seanl82 23 Posted January 26, 2014 Ahh the same one but smaller. Thanks mate. :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 17 Posted January 26, 2014 Steering wheel looks like its been re-trimmed, top job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) It's come up well, good job as the rest of the day hasn't been the best. I always knew my car had some less that ideal wiring. When I bought it, I had little tidy up but now, with the dash out I've been having a proper investigation. Peeling miles and miles of crumbling insulation tape has revealed some pearlers! Check these wires just twisted together out! Also check out the pile of redundant wire and other electrical chaff I've found and removed...a tracker...old alarm wiring....the remains of a massive ice set up that was all just tucked under the carpet and not connected. But this is the best one, 30A ingnition cable, spliced into a speaker cable ad then down to a tiny bit of cable...FFS! I knew the NVQ in electronics would be worth having one day :) Edited January 27, 2014 by Hofmiester Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted January 26, 2014 When I got my current shed, it had the amp in the boot removed and the positive feed was left loose in the boot about 2 inches from the earth and some bare metal! Nice one! It was fused but still! Shame that something like this could potentially destroy a car likes yours! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted January 26, 2014 It's crazy, it is all alarm related so basically the guy that fitted it back in 2004 was a real Cowboy :( ah well, it hasn't gone up in flames yet and I'll be able to sort this easy enough.... Just more work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted January 26, 2014 Oh well, at least he was paid not for his products, but his professionalism! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) This morning I've been examining the heater box to see why the heater controls in my car were broken (usual, directional control) When the Bowden cables are disconnected, they all move freely so they are not the issue as is normally the case. Moving the arms on the heater box showed that they were really stiff so I took a look inside.... The foam that coats the flaps inside has all crumbled away and jammed up the mechanism, which must have put strain the the control unit and eventually broken it. Edited February 4, 2014 by Hofmiester Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted January 30, 2014 Ordered some adhesive neoprene sheet to replace the foam....fingers crossed it is a comparable match Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon_vr6 1 Posted January 30, 2014 Mine was the same inside the heaterbox mate, I had problems with the directional control before I stripped the heaterbox noticed a build up inside the cogs cleaned out oiled them and works a treat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted January 30, 2014 I've stripped all the crumbling g foam now, cleaned the mech with compressed air. Like you say, bits in the cogs too. Going to recover the flaps in neoprene and grease mech with silicone spray. Then I'm ready to put this all back together! Btw bought a butane soldering iron for the wiring repairs....awesome bit of kit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StueyB 0 Posted January 31, 2014 Absolutely love the YouTube Wiring Vid. Keep up the good work mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted February 7, 2014 Got my flaps out tonight Cleaned them up and lined them with 4mm neoprene adhesive backed foam, way better than the crappy foam originally fitted. Flaps in a tidied up box :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted February 7, 2014 Looks good! How does the neoprene stand up to the heat from the matrix? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted February 7, 2014 I've had it on top of the AGA in our kitchen and it didn't melt so fingers crossed :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted February 7, 2014 Nice one! That'll test it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted February 8, 2014 Quality work as always Ron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted February 10, 2014 Been renewing all the foam gaskets in the air system, all ready now. Just waiting to have a decent run of time to start putting it all back together. This has been a bitch of a job due to all the extra things that are worth doing while the dash is out. Probably racked up 16 hours or more and it's still in bits :) Got to the bottom of the wiring bodges too. Looks like the car has had an attempted theft at some point. Explains why the passenger window wasn't tinted like the others. I'm guessing this happened when Robbo, Craig or Mookie owned it as I've seen pictures from before that time and the windows are all tinted in them. Basically the autowatch alarm has 2 immobilised circuits, but 4 wires for each (8 black wires in total) so that would be thieves, are confused. Someone had cut one of the circuits and tried to hotwire, but the other one is in tact. Attack thwarted! Nobody bothered to wire it back up properly and so just left it with a load of wires hanging out all over the place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted March 3, 2014 It's been 2 months since I decided to remove the whole interior to address a number of issues and to hopefully get it all back in squeak free :) So far I've done: Heater matrix Re-wire of alarm Re-wire of dash board electrical bodges Fitted heated seat looms Renewed cable padding, insulation etc Stripped and rebuilt heater box Fitted new bolster to driver seat Remove all door cards, made repairs to glue and clips etc Cavity waxed all panels, sills Resprayed spare wheel Cleaned all dash components Fitted Dave16v short shifter Changed expansion tank And loads of other stuff, but two months of evenings and weekends has been too much, pretty sick of it now :( Dash is coming back together, spent ages organising all the wiring looms behind the dash, they are all separate now and labeled to ease future work....I am bloody OCD with that stuff. [ATTACH]77885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]77886[/ATTACH] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted March 3, 2014 That looks really impressive - I bet your fuseboard now just clips in comfortably! When i install my OBD2 I'll certainly try to do the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted March 3, 2014 Yep, fuse box fits properly now and all the random fuses in the alarm system that were just connected with spade connectors and electrical tape, are now running to proper mini fuse boxes (there is one in the pic for the central locking and indicator blinking) It has taken bloody ages though and in some ways I hope it was worth it as nobody will ever see all this work :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted March 6, 2014 Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops [ATTACH=CONFIG]77975[/ATTACH] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted March 6, 2014 Got a bit of a bargain there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n3p 3 Posted March 6, 2014 Yup, that's a good price! Congrats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted March 6, 2014 Going to run the VGI and Supercharger together, hopfully will make a more rounded package! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Well done on the wiring, I need to get on top of mine really, it is a bit tight to clip in! I've got a few hours tomorrow, maybe you've just given me inspiration to fill those hours! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
