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

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

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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