14 November 2022
I cleared up the glue and felt inside the glovebox with sanding blocks and die grinder attachments. I worked on the glovebox door which needed sanding down to accommodate the vinyl on the glovebox and the vinyl that will be on the door. Once I was happy with the fit I glues the vinyl to the door and trimmed it back. I plan to flock the inside of the door and the inside of the glovebox. I drilled out the hole so I could fit my USB charge-point. I cut out a shape to accommodate the bulkhead USB connector I've got. The ECU cable will plug into the back and then I can plug a USB lead into the other side. I worked on the removable bulkhead panel and countersunk the holes to accommodate the Dzus fasteners and then pop riveted it in place. I had countersunk the rivet holes on the back so I could flatten the backs with a hammer. I smoothed everything off with a sanding disk. I still have to fix the springs to the fixed panels for the Dzus fasteners to lock on to. 19 November 2022 Got ready to do some flocking. I cover the glovebox door with tape all over the vinyl and the edges. The dash I covered in some carpet protector I had left over from some decorating (the cling film like stuff). I taped around the opening of the glovebox as well. I applied the coloured glue and applied the flocking fibres with the applicator to the door panel. I tipped the excess off and then went over it again. I had laid the door on a plastic sheet so I could reuse the excess. I repeated the process with the dash, this was more awkward because I had to manoeuvrer the dash around to get into all the corners. I also made a bit of a mess of the glue application so the finish wasn't completely smooth, particularly on the side of the glovebox. I left the glue to dry overnight in the utility room where it was a bit warmer than the garage. I attached the spring retainers for the Dzus fasteners onto the panels and then test fitted everything on the car. Before I fixed them permanently I finished off a few bits of wiring for the Speedo sensor after I had spoken to John who had recently wired up his ETB speedo successfully. I had to unwrap part of the dash loom to route the correct wire to the plug and I had to extend the body wiring out to the corresponding plug as well. I took the opportunity also to document the pins of the dash connectors for future reference. 28 November 2022 Connected the second speedo wire to earth which also required -rewrapping and re-positioning some wiring. I cut the vinyl on the dash to uncover the mounting holes and remounted the dash on the car. I covered the dash in my protection film for now. I put the bulkhead panels in place with cleco's and also put the fusebox panel back in place. I replaced the bodyshell on the chassis and fitted the front mounting bolts. I want to check if there is anything else I need to do before fixing the bulkhead panels in place. 5 December 2022 Had a look around the car and rewrote my list of things to do before fitting the bodyshell for good (hopefully). This is my list
I also spent some time going through my master list of jobs and organising them by area of the car (cockpit, rear of car, front of car etc).
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