Refurb underway (finally)

[Mazza]

And what do parcels mean?.........more work

Parcel from James ( @Jjim ) arrived this morning. Well happy with the colour

So I can get the interior all reassembled. (But need to read up on steering wheel removal first) Don’t want the air bag going off , also some pvc tubing arrived as well, so now I need to finish off connecting the hoses and bleed the brakes and clutch ( after watching the YouTube video on using a Sealey pressure bleeder a couple of times )

First thing to do is get the hex bolts for the armrest cut down to the right size.

 

[DrWong]

It’s going to look amazing when finished

Assuming it’s a keeper and you’ll never sell given all the work you’ve put in?

 

[TrevD66]

Looking forward to seeing it all installed and better still, back on 4 wheels out of the garage and in the sunshine.

 

[Mazza]

Assuming it’s a keeper and you’ll never sell given all the work you’ve put in?[/QUOTE]



No I’ll be hanging on to it until my son decides he wants his inheritance

 

[Jjim]

Can’t wait to see it all come together

Going to be one very pampered Zed.

 

[Mazza]

As one part of the armrest, where it was modifed, can be seen, I decided to paint the cut parts black. (Rather than leave them a grey colour)

Cut all the bolts to size, ready for fitting ( with some thread lock)..............tomorrow. No point in rushing.......
( plus there was a film on tele I wanted to watch )

 

[Mazza]

Paint dried.....so.......Just had to fit it and see what it looked like....

....cant wait to get it back in the car tomorrow.

 

[Jjim]

Looks good Malc

 

[Mazza]

Yes....but all down to your hard work
Thank you

 

[t-tony]

Looking forward to seeing that in the car Malc.

Tony.

 

[Mazza]

Luckily the last part arrived this morning that I needed before the console went back in......a microphone for my bluetooth radio unit for using the mobile in the car. It was a optional extra....so never came with the unit when I bought it.
I was going to put it up near the sun visors but thought there may be a lot of wind noise when the roof is down so stuck it in the instrument panel. Then fed the wire round the back and it plugs in on the back of the radio.

So onwards.....and center console reinstated. Untangled and Fed all my pull strings through the appropriate hole in the console before easing it back into position.

Then with a bit of wiggling

The only issue was that the bottom bolt that now fixes the armrest, was fouling on the carpet, so the back right hand side screw wasnt lining up. So to get over it just lifted the back up and got my hand in and cut about 10mm off the edge of the carpet where the bolt was resting on it. That cured it and it then put all the fixing screws back in.

Connected all the switches and clipped them back in. Plus the two gaiters

Then on to the scary bit.......remove the airbag!!!!!

First get Bentleys !!!! Had to read it through a couple of times till it made sense. Then went for it.
Battery disconnected and waited 10 minutes .........( then realised the book said 10 seconds !!!!)
The connectors under the steering column were a pain, and took a while to see how they separated , but eventually got them apart. Then a couple of screws, more connectors and carefully removed the airbag .

It was like an episode of Danger UXB.

Then lined up the road wheels, undid the centre nut and off with the steering wheel.
I put both steering wheels on the floor, next to each other as there is a big plastic housing containing god know what, but had to be swapped over...Three more torx screws to undo then lifted the assembly off and put it straight back on the new one ( feeding the wires through the boss)

Then reversed the process...
Steering wheel put back on the spindle, centre nut torqued, Airbag fitted back ( very carefully !!) all wire connections done and plastic cover clipped back on.

And what I have now is this......

 

[Jjim]

Looks great Malc, but.... I think those dash pods are now calling to be red

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Time for a matching tonneau, too, surely? Or is that just a step too far?

 

[Althulas]

I think it would be rude not to.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

And then there's the hood, of course.

 

[Mazza]

Got one

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Bu**er. Thwarted.

 

[TrevD66]

Looking the part now Mate....

 

[TrevD66]

Just need to get the dust off the dash now ... make it look like you love it

 

[Mazza]

When it’s back on it’s wheels I intend to give it a full deep clean.

Blow the expense, might even use a second wipe