Tonight was a good night. Sometimes its just the simple things that make a car so much better. Brakes, windows and locks.
I broke down and bought a tool for adjusting the brake booster pushrod. I got it off eBay for 30$ and man does it work slick. I adjusted the pushrod so there was .015 between it and the master cylinder. WOW. Did that make a difference. The brakes feel SOOO much better. The push rod length was WAY off before. Even though I followed MM's instuctions using a caliper. It stops much better now. Here's a pic of the tool.
Next, I installed a new passenger window motor. I had bought it when I got the car because I noticed it was slow. But it just hasn't died. It's the original FOMOCO unit. Not much to report with that.
After that, I decided to tackle the door lock actuators. I got this idea from
@Gravydog. It was very easy and appears to work great. Getting there was a PITA though. I couldn't get them to work. I had power and the swtiches functioned properly. I found a thread on here that was extremely helpful. After a while with the multi meter I determined that the signal wires from the drivers switch to the passenger switch were the issue. I had no continuity on either. I looked under the dash and it became quite evident why. Someone had cut the wires. Well, they cut them, added a splice, and then cut the spice. There wasn't a lot of room to work under there! I used a pre-existing (T-splice) female spade connector, installed by someone in the past, and soldered the rest. This IS NOT my best work, but the wires were short and the work conditions were terrible. It'll work though.
Next, I'm going to tackle the run channel weather strip then start painting the interior. My speedo driven gear will be in friday.. hopefully that fixes the issue.