Thread: New Project...

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi All,

The other day I ordered some light bulbs for the instrument panel...

A bit late I know.......

I pay considerably less from a local auto electrical shop. Basically trade only but they'll deal with the public as long as you know what you want.
The ones I got were also Narva.

Colin

Originally Posted by bacicat

I'm pretty sure muggins here will be installing that next weekend when I finish the wiring off, but GG has to decide before then where he wants it to live.

I like the position the dip switch lives on the 'Army' 2A Land Rovers, that is across a bit more, between the clutch and brake pedal.

Gives me somewhere that I can rest my big fat foot ( size 13 ).

Having done it fairly recently I can appreciate the difficulties associated with bolting floor panels in on your own! A second pair of hands is definitely the way to go

So - some of you may remember that the dash looked like this:



And the wiring looked like this:


Well TODAY Gav came up and got stuck back into the wiring, BIG TIME. The instrument panel then went to look like this:


And the wiring now looks like this:


And finally. Drum roll.... One sexy looking instrument panel if I do say so myself..


The instruments bezels were painted (previous post), all new gaskets, glass cleaned, new globes, etc - it looks brand new!

This is the outer sleeve for the push button horn (thanks to the Ho Hars) BEFORE:


And after:


And the inner sleeve - after:


I worked on a few other odd jobs today (removed some after market lights from the canopy, removed & re-fitted the horn) but forgot to take photo's..

It is so close I can almost smell it.... I keep saying that - but there are a lot of little detailed jobs that are getting ticked off the list..

So close. As always - thanks to Gav!

That's one sexy looking rat's nest you've got there.

Soooo close today to starting it up! Wiring is now 99% complete - just need to stick in the flasher can and the battery leads and it's ready for a test of the electrics. Then it's just oil, coolant, fuel and it should be a runner again!

Was worth the extra time we spent getting all the details of the dash right - the speedo really does look like new.

Next Sunday is the day - check back here in a week to see how we went...

Man you're patient. I'd have temporary wires here and there, oils would be in and I'd be off on a test run with no floors, muffler, screen or roof!! Somewhere there's a vid of me doing just that with the 101! Lookin forward to the finished drive report!

Awesome, and jealous, but just think boys, when you've finished Tom's you can come and help me with mine!!!!!