wood print = done!
the wagonmaster trim is on. I was a bot disappointed bu what you get for the money fit wise..
If you look at how the original trim material is cut with a radius to allow for the prober bending without bulging up, and how wagonmaster is delivering a 750,-roll of plastic trim with no instructions, some cuts, handwritten tape to indicate what is what, and some missed cuts that I had to still do myself.. No sorry, about half the money that you spend for it would be enough.
If I were to sell something like this I would:
Make sure everything is laser cut, marked with printed labels, has detailed instructions, guides on where to start, where to stick, properly packed in a tube, and not a roll, basically make sure the customer does not instantly wonder if that little box was worth that much money..
it requires a lot of massaging to fit this (use paint heater gun to soften the corners, then bend and use superglue to keep them flat, only then start applying it to the car. On my 84, the front fender parts are too short by about 4 inches, so I now have 2 small rivet holes that I need to find a solution for (I am thinking a little LED)
anyway. it is on and looks pretty good.
Then I have been doing a lot of preparation work over the last couple of weeks, mostly for building the interior.
The dashpad, steering wheel, door cards, seats and bench are off to the upholstery shop. left an arm there, and a leg will follow) then I have ordered pvc coated foam board for the headliner, and beige headliner fabric so I'll be making that the next week.
I made the heater lines, and made the airco plumbing. mounted the condenser.
installed the restomodair heater / airco unit, will lose the glovebox due to its size, but I will compensate with a storage box underneath arm rest.
test fitted the heater ducting, tight, but fits. I will move the 2 center ducts into the location of ashtray and clock.
made a bar to fit on the stock fog light mounts, and fitted it with 4 5" driving lamps from a classic mini Cooper.
then got around to electrics (not my hobby)
fitted the remaining 2 relays: central locking and tailgate window.
big difference! all 4 locks drop and rise with a solid click, and all at the same time, not like before when eventually, 2 Ould come up and 2 would just move a bit.
also fixed the driver side central locking switch, one of the contacts just corroded completely. I had to replace the actual contact with new material (copper was gone, so soldered in some new copper material)
so you'd think everything works!?
almost.
Somehow my dash switch for the tailgate window does not, it never has, so I will have to debug this one.
I know the wiring grounds through he dash switch, and when switching you switch to power on one of the wires.
that would mean when I disconnect the dash switch the tailgate should not work..
the weird thing is, it does. so I am thinking that in a past life before me, they upgraded the tailgate key switch ( it is no longer original) and changed the wiring to accommodate that switch and thereby killed the dash switch function...
it will cost me a bit of time but I want it to work as designed.
if any of you have any tips or clear wiring schematics for the 1984 tailgate switch that would be welcome.