Refurb underway (finally)

Mazza · Apr 15, 2020

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

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

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 :whistle:

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

DrWong · Apr 15, 2020

It’s going to look amazing when finished :thumbsup:

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

TrevD66 · Apr 15, 2020

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

Mazza · Apr 15, 2020

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 · Apr 15, 2020

Can’t wait to see it all come together :thumbsup:

Going to be one very pampered Zed.

Mazza · Apr 15, 2020

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 :whistle:

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Mazza · Apr 15, 2020

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 · Apr 15, 2020

Looks good Malc :thumbsup:

Mazza · Apr 15, 2020

Yes....but all down to your hard work :thumbsup:

Thank you

t-tony · Apr 15, 2020

Looking forward to seeing that in the car Malc.

Tony.

Mazza · Apr 16, 2020

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 !!!! :whistle:

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......