Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 'Stinger' update 10/2a

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My orange car has that tan on tan interior. It is BLA!!!! that's why it
is being changed to black.
"Doc"



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• From: "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 16:07:49 -0400

I spent some time today wiping the car off to remove
Thursday's rain spots, using a real high-end chamois
my mommy-in-law got me. Amazing how much easier a
job is with the right equipment!

When done, I had a bit of time left before having to
leave, so I insanely attempted a 'simple parts swap',
figuring *my* Hornet couldn't be just like Doc's!

I grabbed some basic tools and the dash bezel/gauge
set I got on eBay (from a 77 AMX) and decided I'd do
the swap.

The glove box side went nice and easy. The gauge side
seemed to go well, too. I yanked the original set,
took it's switches and gauge cluster off, then pulled
the switches and cluster off the new setup. I then
installed my original cluster onto the new bezel (which
had an original V8 tach on it), then installed my
original switches (I knew they worked and my wipers
have the intermittent feature, which I wouldn't want to
lose).

I was about to slip the whole thing back into the dash
when I figured I should check all the operations. Well,
switches worked fine, so I figured I'd start the car
and check idiot lights, then gauges. OK- idiots lights
are fine...but the car then cranks without trying to
spark up. That's when I realize the add-on tach that WAS
in there was removed with a quick 'snip' of the wires.
But that shouldn't disable the ignition! A quick call
to a buddy had me looking under the hood to find the
positive lead from the ignition solenoid was cut and
redirected to the gauges, then back to the coil on the
positive side! So my 'snip' effectively broke the long,
silly loop.

So I yanked the added wires, re-connected the original
wiring as intended and she fired back up on the first
try again.

I then finished screwing the assembly into place and
put that car away for the night. Note I didn't try to
connect the factory tach. I didn't have my TSM with me
nor extra wire. I simply used what I had to extend it's
wires out the bottom of the dash so I can connect it up
later. Hell, I don't even know if it works, so better
to wait 'til I have more time to tweak and troubleshoot.

The 'engine-turned' bezels of the 77 AMX sure spruce up
the car's dash. It looked so 'blah' in "tan-with-tan-
over-tan-with-tan-trim".

Tomorrow they PROMISE me some sun, so new photos then.

John


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