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That would be cool. Despite me wearing a cap and sunglasses when i go out, what i class as a 'stunt fly' managed to go under my cap brim and over the top of my glasses and hit me in the forehead on the only 10mm of forehead showing, at 50mph it really hurt!
Ooh, stunt fly in the face sounds painful. My main concern would be deflecting lumps of truck tyre with my cranium on the motorway. I'm thinking that something like this might be suitable for high speed long distance driving -
Couple more shakedown runs today, and a few little jobs left o do over the weekend....
1. Tighten up the front wheel bearings.....
2. Finish the interior (behind the seats and centre console)
3. Get hold of a new light switch (dodgy connection) and sort out why I only have one headlight (wiring ok, bulb ok????)
oh, and go out for sunday lunch with SWMBO to a lovely country pub
1. The fuel guage doesn't work! I have the original Vitesse Fuel guage, and the Spitfire Sender unit in the tank. On reading about Dave's similar problem solved with a Voltage Stabiliser, I looked on Rimmers and they list one for Mk1,2 & 3 and a seperate one for the Mk4. How do I know what one I need, as I got my tank off ebay as a Spitfire Tank. No other details! Help?
2. The temperature guage doesn't work - I am asssuming this is the sender unit, so I will order one up and try that first! I can't remember if it worked in teh old Vitesse or not, as I didn't really use the car for 4 years!
I just went with the stabiliser/regulator thingy that was on the back of one of the GT6 speedos i bought as after some reading all they do is efficitevely take the volts from 12 to 10. (well... it's not that simple, but that'll do)
In case it's of any use, the same stabiliser unit was also on the back of a Herald speedo i bought! yup, i tried a lot of speedos
Even without that in place both my fuel gauge and temp gauge were working, they were just over reading.
You can check the sender unit for continuity with a multimeter. The voltage stabiliser does what it says and just keeps the voltage the same or else as the dynamo or alternator increases the gauge wold go up. If you earth the wire from the temperature sender unit or join the two wires on the tank sender unit the respective gauge should go to maximum. Hope this helps.
I've got a hybrid Spitfire sender/Vitesse gauge at the moment and it works fine. I don't want to teach you to suck eggs but have you attached the earth leads to the frame?
