Indicator Replacement

The n/s indicator repeater on the cycle wing was only half working. One of the LEDs had gone so I have to replace the unit. The shame was I had fibreglassed the wires in place.

I soldered the wires of the new unit to the old wiring, covered with heat shrink then re-covered with fibregalss:


All working now:

Trim behind seats

There is a piece of trim that goes behind the seats at the top to cover the edge at front of the boot box (this was one of the items I had to re-stick the vinyl).

I contemplated a couple of options on how to fix it in place but in the end decided to rivet in place with the rivets under where the harness mounting go so they would be hidden.

I first taped it in place:




Then put 4 split rivets under the harness mountings:

Re-sticking covering

With the small panels that go at the sides of the dash and the piece that goes behind the seats stored in a warm room for a long time, the vinyl covering had come away. I stuck them down again using impact adhesive.

What it looks like now

Sealing windscreen

Carpet fitting

Carpet cutting

ECU plate adjustment

Dashboard end adjustment

Adjusting roll bar holes

Fuel pump sender callibration

Dashboard lower mounting

Electrics under scuttle

Slight adjustment

Windscreen & pillars

Side screen fixings

Mastic scuttle to body

Speedo cable

Covering holes

Electrics - front all done

Nearside:




Offside:




Front:

Dashboard fitting

The first building session of the year. I know it's March but here are my excuses...
- January was too cold to work in the garage
- two weeks in Asia on business
- a weeks skiing

Anyway, I finished off the tabs on the dash:




And finally the dashboard is fitting okay:




I need a slight bit of packing under the tabs. I might put a couple of layers of fibreglass or use self tapping screws. Not sure which:




Next job was to fit the dials. I'd made sure when fitting the tabs to avoid the places where the electrical connectors go. It was a bit of a wriggle getting the unit in place:


But here is the dash with the dials on the car:


There's not a lot of space under there:


Now I had to re-fit the steering column. What I found was I needed 3 thick washers at the mounting point to lower the steering column slightly as the dials prevented it from going completely up:


The next problem I found was the indicator stalk rubbed slightly against the dash. I will have to bend it forward slightly.




And the final challenge was when I connected the electrical connectors to the dials, the connector fouled the dash. I had to trim the dash a tiny amount and cut the end of the connector.