20 November 2021
Wiring is a time consuming business it seems. Made up the fuse and relay connections for the sidelights and headlight circuits today. 27 November 2021 Finished off the high beam, indicator, hazard and map light wiring in the fusebox. Still need to wire up the wires out to the loads and the links from the dash to the various sensors. Soldered wires onto the lamp units and tested the lights so I could correctly label the brake a side light wires. I made a start on getting the lights fitted. I did some trial fitting to figure out how to secure the lights to the body. I decided the best way would be to screw through the light. I didn't think the bodywork would be enough to secure the light and decided to make up something to go inside the bodywork to screw into. I designed a simple ring and printed it on my 3d printer. For the fog lamp which is different to the other lights, it screws from the back, so I needed to mount something inside the bodywork to screw into. A larger ring of plastic was designed and drawn. I cut down the spare rubber light trim I had bought before and fitted it on the outside. Very happy how it looks, the fog light now looks very similar to the other lights. 28 November 2021 Glued the ring of plastic to the inside of the bodywork, I used the light and trim ring to hold the plastic ring in place while the glue set. I tried fitting one of the brake, side lamps with the plastic ring, but my initial design didn't really work. I made some changes to the design to include slots that I could bolt through, rather than using a self tapping screw. I printed off the new design and with a bit more filing and sanding round the hole I was able to get it fitted. The chrome ring wouldn't initially fit in the rubber trim, so I had to file the hole a bit more to ensure the light was central in the depression. Even then it was difficult to get the trim ring in, but eventually I managed too. I to printed off the remaining few rings in the evening.
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13 November 2021
Made up the connector with 60cm tails (all labelled) for the feeds between the fusebox and the dash. Changed the fusebox wiring to delete the start/run wiring which my new starter switch doesn't need. Prepped the cables for the starter motor but realised I didn't have the right size of connector block. Made up the tails for the back of the ignition switch. Body and dash mounting off the car ready to start wiring into the fusebox. Reviewed the wiring diagrams again to make sure I've not forgotten anything. 15 November 2021 Made up the connector block for the ignition switch, double checked with my multimeter that I had got the connections correct for each key position. Disconnected some of the existing wires from the fusebox (thank goodness for pin removal keys). This was so I could make up the fusebox connections on the bench. I started with an easy circuit, the horn. Made up the terminations for the dash loom on to the relay, the fused connections to the relay and the wire that will feed out to the horn. While I was doing this I was also thinking about the fusebox layout and how to keep track of what was connected to what. All the wires have heat shrink labels on them but I also want a schematic of the fusebox for my wiring diagrams with the connections marked. 1 November 2021
Had a productive day in the garage doing more wiring on the dash. Made up all the wires for the gauges, lighting, light switches, horn, and feed for the warning lights. Got them loosely arranged into the bundles that will connect to the multi-pin plugs. 7 November 2021 Morning trip to Goodwood Breakfast Club ate in to my project time today. Added the last few wires to the warning lights. Then terminated the wires and inserted them in to the multi-pin plugs. Added some cable wrap to tidy things up a bit. Still a few more wires to sort out – the ignition switch, rev counter and speedo signal wires. The speedo signal wire will have to wait until I can get the car running again as there are a couple of wires depending on the feed. |
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