1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[dakazman]

   Clutch pedal cable completed, brake pedal next. Then a trip to the salvage yard to pick up ac lines . My last trip there was eye opening with the amount of lines and hoses available.  They are on the other side of the car and until I gather some lines up , I cannot install carpet.
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[dakazman]

 It’s time to light this off.
  Found enough time to take down my wiring build board and lay it down to wire the dash in. However I felt better to lace up the harness so that it lays out better. I’ll add additional wires in the car for all the upgrades.  Dash will get wired tomorrow. 😃
  The routing of the harness will also be slightly different as to I will hide a many as possible from sight.
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[BDA]

       

[dakazman]

  Ooops, that’s our world leaders looking for answers. Not me hiding wires😂
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[BDA]

Very true!

[dakazman]

After finishing up several honey dos  I managed to  throw the kitchen sink at the harness. Made some progress even when disturbed every minute.
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[dakazman]

  The harness is now off my build board and ready to install. Once in , I’ll route in, “mostly “ the same factory routes. Hiding as much as I can, and adding a new runs on all grounds, headlight and taillights.
I know it sounds strange not to run when out but it will reduce waste. I still have a bit more untangling to do 😜.
 
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[Kendo]

Dakazman, since you have it loose there, could you take a picture of the side view of the trip odometer bracket? A PO had removed the cable and bracket. I found a replacement cable from a fellow lister, but wonder what the bracket looked like. Also, where was it attached to the back of the dash? The Parts List only gives a general idea.

[dakazman]

Kendo,
hope this helps. Don’t look at the brake fail light switch next to it . That is now my wash button.
Dakazman

[Kendo]

So that’s like a 135 degree angle near the center console. I expect to add a couple of switches to the bracket, too. And of course, black 

Many thanks. That helps.

[dakazman]

I may have a picture of the brackets itself when I took it off the old dash. I try to post tomorrow.
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[dakazman]

   Off to a good start today with the dash inserted in car . I made a temporary pvc pipe bracket to suspend the dash in vehicle with safety wire . I can easily maneuver it around to route the harness and extend wire runs .
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[BDA]

That's great stuff, D'man!! It's beginning to look like car on the inside!

[TurboFource]

Nice!

What's the PVC rack for?

[dakazman]

  It just a nice swing attachment for the dash . Whilst I add in some other system wires and decide where to put the new fuse box/ boxes. Those wires will be rerun thru the harness in their full run. Luckily those wires are easy to purchase at a decent price.

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