Friday, September 17, 2010

Dash-n-Rad!

No where near as rad as it sounds.

Started in on gutting my dashboard.

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There was a ton of shitty wiring from the stereo the PO installed, and a bunch of ventilation ducts that I no longer needed so I had to pull all of that shit out.

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These gauges are all getting replaced but I need to note what wires in the harness go to what.

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I'm keeping all of this mounting hardware in case it is useful in mounting my after market gauges. I am 90% sure I'm going with AutoMeter Pro Comps.

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Fuse box and mess of wires.

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The Spedo and Tach were easy enough, although they do have to be removed from the front of the dash. Just a couple of mechanical attachments and wires, easy peasy. I do plan on keeping my Spedo and Odo but I don't think I'm going to run them. I'm not sure since it is the original odo and everything.

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Bent back a series of metal cable routing doohickys and was able to draw the dash harness out from the side.

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It will be much easier to install a custom gauge setup in an empty dash.

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Not too sure what I'm going to do about this glove box though. I just this minute realized that it is literally made out of cardboard.

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Once that was done, I drained my radiator.

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I had a shitload of old hoses. Heater hoses with the weave wrap (ick), deteriorated rubber radiator hoses etc.

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Four hose clamps and 12mm bolts later the radiator was out and the rubber was in the bushes.

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Beast.

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2 comments:

  1. just an fyi, snoop around the internet a little bit for the glove compartment. there's a company that made it in plastic so you don't need to replace it every couple of years when the cardboard deteriorates.

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  2. Good tip! I will look for one. Thanks!

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