Backljus MKIII

[T&L]

Hej!

Någon som vet, om det går att koppla inn backljus på en mkIII:a?
Tidigare ägarne satta dit dom senere lamporna mkIV/V där ljusen finns, men för tilfället är dom inte inkopplade - dom bara sitter där.
Går det att få dom fungera på något sätt och i så fall hur?

Tack i förhand!

VH
Lars

[heemini]

Du har en kontakt, eller ett uttag för en kontakt, på huset till växelspaken. Sitter på höger sida i färdriktningen. Funkar alltså så att när du lägger i backen så sluts kretsen. Två kablar från den. En till lampan och en till 12v. Om du inte har en kontakt där så skicka mig ett PM. Tror att jag har en liggande i gömmorna.
/Lasse

[T&L]

Jag tackar för snabbt svar!

- och återkommer så fort jag har kollat bilen. Just nu är hon på semester hos English Car Care i Löddekopinge för svets av nytt grenrör, byte av toppackning och byte av slitna drivknutar - saker som inte går så lätt att fixa, när man bor i lägenhet

Tackar igen för expert-advise!

VH
Lars

[silverbullet 96]

Hi Lars,

I saw your car at Steve's place on Thursday. I didnt realize it was you, I guess you changed your user name.

Hopefully you get your car back and working soon!

Cheers

Craig

[T&L]

Hi Craig,

Yeah, we changed the user name as we couldn't remember the old one

What did you do at Steve's? Nice little place they've got there.

According to Steve our car is not in bad shape so she should be back on the road soon.
Still have to fix the brakes though (all new wheel cylinders and brake shoes), but I'm contemplating taking the car to my dad in DK to keep costs on a low, as we simply can't afford to have Steve and the guys fix them. At the moment the brakes are in working condition (read: passed "besiktning") but they deviate quite a lot from eachother (29%), so ideally fixing that is next up.

We haven't had the best of luck with the car lately. Last summer I took the car to DK to see my family. Almost there the radiator AND the clutch gave up simultaneously, so last summer we didn't get much driving done. Then first thing this year there has been starting issues - probably due to the cooling agent present in cylinder 3 and an ignition coil in poor shape - but that is what Steve and the guys are solving right now. That and the worn CV joint/ball joint (the problems were related) that made it fail the "besiktning".

BR
Lars

[silverbullet 96]

I have a small hobbyverksamhet selling nuts and bolts (www.britishnutsandbolts.se) I was dropping of an order to Steve.

Yeah we spoke about your brakes. I am not sure how many on here still use drum brakes. Most I think have upgraded to discs the front. I think that is what i would do, minispares sell a good kit for this. The kit includes balljoints and cv joints so you may even save money.


http://www.minispares.com/product/Class ... o%20search

[T&L]

Allright - thought you had an issue with the car since you stopped by.

Yeah, I thought about converting the brakes a while ago, but never really got around to it.
I was reading an article about it the other day (http://www.minimania.com/article/609/Up ... ini_Brakes) that stated that due to the size of my wheels (13x7) I would need to convert to 8,4 inch disc brakes because of the increase in inertia.

[minijanne]

...I am not sure how many on here still use drum brakes. Most I think have upgraded to discs the front....

Det tror jag nog inte - jag tror den absoluta majoriteten kör orginal.

[silverbullet 96]

Allright - thought you had an issue with the car since you stopped by.

Yeah, I thought about converting the brakes a while ago, but never really got around to it.
I was reading an article about it the other day (http://www.minimania.com/article/609/Up ... ini_Brakes) that stated that due to the size of my wheels (13x7) I would need to convert to 8,4 inch disc brakes because of the increase in inertia.

Yes but the inertia force/resistance is higher with larger wheels but you have that force at the moment through small drums.

[silverbullet 96]

...I am not sure how many on here still use drum brakes. Most I think have upgraded to discs the front....

Det tror jag nog inte - jag tror den absoluta majoriteten kör orginal.

Maybe you are correct, though I have seen members lately swapping.