Re: [doc] My door... and more

["Mark Bourne" <mark@xxxx>]

But in Chris's younger days, it was an oil filled lamp on his brand new
Model T

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Parnham <chrisparnham@xxxx>
To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: [doc] My door... and more


> Yes,
> and if you go back another 20 or 30 years, all parked cars ( when it was
> dark) had to display at least one light facing white out front and red
> rearward.
> This was usually achieved by little "parking lights" that hooked on the
> drivers window glass, (It was only a tiny bulb of about 2 or 3 watts),
you
> then plugged it in to your cigarette socket, or in some cases straight
onto
> your battery. On many occasions people would wake up to flat batteries.
>
> Chris P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Willis [mailto:danielpwillis@xxxx]
> Sent: 29 April 2002 09:29
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] My door... and more
>
>
> Martin,
>
> On my Calibra, when the car is stationary, if I turn on either the left or
> right indicator with the ignition off one headlight will come on (well,
> sidelight). Apparantly at some point in the past it was illegal to park a
> car without it's "parking" light on.... I think it's supposed to be the
side
> closest to the centre of the road... in other words. Waste of time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
>
> PS If the weather is rubbish I'll be there is saturday.. if it's good I'll
> be tracing my clutch system to a leak.... (but I won't have Hana there
> either way.. no headlights either!)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Gutkowski" <webmaster@xxxx>
> To: "DOC" <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 9:53 PM
> Subject: [doc] My door... and more
>
>
> > Well, I got it un-jammed, then promptly jammed it again, un-jammed it,
> > adjusted the linkage, then jammed it again. Swore, and adjusted the
> > linkage for a second time. So far so good
> >
> > The problem was the new door handle. After opening the door, the spring
> > in the mechanism wasn't sufficient to pull the cable back out fully.
> > Stange, I know. Basically the linkages were out just enough that the
> > rear latch thought it was closed while the front thought it was open.
> > Locking the door resulted in the front one jamming and not being able to
> > either open or shut it. Adusting the release mechanism on the rear latch
> > so they latched together, and loosening the whole thing so the handle
> > requires more travel now seems to have fixed it.
> >
> > In other news, I've fitted me alarm/remote starter today. I've got the
> > remote central locking working, but am having problems with the unit
> > picking up the tach signal. Probably just a dodgy connection, but I ran
> > out of light! I haven't fitted the siren yet which is probably a good
> > thing seeing as it seems intent on going off all the time. One question:
> > What are "parking lights"? I've stuck a couple of diodes in and am using
> > the indicators....
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
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