August 7th, 2020
Over the past two days I have accomplished a few tasks and invested numerous hours into research for future engine plans.
My Tesa tape arrived, and I was able to wrap all of the interior wiring that I wanted to cover. The stuff works great, is pretty sticky, and really cleans up the wiring by tying it all together.
The rear seat area was vacuumed, scrubbed, and vacuumed again. I cleaned up and installed the sound deadening mat over the back seat.
I reviewed how to properly solder and fixed the modified fuel pump wiring by connecting in a piece I pulled from a junkyard car. I need to do the same thing to the cigarette lighter wiring, but realized I won't have enough wire leftover to reach the outlet, so I will cut off another chunk from a junkyard car next time I go out. I need an accelerator pedal anyways, so I have to go back out to snag one.
I have a ratcheting e-brake handle that got cleaned, lubricated with lithium grease, and installed. Happy to report that the emergency brake functions as intended, and I can now remove the wheel chocks from behind the rear wheels. Small victory, but fun none the less.
Pulled the rear parcel covering as it needs to be dyed black due to the fact that it is grey, and that is no good for me. One of the PO's enjoyed sound systems (I have a bunch of receipts in my huge stack) and modified the rear shelf by putting weatherstripping around the edges and stuffing a full size towel underneath it. Haha, now I have a new garage towel to destroy.
Ended today by pressure washing my interior carpet to be dyed. My search for a black coupe carpet is coming up empty, and I need the carpet back in to install the dash, so I will attempt the dying option and see how I like it. Nobody local has any, so I'll be ordering SEM from online.
I'll spend a lot of time tomorrow prepping all of the dash components for install so they're ready to go when the time comes. I'll focus on the steering column and disassembling and cleaning that as well.
Approximate Hours Invested in Project Since Purchase: 58
Over the past two days I have accomplished a few tasks and invested numerous hours into research for future engine plans.
My Tesa tape arrived, and I was able to wrap all of the interior wiring that I wanted to cover. The stuff works great, is pretty sticky, and really cleans up the wiring by tying it all together.
The rear seat area was vacuumed, scrubbed, and vacuumed again. I cleaned up and installed the sound deadening mat over the back seat.
I reviewed how to properly solder and fixed the modified fuel pump wiring by connecting in a piece I pulled from a junkyard car. I need to do the same thing to the cigarette lighter wiring, but realized I won't have enough wire leftover to reach the outlet, so I will cut off another chunk from a junkyard car next time I go out. I need an accelerator pedal anyways, so I have to go back out to snag one.
I have a ratcheting e-brake handle that got cleaned, lubricated with lithium grease, and installed. Happy to report that the emergency brake functions as intended, and I can now remove the wheel chocks from behind the rear wheels. Small victory, but fun none the less.
Pulled the rear parcel covering as it needs to be dyed black due to the fact that it is grey, and that is no good for me. One of the PO's enjoyed sound systems (I have a bunch of receipts in my huge stack) and modified the rear shelf by putting weatherstripping around the edges and stuffing a full size towel underneath it. Haha, now I have a new garage towel to destroy.
Ended today by pressure washing my interior carpet to be dyed. My search for a black coupe carpet is coming up empty, and I need the carpet back in to install the dash, so I will attempt the dying option and see how I like it. Nobody local has any, so I'll be ordering SEM from online.
I'll spend a lot of time tomorrow prepping all of the dash components for install so they're ready to go when the time comes. I'll focus on the steering column and disassembling and cleaning that as well.
Approximate Hours Invested in Project Since Purchase: 58
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