M3 Restoration

[gab]

Hi Don
Did you make new track armor brackets or did you buy? Also did you rivet them or bolt them on? Thanks.       Greg

[spec4don]

Greg. I got a the front ones from Outsider and bought a couple repros. Steve1973 turned me on to some round head allen bolts with nylock nuts. I'll get some pictures and post them
Don G.

[yd328]

Where are you going to hang your fuzzy dice?

[spec4don]

I need to build the chain steering wheel first and find the dingle balls

Don G.

[steve1973]

Greg. I got a the front ones from Outsider and bought a couple repros. Steve1973 turned me on to some round head allen bolts with nylock nuts. I'll get some pictures and post them
Don G.

The bolts we used for the brackets are 7/16" allen button head grade 8 bolts with mechanical locking flanged nuts, not nylocks. Here is a photo of them.



Steve A.

[gab]

I was thinking about grinding a bit and turning bolt heads down to the rivet look.   

[spec4don]

I was thinking maybe you could fill the hole with bondo maybe?

Don G.

[gab]

That would work.

[spec4don]

Today was wash day. PSI washed the frame, have some minor degreasing to do, a little rust preventative and she'll be ready to head to the paint shop. I think then I'll be ready to head up hill





Enjoy Don G.

[gab]

I think you have been heading up hill for a long time, your about to start down. It is really starting to come together.      Greg     

[spec4don]

Friday marked a milestone in my restoration, Steve and I moved the frame over to the paint shop. It is painted. I went over Friday after work Steve and Mike (the painter) already had it off the jacks and the tires on it. So Monday it comes back to the shop and parts can start going back on. Yahoo

Prep for paint:



Painted:



Don G.

[spec4don]

Christmas arrived early this year, got my new wiring harness from Vintage Maine. Looks really good!

Don G.

[Thundercat97]

You will love it... they do great work and I have one on my M3.   Very easy to install.

[spec4don]

Thundercat, imay need to pick youi brain as I start the install. I was going over the diagrams and such Still a little confused by the whole tilt switch and the front lights. The pedestals have 3 wires but I know you have to swtich pedistals to get the black out feature.

It will be  fun.

Don G.

[steve1973]

Thundercat, imay need to pick youi brain as I start the install. I was going over the diagrams and such Still a little confused by the whole tilt switch and the front lights. The pedestals have 3 wires but I know you have to swtich pedistals to get the black out feature.

It will be  fun.

Don G.

Don,
The tilt switch is your dimmer switch. Since you have pedestal lights the switch is not used and can be omitted. The tilt switch is only for the early style headlights that have hi/low beam. The later style pedestal lights uses two styles, each using only two pins but different location from each other. The pedestal headlight uses two 12V pins to operate the marker light and headlight. The pedestal blackout light uses 12V for the marker light and 6V for the blackout light. The housing is your ground. Hope this helps. Don, wiring is my specialty.

Steve A.