[Verdoro 68]

This car has given me so much trouble lately (thread), it was nice to mess around with a few small projects this afternoon.

First project was installing a new Delco dimmer switch and splicing in a new wiring harness to get rid of the death trap I previously installed. We took it to my son's school for open auto shop night last week and on the way home in the dark the dash lights went out. We started smelling a plasticy electrical smell when we were close to home which made me panic a bit. Turns out a shadetree repair I did on the dimmer switch about 30 years ago was the culprit and had melted the back side of the plastic grommet. I was shocked when I saw how I had previously repaired it - electrical tape wrapped around wire crimped connectors. I'm surprised it lasted so long without issue.





Second project was a new set of Pertronix 7mm factory appearance plug wires in a last ditch effort to solve the problem with getting a reliable timing strobe signal (thread) with a Pertronix module. I thought I had this solved, but it was evident when I dropped the engine in a few weeks ago. An interim band aid was to put the induction clamp on #6 with the Taylor wires which steadied things out for some reason, but the new wires appear to have solved it for good on the #1 cylinder. I don't love the 90 degree boots vs. 45 degree, but they'll work. It also gave me the opportunity to route the wires at the distributor to better prevent arcing.



Third project was fixing a few little exhaust leaks at the head tube/x-pipe joint. Tightening the band clamps mostly solved the leaks, but I'm still feeling a little bit get through on one joint.

Hoping to it get out for a little drive tomorrow since it's not leaking oil, coolant, or (much) exhaust, it shouldn't catch fire via shoddy electrical work, and I know the timing is set correctly.