-Alan
steve margolis wrote:
> Jim,
>
> My '81 505 td had that ignition switch illuminator light. My '86 and '87
> 505's give me about 4 or 5 seconds of overhead light before I'm stabbing
> in the dark. That's just one of a long list of good things on the
> earlier 505's that were eliminated in 85 or 86. There were also
> electrical switches that worked reliably, window motors that never
> failed, a washer switch that let you operate the pump to get the
> windshield wet before operating the wipers, the power door lock switch
> that opened the drivers door on the first key turn and the rest of the
> doors on the second turn, and a REAL clock (second hand and all) that
> never quit. Also heat that worked without electronic glitches.
>
> Speaking of heat, I had posted a question about the absence of heat in
> the 86 a few weeks ago. I haven't been home to check out the connections
> on the electrovalve yet, but my son reported that the heat has
> returned!, just like the variable power steering and the occasional
> starter have healed themselves on my 87 v6. Now if only the
> non-operating windows (right rear in the 86, left rear in the 87) would
> heal themselves....
>
> Did you get me started or what? At least the A/C and the cruise control
> on the 87 work reliably, but I probably have jinxed them now by saying
> that.
>
> Steve
>
> Jim Lill wrote:
> >
> > I have an early 505/XN6/Auto as a loaner while my wagon gets a some
> > ready-for-winter work done. I've noted a subtle grill difference etc.
> >
> > - the grill has round corners, late cars have square ones, and the
> > headlamp bezels have scalloped lower inside corners to match.
> >
> > This makes parts interchange something to watch. What else is different
> > "up there"
> >
> > BTW, this car has a light that illuminates the key on the steering column,
> > is that std.?
> >
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