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Finally installed the engine. Wiring is in progress.

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Refurbishing the windshield. The frame and window weatherstripping rubber was painted white. The white paint was all cracked, yellowed, and flaking off. It really looked bad.

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I cleaned off all the paint from the weatherstripping rubber and scraped off all the paint from the frame, which was pretty easy. The aluminum frame was anodized a light red color. I see why there was paint over it.

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After the frame was painted aluminum, I put the window back in the frame and touched up the few areas that were dinged during reassembly. Here is the finished windshield set overnight to dry.

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Further along now with the wipers installed. I was going to hold off putting them on until I figured out which direction the arms park, but I couldn't resist knowing what they look like installed.

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I have the steering wheel sitting in place and am in the middle of wiring the buggy. She didn't come with a harness installed at all. Most wires were cut short on the original har\ness that was in a box, and the insulation was not in the best of shape, so

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Here's the flexable conduit I bought to run the wires in. I'll have to glass the conduit in. I used 1/2" conduit. It is a tight fit for the 6V wiring harness.

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I bought plenty of wire for use in grounding everything. I don't want to leave anything to a faulty ground situation.

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You can see how I wired it all up. I left every wire as long as it was and crinped connectors on the end. I'm trying to get the wiring ready to fire up the engine for a test run. (I still need to run the fuel line at this point).

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Once I know the engine fires and runs, I'll feel better about where I sit on my engine project, which is to run the 30 HP engine for a year or so while I'm building up my 140 HP Corvair motor that will eventually be used to power my buggy.