Ok, so we had some reasonable weather on Sunday, so time to get cracking on this project before I forget completely where all the bits went
So, Heres how my car looked at lunchtime....
And then by 3 pm:
And here is the carpet out of the car, sat next to the one that is going to go in. The original is closest to you, the new one furthest away. The front of the car is the to left of the picture, the rear to the right. Note that the rear of the carpet to go in extends by about 3 inches. This makes the car carpetted underneath the rear seats when the seat base lifts up and slides out. It wouldnt be the end of the world if you didnt have the carpet to install, but I do, so I shall.... After its given a dam good clean though !
Now the carpets are out, the next job is re-wiring. Wiring for this transplant runs the full width and bredth of the car. It connects to the ditribution panel above battery in the boot, into both rear doors for the new switches, into the passenger front door for the passenger seat memory, under the passenger seat for the memory and control for sliding the seat forward from the rear, and then theres the controls on the dashboard for lowering the rear headrests and the heater controls at the rear of the center console for the rear seats. I'm also fitting the wiring for the blinds whilst I'm at it.......
I previously dismantled the donor car loom and put it into neat, logical bundles but the weather has been so crappy lately its taken way longer to get going and I've forgotten what most of the wires did <doh> - Never mind, the wiring diagrams are excellent for these cars and after a few moments of pondering, I was back on track.
I've got a few logistical problems with regards to actually bolting the new seats in. The rear seat base is essentially the same for both cars, but then they are tailored by hand to spec, so there are some welds / threads / recesses that are missing / spare / excessive and I have to fix, but theres nothing too bad. The biggest pain I've got at the moment is I'll probably have to remove the LPG tank from the boot to get proper access to the rear buldhead, cest la vie .....
More updates towards the end of the week hopefully when I might get chance to get the soldering iron out and make some wires actually do something
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