While I was away somebody offered to buy my 1.9 (sans interior and roof), so I had barely finished unpacking on Saturday when I was getting to work taking the roof off my 1.9 and cleaning all the adhesive off the sealing strip before transplanting it onto Izzy. The sealant is still curing and I don't want to speak too soon, but it all went rather smoothly! I was even able to fit the microswitch and replicate the correct wiring route
through one of the metal tubes. All fitted up and it works a treat, so I'm really happy.
The eagle-eyed amongst you will spot the dehumidifier in the cab. Unfortunately we did collect a fair amount of dampness in just a few wet days, so while we're due some warm and sunny weather I am going to try and dry it out as best I can and hope I don't need to pull the carpets out like I did my blue one!
This weekend I also fitted the boot lid I got to replace the one with the holes for the luggage rack. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to physically fit the lid. I was expecting to need 5 pairs of hands and cloths and pads to protect the paintwork, but actually with those notches for the upper bolt holes in the hinge, it was easy to just slot those in and then tighten them up, like putting a monitor or TV onto a stand. In hindsight I should have changed the lock while both lids were off the car, but I managed to install the old lock into the new boot lid after it was fitted. Helpfully, the replacement came with the loom and wiring, so I didn't need to mess about transferring those across. However both looms are teetering on the edge of becoming another 'loom of doom', so rather than picking the best one and splicing it in, I have bought another loom repair kit from ebay and will fit that when it comes. In the mean-time I will just go without the centre brake light and central locking.
Not sure if it's related or just a coincidence, but while I was fitting the replacement boot lid, the overall central locking stopped working. I'm hoping that it is just because the boot loom isn't connected, rather than that I have killed something. I did have something similar happen with the blue one when I was working on the car one day with the key in my pocket and somehow it lost its identity and needed to be reprogrammed with the old 'dancing fingers' trick