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 > > > > > > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed > public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed > public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >