Project Silver, PIC HEAVY

[Longyear]

Always a good day..... congrats

I have to say I wasn't too sure about white alloys on a silver car at first, but looking at the last photo of the car just up the thread, it really suits the car. Looking very nice.

 

[ScubaSteve]

quite pleased about the mot really, not because parts of the car are dodgy, or worn, but mainly because i wasnt 100% sure where it stood with all the changes, turns out its perfectly fine and can do a lot more and still be within mot tolerances. Eg full dash removal

 

[Longyear]

.....Eg full dash removal

I suppose as long as you have a working speedo, most of the rest of the dash instruments aren't essential for safety. So you planning on removing the dash? Getting that big thing out will reduce weight quite a bit I bet.

 

[ScubaSteve]

yeah loads of stuff around that area to save weight, you need to keep clocks and all the switches and stalk controls etc

 

[Longyear]

Nice one. Look forward to seeing the further stripped car. Haven't seen many stripped out at the dash level.

 

[ScubaSteve]

So me being the impatient twat i am even though i was going to wait to the weekend to start this as i had a bit of light left i started removal :lol:

Started removing screws here

here

here

and here

removed fuse box

not looking forward to sorting this lot out

steering shroud removed

heater panel and dial surround removed

dials removed

how i left it tonight, dash is free to pull forward now just need to drop the steering column and we are in business

all bits removed so far

 

[ScubaSteve]

oh and 8 way fusebox on route

im fairly sure i can strip it back to use just 8 fuses

 

[Longyear]

Can I ask how the (Silver) 'dial surround' panel comes off, as need to take mine off tomorrow - as putting a switch in the empty switch pod on the left end ?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Two screw in the upper part behind the wheel and little plastic triangle cover on the far left pulls off to expose another screw

 

[Ian G]

And pull it off straight, the bottom has clips on that will break if you twist the panel downwards. Speaking from experience.

 

[Longyear]

Great, thanks t'you both

 

[ScubaSteve]

nope carried on this evening by making my car into a nice little workshop

bright light

portable heater i got from argos for 13 quid

then set about things, removed the steering wheel and boss

bottom bolt of steering column

slid column forward and out

i could then tilt the dash forwards

had to cut loads of cable ties behind holding loom, and a few screws holding the heating vents and loom brackets, bit fidly

got it out and have one dead puma

dash and shit, weighs quite a lot

still lots of meater matrixy type stuff and plastic and sound deadning to remove yet, this is going to save quite some weight

 

[ScubaSteve]

Done a bit more tonight

First up remove the heater valve

Then removed cover to expose the matrix

back inside the car undone some of the retaining nuts and pulled it all away

gone

all the shit removed from the car

then made a start on this wiring, sliced through the loom tape and cable ties

fun

started stripping out all the stuff i knew i definately didnt need, unplugged the general electric module, am going to relocate this so seperated the covers and removed the innards

can now drill and tap some self tappers, thinking about locating it here

only thing stopping it going here were too bolt threads that were left over from where the matrix housing was bolted too, so got the dremel out

and removed

all the wire that iv removed so far

my mother wrapped it all up in bundles lol i think she was bored

how iv left it tonight, definately getting there

still lots of sound deadning to remove also, and still lots of loom but going to wait until daylight now so i can much up some of the plugs and confirm i definately dont need them


this turned up too

 

[Anonymous]

Cracking job there ScubaSteve! k:

I don't think I would want the job of sorting that coloured spaghetti out!!

How are you planning on sorting that lot out..along with the new fuse box? Are you going to pull everything back to the original fuse box and pull it all out?

 

[ScubaSteve]

pretty much yeah!

 

[ScubaSteve]

continuation of yesterdays work today really, more loom removed, although no pics this time it was similar to yesterdays haul.

quick pic of the fan inside the matrix housing adds quite a weight

first job was to put red tape on any plugs that i knew i didnt need

after all the undeeded loom was removed

i then tested it to check everything was working still ok, and had a bit of a spastic moment, turned ignition on and checked all lights and dials etc, all fine, good news, then went to see if it would start, and yep it did, great! then a few second later, water shooting into the car from the bay, forgot id taken the heater valve off and the coolant pipes just fired coolant straight into the car :facepalm: not sure if you can see in the pic but the floors wet lol

anyway good news was everything worked so set about mounting the electrics module in position, drilled 4 holes

and 4 on the car, applied electrical tape across the back of the circuit board to stop it shorting if it touched the bolts i used to mount it

top portion mounted

then bottom part with circuit board

then set about wrapping the loom, used coroplast tape

after most of it wrapped

then had to cut a load of wires and make my own loom to extend it so i can mount the loom in my chosen position

made up loom then taped over that, plan is to run the loom under the member

should be fairly out of sight

how it stands at the moment

its going to be more hidden, i just need to order some large p clips or something to attach underneath the metal

final job was to seal up the holes in the top of the plastic housing that sits where the matrix did, if i dont cover it back up water will piss in the car!

tomorrows jobs are tidy up a bit more, refit that plastic cover and attach some of the loom using some smaller p clips i already have

 

[Anonymous]

Cracking along! I was going to say 'Looking Good', but there is getting less and less to look at!! lol

 

[ScubaSteve]

Lol true

 

[PumaJay]

thats good progress that!! i remember taking my dash out! what a pain, never attempted to cut the loom back tho, i looked at and got scared, are you not putting the heaters back in?

 

[ScubaSteve]

nope nothing going back in