If you remove the metal surround from your gear shift you will see that the
switch should be there at about the one o clock postion if looking straight down
on it. The wires run through the tranny tunnel to under the bonnet and into the
cockpit from the right hand side of the firewall Brad
"Charles D. Sorkin" wrote:
> Well, I had an interesting experience in the NJ inspection facility last
> night. Despite the cloud of smoke oozing from the muffler, and the
> occaisonal backfire, I passed inspection with no flaws! I can't figure out
> how, though, unless the smoke I'm giving off contains such items as sulfur
> dioxide or nitric oxides (acid rain culprits) instead of the carbon monoxide
> (smog generator) that they test for.
>
> The operators were rather interesting. I got to the station late in the
> day, and they were about to turn me away, when the first staff member
> noticed that I had an unusually small car, and I suspect that they only let
> me in so that he could watch his partner at the other end of the facility
> struggle to get in an out. That fellow was about 6-4 and probably 250
> pounds. Anyway, he got in with no problem, but couldn't gracefully
> emerge... he ended up falling sideways from the car and crawled out on his
> hands!
>
> The one thing that they did not check (surprisingly) were the white reverse
> indicator lights, which aren't functioning. I checked in the Moss catalog,
> and I noticed that that light mechanism (the switch, not the lens and bulb)
> doesn't seem to be available. But the diagram was also not clear about
> where it is located. Does anyone know where the wiring for the reverse
> lights originates, and what some common flaws could be?
>
> And one final aside: A passerby on the street mentioned to me that on
> Saturday, October 2, there will be a vintage and antique car show in
> Montclair, NJ. Domestic and Vintage, I understand that there will be a few
> British cars there. If anyone is interested, I have a flyer about it. (I
> may not be there though.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
> '74 Midget
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> Bloomfield, NJ
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