November 2004
 Trunk sheet metal and lights

trunk one
I installed the first half of the trunk just like the instructions stated.  Not hard at all.


This trunk is not going to be very big. I guess I won't use this car to haul lumber or Quikcrete.

Before I installed the next piece I cleaned up the tail light wiring while it was still easy to see.

trunk second half

Next I installed the second half of the trunk panel as well as those side panels around the wheel well.

That is the fuel cut off switch in the lower left corner.

Although it does not show up well I also ran a pair of blue wires up through the upper panel for the license plate light.  If you look closely you can see the coil of wire up near the roll bar stub.

I also did a lot of little clean up work. Refilled transmission with oil, installed the battery negative ground, caulked around gaps, installed oil sender unit (which was tricky because of space. If you want to see a picture let me know.



brake lights are on
With the electrical work done it was time to hook up the battery.  What is that?  Hey the brake lights work.

The directional lights work also (once I realized I had to jumper the hazard light switch because it is not installed). So far so good with my wiring diet work.

I am not ready to try and start the car but thought I would see if it would at least crank.  It didn't. Shucks  oh wait, you have to push in on the clutch AND you have to make the connections under the car to the transmission.

I am going to save that for tomorrow....

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