At some point, Nick Sterling had cut the pink and yellow wires running up the driver's side rear pillar that provides power to, and grounds the interior lights when a door is opened; I'm guessing because the yellow wire was grounded somewhere and the interior lights would not go out. I buzzed them out, made sure there was no short (except through the bulbs), and wired them up.
Driving home from Carlisle, Ron found that the lights came on - but I think it was the switch on the side of the drivers side housing was not completely open. I switched it off and on a couple of times, and it now seems to be working properly. Time will tell.
On a test drive, I noticed that the speedometer was a littly jumpy; I removed the lubrication wick holder, and found that the wick was bone dry. I doused the wick in 3-in-1 oil, and went to put back in... And that's when I nearly lost it. What a royal b*tch! So much easier to remove, than to put in. The holder is angled both down, and away from the housing - and it's a fine thread. I dropped it several times and had to get out my light scope to find it.
Fortunately, I had a spare panel with a wick and holder. I decided to use my spare, and after another hour of cussin' and fussin' I got it to take. The jumpy speedometer is gone, but I can tell you, I'll never be doing that again - those are many hours of my life that I will never get back.
I cut out the bad sections, slipped on heat shrink tubing, extended wires where necessary, soldered all connections and shrank the tubing. Came out pretty well, I think.
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