3 October 2020 The order for my Replicar has been placed with Andy at ANC Sportscars. Today was the first day of stripping the car. I started with draining the radiator and expansion tank (removed), the washer fluid bottle (removed). I disconnected the front and rear nearside flexible brake hoses and drained the brake fluid down from the master cylinder. I popped out the plastic fasteners holding the inner wing covers in place and removed them. This allowed me to remove the bolts holding the wings in place, there is one sneaky 10mm nut that has to be removed between the wing and the body, socket on a long extension from the wheel arch sorted that. Unplugged the indicators and I could take the front wings off, followed by a load of leaves and dirt that were trapped behind the wings! 4 October 2020 Up early to go and collect the replacement engine another 1.8VVT with all the ancillaries. Fitted easy in the rear of my Subaru Legacy estate, strapped down to a small pallet. Started by removing the doors, access to the hinges is easy with the wings off. First I removed the check strap pin then shut the door. TI disconnected the door wiring at the bulkhead. I removed the rubber cover then pulled the connector block out of the body. It was held in by tabs on each corner. Once it was out I could lever up the green clip and then the two halves came apart. I undid the hinge bolts from the bulkhead top and bottom, then carefully opened the door and lifted it off. The wind deflector was removed by undoing two screws each side and releasing the wires for the built in speaker. (part of the Euphonic sprcification). Next I took out the seats, 2 bolts at the front and two at the rearand a wiring connectionfor the heated seats and seatbelt sensor. I removed the plastic trim from around the door pillar – a couple of torx screws and some clips and it popped off. Then I undid the seatbelt bolts, and unclipped the pretensioner wiring from the seatbelt reel. The passenger side lower bolt was very stiff due to some rust on it. Next I removed the centre console, 2 screws in the rear pocket and two either side at the front under some covers. There were some clips holding it to the side of the transmission tunnel that popped off and then it could be lifted out when the window switch wiring was unplugged. I popped out the trim clips from around the rear of the hood (I raised the roof to get to them) and then a few in the seat area and the whole carpet behind the seats lifted out. This gave access to the nuts holding the rear of the hood on, I went round and removed all of those (there were 2 tucked behind the seat belt mounting and then the metal strips that hold the rear of the hood in place could be removed. The heated rear screen wiring was unplugged and then I undid the bolts holding the frame to the body (3 each side) and lifted the hood off. I removed the screws and bolts holding the metal covers on the fuel pump that will ease the disconnecting when the time comes. I pulled off the rubber seal around the front of the doors and over the windcreen, removing the hood clips as well, there were 2 plastic trim clips holding it on near the hood clips, then it pulled off easily. I undid the 3 Phillips head screws from the steering cowl and removed that. I unscrewed the gear lever rubber gaiter and removed the trim from around the centre console. I removed and unplugged the switch panel at the bottom of the centre console (seat belt light, heated seat switches, headlight aim, cigarette lighter and removed it. I removed the door switches and unplugged them. I went round and pulled the wiring back into the cabin. Then it was time for a bit of a tidy up, sort and bag up the fasteners. I labelled all the electrical connectors I had undone as I went with a cheap labelling machine. All the electrical connecters have some sort of latch that needs to be pressed before they can be unplugged. I used small and large envelops to store screws and small components in. Larger items were marked with either a printed label or a tied on card label.
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