1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build

[SteveJ]

4 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Any concerns on quality? I found this guys site

http://cycleterminal.com/bullet-terminals.html

Seems to have a pretty good selection too

Do they sell the spades without the crimpers? I bought a set of crimpers a while back that your recommended then...

I have used these without problems. As for the spades without crimpers, I'm sure you could find some if you searched more, such as this: https://www.amazon.com/PONFY-Connector-Assortment-Insulating-Electrical

Vintage Connections has a lot of bullets, too, and I have plenty in my collection.

Keep in mind that what you see at Cycle Terminal and Vintage Connections might have been produced at the same plant as the ones I linked from Amazon.

[Captain Obvious]

59 minutes ago, Patcon said:

I tried to work on clutch slaves a while back.

That's one hole closed but you have to block the reservoir hole too.

So we decided to tap it to M5x.8 and put a screw with a little teflon tape

Couple comments... First, the Obvious one. That's a master cylinder, not a slave.

Second... Be real careful about burrs kicked up into the cylinder bore as a result of the tapping operation. If there's a burr in the area swept by the cup seal, it'll chew it up right quick!

[Patcon]

Well that was Obvious! 😉

It's was a long week and the weekend had it's moments too.

Haven't heard from you in a while, hope youre ok!

[Patcon]

I was looking at the engine bay harness. My PO evidently hacked it up. Not surprising since one headlight fuse was melted out of the fuse box.

I may need to source one...

@SteveJ

@Terrapin Z

[Captain Obvious]

6 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Well that was Obvious! 😉

It's was a long week and the weekend had it's moments too.

Haven't heard from you in a while, hope youre ok!

Thanks Bud! Yeah, I'm OK, but honestly have been better. I got covid at Thanksgiving and am still working out a couple kinks. Still.

Hoping 2023 is better than the end of 2022.    

[SteveJ]

Or build your own...  Right, @Matthew Abate?

[Patcon]

I'm not up for reinventing the wheel! Maybe I can bribe someone with diet Mountain Dew to unhack my hacked harness...

19 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

Thanks Bud! Yeah, I'm OK, but honestly have been better. I got covid at Thanksgiving and am still working out a couple kinks. Still.

Hoping 2023 is better than the end of 2022.    

I hate that!

I've had it twice. It took a while to get over the first time. The lingering cough was the worst thing the second time.

I probably can't but if I can help some way, let me know. You could act like a "Snow bird" and come hang out in my guest house for awhile.

[w3wilkes]

@PatconI've probably missed it somewhere but are you going for a "total stock" restoration? If not, you only need one headlight fuse for use with @Zs-ondabrain's Headlight relay upgrade that MSA sells. Of course, it will turn out to be the one that is fried in your fusebox. 

[Patcon]

No, I wont be stock. I have Daves headlight harness somewhere in my shop. Waiting for this car. I didn't know you only needed one functional side

[w3wilkes]

Here's a thread I started because I did LED headlights without the MSA harness and had to use the anti-flicker module to initially get my lights to work. I then did the MSA harness after researching a little more and finding out how it was actually implemented which then allowed me to remove the anti-flicker module.  Thought this thread might help others going LED headlights. The way Datsun powered the 3 prong plug was opposite of the way "Detroit" did it. And I have no clue how Lucas would have done it. 🤔

 

[Patcon]

That's ok, Lucas doesn't have any idea how they would do it either 😉

[jfa.series1]

Charles,

If your fuse box is toast, consider the MSA version with the spade fuses. I installed one with my resto. It was a good match with one exception - they did not have the two large female spade terminals, supplied butt connectors instead. I replaced those with spade terminals to match with the harness.

Jim