Turbo Wipers

Twin Speed Wipers. Should have converted before. Car will be monsoon ready now :)

Picked up a motor today from Dave in Worcester. Stripped it down and blasted the case and made it look nicer. Regreased, nice barely worn com.
Motor sits under the dash, dead easy to fit as an ungrade, bolt on, to fit in the dash is easy to. Was fitted here before, just shortened the tube a further couple of inches and drilled a hole...Took no time. Took some time to make sure the wheel boxes and sender/tubes were quiet when operating.

Just have to sort the wiring, add another power and use an on/on/off switch.

Another job done.

More messing about

Finished pedal box. Happy with it. Pedals are nice and tight, no slack or play at all...Like a swiss clock.

Decided to fit a twin speed motor for the wipers. Should be a bolt in job. Need to buy some Triumph parts! First time for AGES! Just a seal for the heaterbox and pedal rubber...

Will strip out the wiper system and the new motor and rebuild it all, clean and regrease the rack for superwiper power! To go with a new windscreen, be nice to actually see something when the sun is low or headlights are coming the other way.

Stripped the bonnet of the lights today too. Rewire, new bowls, lamps (with sidelights in). Cleaned out the inside, was full of millions of bits of tape and wire. Just have to get all the dash area systems ready for fitment and I can nail the gearbox tunnel..Some paint, its onto final build.

Comfort

One refreshed heater, it was a brown, crusted, sorry looking item, but for the price I cannot moan :)

Stripped down completely, motor stripped cleaned, core washed out - loads of crap in it, grit blasted, painted and ready to go...Also got my pedals and brackets coated. Just have to cut the circlip grooves in the ends of the pin and I can call this job done.


Tested the unit/motor and even without all the holes bunged up it blows alot of air, good!

Need some 1" grommets to fill the cable holes and tape up the pipe slots....there will not be any need for speedo and rev cable holes in the electronic age!

Also helps to run the fan blades as close to the flared hole as you can for maximum sucky sucky.

Spaghetti Junction

Just about finished the loom for the bulhead area and clocks etc.
Clock and switch location stays as it was so the loom spreads out behind the column support. All the wires are now just as long as needed. There are just a few more pinch connectors to unpinch, remove and replace with soldered connections, all joints are now soldered and have soft boots over the connectors. I added some molex plugs and quick connectors as mentioned. I wired in the Lambda sensor and meter properly I added a spare wire for a wideband sensor so the system is future proof :) I added a few spare feeds and earths for future use to save hassle.

If I was no expense spared I probably use more elegant connectors, but not a few quid for a bag you can't go wrong!
I was about done at this stage. Once fitted the loom moves up and all sits neatly in the top of the dash, no loom visable/sag. I fitted the old dash panel back in the new location added all the wires and clocks and finally tested the loom and function and fit, tested rev counter, ignition, all systems ok... have been working on this wiring for 3 LONG evenings. Anyway fits really well with no mess, neat, direct and unstained in connection to the switches etc. Everything works so I finish a few small jobs on it and then stick a layer of tape over it and call that a day. When the car is being finally kitted out I'll cover it with tubing.

Pretty happy with the wiring, I like a loom you can pull and tug without any worries about loosing wires or connections.

Still need to cut the dash and form it, add the steering column brace, clean up the angle ground lip under the dashtop / rip the vynil off and make that good...I can then start fitting the dashboard by drilling all the holes. Then cover the dash and thats this bit done!

Glad I took the time to do this job...

Slow progress

Been busy wiring again. Takes so long to a good job, 16hrs this time. I made a new loom before which was fine but things had been added to it and have always been reluctant to finalise it. But now all systems are in the car the time has come.

Loom can now easily be removed from the car as a unit, all important joints on the front are soldered. This leaves some work on the rear section and the main box of electrics and relays, but the important part for progress is about done. I couldn't really do much behind the dash till it was removed..What with adding heater vents, tubing, the heater I have to check and manage all these parts as my car is not at all standard! so its all been assembled a few times and taken apart etc, this takes bloody ages.

So it may appear not alot is happening, which is true I suppose. However it'll be better in the longrun. At this time details matter not big jobs.

Also had to add a heater feed, switch and a few other things. Added some multipole quick connect type connectors on the column switch wiring, bonnet loom...No fiddling with those black sausages and bullet connectors now...I need to make a new loom for the bonnet as the headlights/bowls (now plastic) are being changed, the H4 connectors melted on the headlights and its a bit bitty in general.

I will not finally cover the front of the loom with corrigated tubing until final fitout as its easy to manage the loom when it folds up small, of course it will also need testing, but it all worked before!

So once my heater box, pedal, vents, pedal bracket, steering column bracket are all powdercoated I have basically a completed the bulkhead and such and such.

I will then be at a point where the cockpit is bare and all 99% of parts are ready for assembly, lots of room to make the gearbox tunnel, once thats done I can then paint the cockpit and bulkhead...

Then I start putting it together, in kit form, all complete and ready to bolt together having been lovingly made, modified, fitted, tested.

Still a couple of missing parts and jobs but nothing major.