FEB 21,2009:
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A little progress is better than none...
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I spent a few minutes today on the '57...
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I had to 'rebuild' the original dash light sockets...What I did was cut off the wire, and solder on new wire on the center bulb contacts.
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I purchased this Painless Kit years ago....it's been sitting on the shelf at home. If I had to do it all over again, I would of purchased the kit from American AutoWire....they include ALL the light sockets, new ignition and headlight switches, correct connects and grommet tubes for the headlight buckets/tail lights etc.
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Painless is an awesome system, and I will use them again, I just wish I would of known about them before....
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When wiring your car, the best way to start off (once you have the fuse-panel mounted) is to seperate and run the harness' to their corresponding spots:
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...at least the dash aint cut-up...
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Yellow, 12 gauge wires are for power-locks/windows which will NOT cut, just tie up and save for future use...
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Used spades to make future cluster removal easier....
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Cluster wiring:
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Done and ready to go....
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This dash sure good use a good bead-blast and paint....but for now she just wants to drive it....This car really needs a FULL STRIP/BODY OFF JOB...no time for that, though....-
