Post #385
Got spare holiday to use up before the new tax year? No problem, fit some harnesses.
Had to get some longer bolts from the friendly bolt man down the road, but really quite self explanatory. Lovely cheapo unbranded harnesses from Chris Harris...
...can be transformed into expensive-looking Sabelt wonders for the very reasonable price of £12.
Next up, time to sort the centre console. Frickin pain in the ass this was, trying to figure out which wires to what. Still haven't gotten the rear fog working, and managed to blow a fuse trying. Still, make a couple of holes and some self-tappers will hold the board in nicely.
Looking better already. First up I attacked the fan control. This was actually easier than I thought as the speed control is actually done elsewhere (not inside the box with the controls) so all I needed was a standard rotary switch. I'll post up all the wiring diagrams when I've gotten them all finalised and working, but essentially one is the feed, and the rest go off through various resistors somewhere to limit the current. Heatshrink to try and avoid dashboard fires:
And a shiny new knob.
I've also got a toggle switch which will do the rear fog (and an LED) and a pushbutton (again with LED) for the rear heater.
Rear heater's all in and working, rear fog I'm still struggling with. Incidentally if you need to find something to make a hole the right size for a Maplin push switch, the nozzle from a Machine Mart grease gun is exactly the right size, just push it on through.
Dodgy wobbly bent holesaw for the oil temp guage, and that sounds like an excuse for a bad picture.
Waddya know, it's beer o'clock.
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