Nearly finished the gauge conversion, but the oil pres. switch has me stuck. There are like no flats or notches on it to speak of to get a wrench or socket on. Maybe the remnants of a 12-point pattern but I dunno. Not sure how to get it out (it is on top of the timing cover, right?) I hear there's a tool for this, but I might have to get an angle adapter to get the new sender in, doesn't look like it'll fit.
Ripped out what was left of the aftermarket cruise setup. Put in a single-piece speedo cable. I was going to swap the odometers but couldn't figure out how to get them separated from the gauge without breaking it..... wouldn't have worked anyway since the sweep gauge had it in the lower section where on the round gauge it was in the upper, with the trip in the lower.... So, took a pic with both units and will print that off and date it so I know what the actual mileage is later on. Wasn't about to go messing with it too much because with my luck I'd break it.
Question for anyone paying attention: There was a white wire already on the tach terminal on the distributor. It disappeared into a harness just below so I have no idea why it was there or where it goes. I was hoping maybe it just went up under the dash to an empty connector but I didn't find it there, either. I disconnected it and hooked my tach filter up to it, and connected that straight into pin 14 on the dash. Even the service manual doesn't show anything but a tach connected there, so I'm really not sure what I disconnected.
Put LED's in the new cluster. Dimmable ones for the illumination and regulars for the indicators/blinkers. I'm waiting on the oil sender situation before I hook the battery back up, but I'll have to probably turn a few around to get them working, and then hope everything else is good. Have the LED flasher relay that needs to be put in as well. Will report back when I get it going again, hopefully tomorrow.
