Re: [T3] list is quiet - Speedo Cable, Hot, Wiring

[Know One <knowonelse@sbcglobal.net>]

> Hellooooooo, anybody home. Been awful quiet.

Well, over the weekend, I fiddled with the wiring that
manifested itself with no auxiliary lights (no turns,
no emergency). Took stuff apart, fiddled, found no
faults obvious, put it all back together and managed
to break a female original connector and replaced it,
and it then all worked again, for now.

Then I noticed that the right headlight spade came
off, so I put it back on. A bit loose, but it held for
now.

Took it for a drive to hear the speedo cable whining
at me, lubed it up with cable lube and no change was
heard on the next drive.

What is the preferred lubricant for the speedo cable?

Took it for a couple of miles and when I got back the
engine was really hot, I mean that the handles on the
engine hatch were very hot to the touch hot, hot.
Yikes!

Then I looked underneath to find many spots of freshly
dripping oil. No drips while engine not running
though, so that's better? perhaps.

Looks like it's time to dig a little deeper at the oil
leaks, and to re-tune stuff to see if I set things too
lean, and anticipate that I will continue to fiddle
with wiring from here on out.

Sigh. But at least I can drive it now!

Jeff '67 Sqbk

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