<VV> So now that I have it running...

[Ryan Verthein]

I bought a Corsa engine compartment harness, and the
car came with an NOS Corsa wiring harness.  al I did
was connect them together, and put everything where it
goes.  i don't see how I could have done any of that
wrong.

the only thing i can think of would be if I maybe
hooked up the voltage regulator wrong...there's a tab
on the side that I think is groud that I conncted to. 
dunno if that would cause it.

Jr told me to clean the headlamp swith-that did
nothing except to make it s bit smoother.  and I used
good contact cleaner.

also, I notice there are a lot of wires spliced inside
that dash jumble.

ugh.

Ry

--- Ron <ronh at owt.com> wrote:

> In the rear harness, you have the rear parking
> lights connected to the 
> ignition wire.  Also sounds as though other wires
> are misconnected.
> RonH
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Verthein" <daretocorvair at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:24 PM
> Subject: <VV> So now that I have it running...
> 
> 
> >
> > That is one of the strongest smelling engines I've
> > ever smelled.
> >
> > I have a bunch of weird quirky things happening.
> >
> >
> > First off, I created a blanace tube to work for
> > now...I used some ld gas line that was in really
> good
> > shape, and bent it in a nice C-type shape...and
> used
> > rubber hose for the connections-it really helped a
> lot
> > to get my car to idle.
> >
> > So.
> >
> > I just made another post about having excessive
> > blow-by, and wondering hoe a leakdown test has
> > anything to do with blow-by.  maybe that means the
> > rings are bad?
> >
> > I seem to have water coming out of the pCV tube
> along
> > with that exhaust...just condensation?
> >
> > Here's the tricky one.
> >
> > Wiring.
> >
> > When I turn the key to "on" I get the Gen/Fan and
> the
> > temp pressure light come on as they should, then
> goes
> > of right away.
> >
> > So far so good.
> >
> > But here's where it gets weird.
> >
> > when the car is running, and the dimmer switch is
> > anywhere in the dimming range besides all the way
> > down(off) or in the always on position weird
> things
> > happen.
> >
> > for one, when the dimmer switch is somewhere in
> that
> > range, my tach does not work at all.  But, if I
> turn
> > the dimmer switch all the way down (all the way
> > clockwise, so the lights are at their dimmest.)
> the
> > tach works perfectly.
> >
> > so.
> >
> > There is also a light that comes on when the
> engine is
> > running.  it's a gray wired light-one that should
> only
> > be on when the parking or driving lights are on, I
> > would assume...  if I turn the dimmer switch to
> the
> > always on position, that light stays on.
> >
> > Mind you, this light ONLY comes on if the car is
> > running-it doesn't come on when the key is merely
> in
> > the on position.
> >
> >
> > To make matters worse, my REAR parking lights are
> also
> > on when the car is running, but ONLY
> then...otherwise
> > they are off.
> >
> > am I missing something here?  I know it's all in
> the
> > dash as far as this whole problem goes, because my
> > main and engine comp harnesses are both brandy new
> > (well, the main one is perfect NOS, actually.)  so
> I
> > doubt either of those would be having any
> problems.
> >
> > Thoughts?  answers?  SOMETHING?!
> >
> > Ryan V.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1965 Corsa/110/4
> > http://www.edselmotors.com/corsa.html
> > and
> http://free4allband.tripod.com/corsacorvair.html
> >
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