Thread: Bundalene's Puma project

Originally Posted by dmdigital

Where's the spot light switch go?

Also meant to ask, was the Puma pre-wired for heated seats and windscreen in the harness? The seats would have been two connectors down near the A/C switch. Just curious.

The spot lights have one of those small IPF type switches, which will be tucked up behind the steering wheel.

I didn't notice and additional wiring for heated seats and windscreen. There were no unused plugs, so I assume this Puma is not wired for this.

Erich

man i wish there was fuel tank switches rotated 90 degrees..... but i love your use of the d2 switches... ill have to remember that

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Pretty close - I am toying with the idea of trying airbags sometime down the track, especially if I can score some from Hard Range.

Consider it done Erich. We'd love to help you out with that project... and the sooner you get the Puma off the hoist, the sooner my "new" Black P38 Hard Rangie project car can spend some "quality time" up there

Cheers, Paul.

Thanks for the offer Paul, I will play around with airbags later on, but at this stage I will need to have a vehicle which is as standard as possible.

I have done a lot of odds and ends in the last week with little to show. Things such as battery box wiring, hand brake install, gearbox wiring, ABS connections, brake lines, .......

I played around with the metal inner guard to try and make more access for the air cleaner opening but with little joy at this stage. I may have to alter the power steering lines to get an additional 20mm in height - a bit of expense for little gain.

Below are pics of the area with part of the guard and the inner guard temp bolted into position.





This pic shows the approx position of the air cleaner, with the A/C line and the fan shroud removed.






Here I am holding the lower bracket in it's approximate position. My current plan is to shorten the vertical section of the power steering line by about 20mm if possible, then cut out the inner guard, make a new insert, as long as I clear the shocky tower. The area is very crowded.











BTW the spanner to remove the Fan is the same as for the TD5 with a standard right hand thread. Put the spanner in position and hit it with a block of wood. The fan undoes every time





Erich

Its actually the same part number Erich, the Td5 fan PBB5000340 is the same fan on the Puma.

JC

... and I sold my fan spanners to Dale

Hi Justin,
I know it's off topic,
and petty,
and Ron's job,
but could you please give the Chinese a capital C.

Thanks

Tony

Originally Posted by justinc

"...Hello children, This week, we're trying to split the atom, reconcile the chinese and the Americans, and build box girder bridges..."

It has taken about 2 days to get the front end aligned, using new guards, had heaps of issues and a steep learning curve. I tried both the plastic and the metal inner guards. All came up OK in the end.



Removing the top of the air filter can be a PITA, with tight access. I have managed to gain an additional 30mm to remove the air cleaner top much easier than originally, though I have yet to seal the inner guard.














This entailed cutting the inner guard to drop the air cleaner down a bit.








……..and making new air cleaner mounting brackets and heaps more.






Erich