One Down

Electrical repairs on car 36 are still the main priority right now, so I brought out the first MU socket kit to install. Because this one has a very short run of armored cable, I needed some brief help from Dan Fenlaciki to get the parts to line up, but here it is attached to the car.

And here's what the #2 junction box looks like after all the connections are made. Compare this picture to the previous one. Installation wasn't at all difficult; the mock-up junction box at home made it easy to have all the wires just about the right length.

When Frank arrived, he helped me sequence the system and check all the connections. Here we have a light box which can be connected across various combinations of terminals in the jumper to verify that everything was wired properly and insulated. So that's one down, and three to go!

He then got pulled off to help with a switch move, even in the dead of winter. The 1797 needed to be wyed so Tim can continue, and here it is on its way back to the pit. You can barely see Tim giving signals as the L4 pushes it in.

But I had plenty to do in the meantime, various details to take care of. The roof fuse box is in pretty good shape, and Frank took it to the shop to clean up and repaint. I cut out the remaining pieces of armored cable to take home, so the three remaining kits can be made. We're making good progress.

Can you keep a secret? No, I didn't think so either. Well, there are a couple of projects in the works I can't tell you about yet, but maybe later. So don't go away!