Pressing on this weekend we set out to make progress on the dashboard wiring. Of all the tasks left to do this is the one which filled me with the least confidence and worried me in case we damaged something by wiring it wrongly. Nothing ventured nothing gained and we pressed on methodically a switch at a time, like Jon in Somerset our wiring loom was missing most of its outer shells for the wiring so we insulated each individual wire onto the switches with heat shrink . I would like to say we connected the battery and all worked first time, however that would be something of an exaggeration ! I had managed to make a horlicks of the offside rear wiring and we had an interesting hour sorting out the brake/indicator/side lights to work when they should, a simple matter of moving a few pins but a real pain as all had been protected and wrapped to the chassis ! misplaced confidence !
The instruments all came alive as they should and fingers crossed when we fire her up for the first time they will indicate. We had managed to label a few wires incorrectly and had a number of warning lights working incorrectly but by a process of elimination got it sorted. We wired in the Westfield self cancelling indicators which interestingly will not work when all four indicator bulbs are LED, we have to run LED bulbs at the front and ordinary incandescent at the rear for the unit to work correctly, however apart from that minor annoyance the unit works well. We now have 95% of the wiring done and working we are only left with the wipers, they work fine but where they are parking I have no idea so we will fit arms and see what is happening, fingers crossed they will be ok. The last job we have not wired as yet is the heated screen loom so have just to work that out. Feel very relieved that all is almost done and we only blew one fuse so far. You will note the vital tool required for the wiring job, the i pad on Joes knee with Jons blog photos ! helped no end thanks Jon !!. All at long last seems to be coming together so hopefully if there are no banana skins we are feeling far more confident of seeing our car on the road.
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| Scuttle modified to fit dash with rivnuts |
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| Joe with dash and I pad looking like he knows what he is doing !! |
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| Wiring almost complete ready to fit dash. |
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| Both wings finally attached. |
Balance of work from yesterday and today (total 12 hrs) making 209hrs running total !
Paul,
ReplyDeleteI told you not to worry! Don't fit the wiper blades until you've worked out the park and that they then wipe the right way. I had to change the detent inside the wiper gearbox as mine was 180 degs out - blew 4 fuses sorting this!!!!!
Jon
Jon