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Topic: What are these things? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 1:34 am Subject: What are these things? |
In-tank fuel pump wires. Someone has replaced it with a strainer on your car so you no longer have an in-tank fuel pump - if you did have one then that big hex where the fuel outlet hose exits the ... |
Topic: What are these things? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 1:11 am Subject: What are these things? |
Your mystery items look to be all from the AC system being removed.
Wires for compressor, wires behind the headlight for the pressure switch by the drier, and a cut hose.
Awesome, thanks Vaughan ... |
Topic: What are these things? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 12:10 am Subject: What are these things? |
Hey guys,
This weekend was a HUGE weekend for us and Poppy. It was not without its emotional rollercoaster and be prepared for me to call for help with fueling and getting the engine tuned properly ... |
Topic: What doesn't work from this brake MC rebuild kit? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2026 11:54 pm Subject: What doesn't work from this brake MC rebuild kit? |
| Alrighty I am back with some more findings, we haven't pulled the lines or hoses yet, but there is a slow seep between the mc and the brake booster, which leads me to believe at a minimum that seal is ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:22 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Looking up from the inside might give a good sense; may have to remove the glovebox and maybe also drop the AC unit a little to get a good look, but if there's and damage all the way through, you' ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:52 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
| The seam sealer you want where all the individual steel panels meet... and you can even use it to close over small rust holes, as long as all rotting/rusty metal is removed to bare clean steel and the ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:56 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
| The seam sealer you want where all the individual steel panels meet... and you can even use it to close over small rust holes, as long as all rotting/rusty metal is removed to bare clean steel and the ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:33 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Definitely wants a serious clean and re-seal - but I've seen worse for sure.
Scrape off anything resembling rust, make sure there's no holes, and it looks like your seam sealer has dried up and sep ... |
Topic: 016.8/9/G shifter mechanism rubber and plastic pieces? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:13 pm Subject: 016.8/9/G shifter mechanism rubber and plastic pieces? |
| Is the shift lever perhaps contacting the body in some of those gears? There is some adjustment of the mounting to the torque tube, sliding it fore and aft as I recall, which could play in if you didn ... |
Topic: 016.8/9/G shifter mechanism rubber and plastic pieces? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 8:01 am Subject: 016.8/9/G shifter mechanism rubber and plastic pieces? |
| Alrighty, took a much longer break from the shifter and linkage than I originally planned on but that's project cars and winter weather. During the in between spurts of working on the car with the bra ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:47 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Might be that the options were in all the looms but the relays and the actual hardware not present. Probably just the previous owner couldn’t afford relays or stole them for something else.
You†... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:27 pm Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Get a set of de-pinning tools, it makes it a lot easier and you will be able to de-pin all sorts of connectors on the car if needed.
None of the relays will stop the car from running except the fue ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:16 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Yeah, those brass terminals are super-common and easy/cheap to replace; it's just a matter of getting a good properly-executed crimp on them.
$0.26 each at Newark Electronics, where I got 'em for m ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:11 pm Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
| Thanks Chuck and Beartooth, I'll have to get to hunting for supplies. I'm planning on starting with the fuses as I think it'll be the easiest to start (and I need that stupid window to roll up because ... |
Topic: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 5:36 am Subject: Wiring harnesses and what to do with the relay box? |
Some of the relays plug into removable blocks. In my case I replaced all of the connectors at the fuel pump relay. It wasn't easy to strip the wires and get the crimping tool there. And that ... |
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