[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] progress, seats, electrics and radiator

[Wes Stewart]

I took a little break form the transmission tonight and took the rear 
seat seat out. It sort of makes sense, the springs being stacked under 
the two seating places. Once again the area was lined with 3/4" 
self-adhesive foam which was thick enough to pop the seat up out of its 
"socket"

A pair of 10 gauge wires go to the rear of the car. All for a couple of 
22W bulbs. Why not 'fish the wire? Who knows? I'll put in some proper 
green/green red and fish it through the channel.
Up front, the wad of gaffers tape has been pulled apart. Zero original 
bullets. All of the connections are cheesy crimp on types. Since 
soldering upside down is not a favorite chore, I took out the radiator 
to access the wiring. The lower mounts were spaced down with a big nut 
instead of a spacer on each side. Since I will be cutting pads for the 
floor panel, a couple more will be easy to create. Fender washers should 
sandwich the assembly, and it will go back in fine.
So here is an auxiliary electric fan and a tube running behind it. Turns 
out to be the fuel hose running through a sheath of pipe. Interesting, 
but is this normal?

Still need info on the freeze plug. I know its a freeze plug, but its 
not like any I have ever seen. Anyone? Bueller?

Lastly for the evening, I found out why the battery drained on the way 
over via RORO. There is a racer-type red key cut-off switch under the 
dash. Nice for security. I traced out the wires and found the the coil 
is wired directly from the secondary post of the solenoid. I suppose I 
can consider the situation luck. The points could have been closed.

Distributor: turns out to be a 40707D. Hmmm?

WES
Fate, TX