nothing and there's a hissing noise. I almost think it's an issue with a vacuum switch+ the automatic transmission.
- The old interior lumination bulbs are still hanging from the electrical harness and bugged the crap out of me on the way home in the dark. I'll probably just clip them out of the harness and splice around them.
- The speedometer cable - having not been secured by anything - fell out of the speedometer on the way home. I'll figure out a way to fasten it tomorrow. And before you ask: no, it wont screw on because the cable I got has the wrong connection on that side :smith:
- The soft doors worked well. There was an issue with the seal on the top but after bending the windows it, it seemed to correct.[/s]
- The heater controls are still not hooked up and it got a little cold on the way back. Probably something I should fix.
- No new photos yet but I'll have some tomorrow. Here's something to hold you over.
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