Re: Re: 1955 Traction 11B “Barn Find” Project

[Anonymous]

Installed the water temp and oil pressure gauge and hooked them up to the panel lights. Which then led to me to figure out why I had wired the panel lights directly to the 6 volts output and not to a switched supply from the lighting circuit – so a quick redesign and some wire switching (do love the simplicity of the connection strips) and the panel lights were connected to the rear light circuit and now come on with all the light scenarios.

But at the same time I was getting a short on the main battery supply to the ammeter. The connections on the ammeter had loosened and touching the side of the dash. But now it is all bolted in, the job was 10 times more difficult. But I managed to unbolt the ammeter and pull it out of the dash. Took it apart and added some more insulation and then tightened the bolts. Got it back in the dash and reconnected the main battery connections and all is good.

One of the dash panel lights exploded in my fingers splintering glass everywhere which led to blood everywhere….. what a day.