OK, I managed to get a bit more accomplished yesterday. I finally
snaked my manual choke cable through the rheostat hole in the dash and
then through the large rubber plug in the firewall as a few listers had
suggested (THANKS!). This is much more convenient than leaving the
choke cable just lying around in the engine compartment.
I also drilled and tapped two holes in my repaired rheostat to hold the
back cover on and then tie-wrapped it up under the dash. I was going to
leave the rheostat in the dash and fabricate a bracket for the choke,
but I was in too big a hurry. Besides, I never use the rheostat anyway
and now the choke mounting looks "stock".
I also installed my new temperature sender and now the temp gauge
works! BTW - The new (machined out of brass) sender seemed like a much
better quality unit compared to the older (steel pressed into aluminum?)
unit it replaced.
So, still left to do: Lower A-arm bushings, oil cooler, vacuum advance
hose(s), front discs, fuel pump, stainless brake lines. Hope they rest
of you had productive weekends too!
Donny V
78 MGB
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