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

[ncwitte at wittelaw.com]

Wondered about the taillight action in your video.

I would strongly suspect a bad ground somewhere.

Norm
Quoting Ryan Verthein <daretocorvair at yahoo.com>:

>
> 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
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