- 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.
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