fiat spider

Installed the seat-belts. Found out that they fit a little funny, but all I needed to do was rotate the mounting bracket and everything lined up. They are red with a very chrome buckle. They stand out a little too much, I think.

Also figured out the lights. Traced the wiring diagram for about an hour to figure itout (it's in Italian). They all work now. It was the fuse-box. I guess that if the fuss aren't in there tight, they don't make a good connection.

Tested out the radiator fan. It works, but it's just not getting juice from the car. Hmm. But everything is hooked up correctly. I really don't want to make it hot just to test it.

The horn seemed to have been disconnected when I replaced the steering box. Hooked it back up, no work. Noticed that the end of the wire I hooked back up had broken off. Fixed it. Still didn't work. Got out my wiring diagram again. Figured out that 'Viola' means 'horn' in Italian, even thou babelfish doesn't know that.

While removing the old seat-belts, I discovered that there is a hole of rust right behind the driver side seat. This will require some repair. I may just buy a metal plate to put there for the moment. At some point, I will order the entire pan for the driver side. That will fix all the rust holes. The rest of the car is in pretty good shape as far as rust goes. I put the back seats back in to make it look a little bit better.

Also spent some time figuring out how the heater works. Next time I have the car fired up, I'll test it out.

Spending time with my wiring diagram paid off as I realized that both the horn and the radiator fan go thru the same relay. Since both are failing, I bet it's that relay. Replacing it tomorrow.