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Old out. New in. And some burned out bulbs (and one really odd high ohm reading) replaced.
Gauges started flickering on bumps was the sign connections were starting to go pretty bad.
Solid now. Deoxit on everything (Every nut and washer that was on current, and the posts to the gauges, and the harness side plugs. Voltage gauge up ~1.5v too. Gauge was calibrated to read 12v and 14v with direct 12 and 14v inputs, but read "soft" in the car itself, now reads post voltage.
...My nighttime dash is hella bright now..like it was new, I have to dial it down to what it was before...the difference is significant what all working CLEAN and properly supplied voltage can do.
what is your estimate for the hours spent for everything you did...R/R foil, clean connections R/R pod, cleaning bulb sockets/new bulbs....
...2?
That included Katie fighting the long pod bolt on the left side...the threads in the pod were gone.
After she was sure it was aligned, and just a bad nut insert...she did this thing..
She wrapped a thin strip of duct tape to the bolt, about 1/4" down from the end, just one wrap thick. Drove it home..its tight as brand new.
Repeatable, non destructive..I'd never see that before...
Add a little more time if you have a bench power supply handy to calibrate the voltmeter..I did this years ago. It was off about .5 to .75v, but now right on since NOW the foil and everything is super clean:
11-05-2022, 09:48 PM
Foil Day.
