Recent content by isaacfinnegan

And what should the continuity be between the leads for the brake/parking light?

The grounding bus looks fine. Is the orange one pictured the same but damaged? Or should I be looking for that too?

So a couple corrections. Looks like I wasn't ever pulling the correct relay. It took a replacement to realize this. When the parking relay is pulled, then the dome light stays on even when the switch is turned on. So this leads me to believe there's a wiring issue somewhere in the parking...

@OSS I found the grounding bus and it's totally fine. When I pull the connector out, I only get a ground through one of the terminals and none of the others. I have been doing continuity tests and I feel like I have a short somewhere in the parking light system. When I test the brake bulb...

Thanks for the pointer. I've pulled the gauge panel, but can't seem to find the connector you are referring to. A pic is below. While I can't smell anything burnt back there the behavior seems like it fits what you describe @OSS . The dome light doesn't work via the swithc, but when the door...

Ok. Brake lights are not working either.

Ok. will check that. Also fan/AC blower is not working. Seems like all internal is off. I didn't notice, as the radio has a dedicated power i put in to deal with electrical noise.

So I just ran a bypass to the ignition for the fuel cut solenoid. It wasn't ever opening and was killing the idle. Testing it, it was not getting any current on the wires going to the plug on the carb. After doing this, I noticed some weird behavior, and I'm wondering if I have a general...

I haven't done one of the meetups like the before, but would love to, and can make this one happen. Count me in!

Yeah, I was on the fence. The permatex stuff is for exposure to that kind of thing, and I read quite a bit on here before making the call. Seems like there's two camps on this.

Ok. Everything is back together. I used Permatex Copper gasket for both the head gasket and gaskets on the exhaust manifold and thermostat housing. I didn't take out the plugs when I took the head to the shop, so #4 wasn't firing right. After all new plugs, it purrs again. I managed to lose...

So, actually Georg @orangefj45 did the last head rebuild and also needed smog work the last time. So I have pretty high confidence in the overall system (not necessarily all the hoses). For history: 3 years ago the radiator failed and loss of coolant led to blown head gasket. I took the head...

Current state: took the head to a shop, they checked for cracks and leveled it. Waiting for thermostat housing gasket and carb insulator gasket (hopefully coming tomorrow). Also have some permatex copper gasket sealant I've replace some hoses already, and plan on checking all and replacing...