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March 15, 2004: It's alive!
Well, not really. But I did some initial testing of the wiring and none of the smoke got out. As any British car enthusiast knows, electrical systems run on smoke. When they break it gets out. The headlights (high and low) work, the turn indicators indicate and the hazard lights flash. I guess that means I now have a really big flashlight on wheels. I didn't check to see if the ECU was reading anything as I didn't want to push my luck. I still have to wire up the instrument panel and switches but that's a quick enough job of just connecting the loose, labelled wires. Everything else looks easy by comparison to this wiring setup! You'll all be glad to know that both the skiing and the mountain biking were excellent this weekend.

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