Good idea Dale as that is what I am finding in the engine area with some light surface oxidation, I have been checking/cleaning the contacts as Bill had suggested then I will treat them with some di-electric (sp?) grease to help protect them once I get this on the road. Luckily I live in fairly arid place, so this should keep this from re-occurring again.
I am sorting out most of my issues out; and I am down to a possible bad park brake switch as the PKB light works when grounded and an inop fuel gauge, which may hopefully be a near empty tank of gas since the fuel pump did pump some fuel. Do these develop float issues?
On my PKB switch, none the wiring diagrams show my circuit as I have the black/green wire running from the bulb to the switch, a black wire to ground and yellow wire running to somewhere under the drivers seat, does anyone know about the yellow wire? Maybe it is part of the seat belt light?
Mike
Instrument removal
Re: Instrument removal
Hi Mike,
I think the yellow wire is part of the seat belt light/buzzer circuit. Did you not find it listed on the schematic for the coupe?
That copper (or is it brass) contactor on the hand brake becomes a problem because it gets dust and dirt and grease and moisture in that area next to the floor. Take the hand brake out, clean it up, and then use your needle nose pliers to reset the pressure of that contactor. You can check it out of the car with an ohmmeter. If you have a lubricant made for electrical contacts, put that on the contactor where it slides against the hand brake.
I would not say the float in the fuel tank has issues but I have seen some which did not move because they had something other than gas (e.g. water) in them for long periods of time.
good luck,
Dale
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I think the yellow wire is part of the seat belt light/buzzer circuit. Did you not find it listed on the schematic for the coupe?
That copper (or is it brass) contactor on the hand brake becomes a problem because it gets dust and dirt and grease and moisture in that area next to the floor. Take the hand brake out, clean it up, and then use your needle nose pliers to reset the pressure of that contactor. You can check it out of the car with an ohmmeter. If you have a lubricant made for electrical contacts, put that on the contactor where it slides against the hand brake.
I would not say the float in the fuel tank has issues but I have seen some which did not move because they had something other than gas (e.g. water) in them for long periods of time.
good luck,
Dale
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> of my issues out; and I am down to a possible bad park brake switch as the PKB > light works when grounded and an inop fuel gauge, which may hopefully be a > near empty tank of gas since the fuel pump did pump some fuel. Do these > develop float issues?
> On my PKB switch,
> none the wiring diagrams show my circuit as I have the black/green wire > running from the bulb to the switch, a black wire to ground and yellow wire > running to somewhere under the drivers seat, does anyone know about the yellow > wire? Maybe it is part of the seat belt light?
> Mike
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Re: Instrument removal
Hi Dale,
No it isn’t listed and my Haynes manual has several diagrams for different cars and for different country versions, all show just the two wires at that switch, not the three that I have. None even show the fasten seat belt light either, not a big deal, but it made me curious with the extra wire. The switch on my lever is an actual microswitch and it has a strong “click” to it when activated, it doesn’t have a copper contact that just grounds out. Maybe I will take a picture of it later and post it if anyone is interested.
Mike
No it isn’t listed and my Haynes manual has several diagrams for different cars and for different country versions, all show just the two wires at that switch, not the three that I have. None even show the fasten seat belt light either, not a big deal, but it made me curious with the extra wire. The switch on my lever is an actual microswitch and it has a strong “click” to it when activated, it doesn’t have a copper contact that just grounds out. Maybe I will take a picture of it later and post it if anyone is interested.
Mike
Re: Instrument removal
Hi Mike,
That is good it is a microswitch. They are reliable and easy to test and replace.
But it does sound pretty fancy for this car. Someone will chime in and let us know what
was used as a switch for the parking brake. I just looked at one of my coupes and it has
a plastic plate with a copper strip attached to it which made contact to the metal of the
parking brake metal ratchet. The coupe I looked at was made in Oct 1971.
Since you have a microswitch, you should be able to see the resistance on it go from
high (greater than 10 megohms) to low (less than 1 ohm) when you put the parking brake on
and off. And if you don't have an ohmmeter, you should be able to take a 12 Volt lamp which you have and
connect it between 12 volts (+) and the switch and watch it turn off and on as you use the
hand brake. If it doesn't do it, you have a bad switch or a bad ground connection.
Let us know what you find out,
Dale
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That is good it is a microswitch. They are reliable and easy to test and replace.
But it does sound pretty fancy for this car. Someone will chime in and let us know what
was used as a switch for the parking brake. I just looked at one of my coupes and it has
a plastic plate with a copper strip attached to it which made contact to the metal of the
parking brake metal ratchet. The coupe I looked at was made in Oct 1971.
Since you have a microswitch, you should be able to see the resistance on it go from
high (greater than 10 megohms) to low (less than 1 ohm) when you put the parking brake on
and off. And if you don't have an ohmmeter, you should be able to take a 12 Volt lamp which you have and
connect it between 12 volts (+) and the switch and watch it turn off and on as you use the
hand brake. If it doesn't do it, you have a bad switch or a bad ground connection.
Let us know what you find out,
Dale
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> Dale,
> No
> it isnt listed and my Haynes manual has several diagrams for different cars > and for different country versions, all show just the two wires at that > switch, not the three that I have. None even show the fasten seat belt light > either, not a big deal, but it made me curious with the extra wire. The switch > on my lever is an actual microswitch and it has a strong click to it when > activated, it doesnt have a copper contact that just grounds out. Maybe I > will take a picture of it later and post it if anyone is > interested.
> Mike
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> Hi Mike,
> I think
> the yellow wire is part of the seat belt light/buzzer circuit. Did you > not find it listed on the schematic for the > coupe?
> That copper (or is it brass) contactor on the hand brake becomes a problem > because it gets dust and dirt and grease and moisture in that area next to the > floor. Take the hand brake out, clean it up, and then use > your needle nose pliers to reset the pressure of that contactor. You can > check it out of the car with an ohmmeter. If you have a lubricant made > for electrical contacts, put that on the contactor where it slides > against the hand brake.
> I would not say the float in the fuel tank has issues but I have seen some > which did not move because they had something other than gas (e.g. water) in > them for long periods of time.
> good
> luck,
> Dale
> > I am sorting out
> > most of my issues out; and I am down to a possible bad park brake switch as > > the PKB light works when grounded and an inop fuel gauge, which may > > hopefully be a near empty tank of gas since the fuel pump did pump some > > fuel. Do these develop float issues?
> > On my PKB
> > switch, none the wiring diagrams show my circuit as I have the black/green > > wire running from the bulb to the switch, a black wire to ground and yellow > > wire running to somewhere under the drivers seat, does anyone know about the > > yellow wire? Maybe it is part of the seat belt > > light?
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