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DrEntropy

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Forty year old rheostat is just wonderful. All lights are now checked and functioning. Tag lamps, tail-lights, brakes, headlamps, running lights, turn signals...

YIPPEE!!! Time fer a BEER!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
you got all them lights wired into the rheostat?!?! You might want to re-check that - hehehe. I guess having the ability to dim ALL the lights might be pretty cool though.
 
Ummm... "STEALTH" MGB!
 
My next big fix (besides the heater) is the high beams. I looked at the wiring and the PO connected everything with wire nuts (used in house wiring) Auuuugggghhh!!!
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Get the "map" and start at one end or t'other.

Wire nuts!?!? I lump crimp fasteners in the same category. Either solder it and shrink tubing, or just twist it together and tape it... so ya can solder it later.
 
Ahoh, I have a bigger problem. One of my hooters is flat. I'm trying to get it pumped up again. Voltage to it but no sound.
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And lots of luck with that. Wasp nest inside?
 
Perhaps its the wrong polarity? And it's sucking instead of blowing. HaHa
Must be time for another beer for me as well
Cheers Ric
 
Oh Jeez... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
 
A good question......Recently replaced the low note windtone because it sounded like a goose being run over by a D9.

Is there some way of tuning the thing?

I'm not a horn using type of person....Should I beep at someone everytime I go out in order to keep them working?
 
As with the air horns on my trucks, your horn is "tunable". There is a large nut (thin metal) that holds a treaded shaft. If you get the nut loose, then you can screw the shaft in and out to change the tone of the horn. If the horn has not worked in a while (like on my big truck) then there may be bugs in it. With the air horn when we got it to work again it blasted bugs all over everyone standing under it. Including my sister with a new hair do. But back on point, the horn sound can be changed within the limits of the horn. Oh, you must be blowing the horn as you change it so you know when to stop.

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Don't you just love these Hooter threads. Yep every Hooter I have seen has an adjusting screw on it.

By the way where is Jay, she has been amoung the missing. Don't supose she made a move on hubby do ya?
 
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