Pete145
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Last night (late last night) I took delivery of my fully restored 1971 500 Lusso. It's had some work done to the engine. The head has been skimmed, ported, gas flowed, valves have been raised and a new exhaust fitted to give it an extra 30%BHP. The guys also bored the cylinders and replaced the pistons.
All in all, pretty much a new engine that will need to be run-in pretty gently.
Two things, firstly this might seem like a really dumb question, but the guys that delivered it couldn't really 'walk me round' the car and tell me about it's nuances. There's no owners manual, so as stupid as it sounds I'm not sure what the switches and steering wheel stalks do!
I've figured most of it out (common sense). A switch for the lights, a switch for the wipers, but what's the third switch for? I flick it on and off and it doesn't see to do anything.
Obviously the one stalk is for the indicators, but the other one doesn't seem to do anything at all. Again, can anyone confirm what it does?
Also, the dashboard lights. Can anyone tell me what they are? I've already ascertained that the fuel gauge isn't working!
All in all, pretty much a new engine that will need to be run-in pretty gently.
Two things, firstly this might seem like a really dumb question, but the guys that delivered it couldn't really 'walk me round' the car and tell me about it's nuances. There's no owners manual, so as stupid as it sounds I'm not sure what the switches and steering wheel stalks do!
I've figured most of it out (common sense). A switch for the lights, a switch for the wipers, but what's the third switch for? I flick it on and off and it doesn't see to do anything.
Obviously the one stalk is for the indicators, but the other one doesn't seem to do anything at all. Again, can anyone confirm what it does?
Also, the dashboard lights. Can anyone tell me what they are? I've already ascertained that the fuel gauge isn't working!