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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