1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[dakazman]

Progress ...at last!
Sanded , rubbed out with paste wax and buffed. Just the test inserts but dash is sanded and rubbed.
Dakazman
    Ps, a Japanese owners car in white😀

[Certified Lotus]

You do great work Dakazman! Too bad we don’t live closer to each other.....

[GavinT]

G'day, Dakazman,

Are you going to paint the edges of the switch holes dark brown like the factory?
The edge of the ply will be visible otherwise.

Cheers,
Gavin

[dakazman]

 Hey Gavin,
   Thanks for telling me what color the edges were, I almost did black👍👍,which I thought would be to much of a contrast. Thanks again
Dakazman

[dakazman]

Certified, thank you!
   So many details to research, parts that I thought I could just throw back in turn out to need some attention. Trying to stay focused and not doing modifications to a point. Still to humid and hot to paint even small parts . Another month or two and that should change.
Dakazman

[GavinT]

I almost did black . .

I did mine black because I had the pigment on hand and couldn't be fagged chasing down some brown.
Ooops . .

[dakazman]

Progression of door cards, door pulls in 5518 stainless and mold of tach/speedo.
Dakazman

[BDA]

That's going to look nice!

[dakazman]

 More glass work on these two items , then a mold. The original plastic is way to flimsy so I made it out of glass and can paint or apply a covering . I’m thinking gloss black on entire console.😀

Dakazman

[BDA]

Looks good, Dman! Since you have molds, you can make $$ making them for people! 

[dakazman]

Still just puttering around this week working on the molds ,steering column, w/w closeouts but building the circuit board was fun. Also picked up a manifold for my cross flow engine.😀

[dakazman]

 Steering column and turn switch coming along with the turn switch passing all tests.  The dash was finally painted black on the inside edge of glove box and speedo/ tach. A few other firewall plates were also made with stainless steel plate.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

Rebuilding /fabricating numerous parts and finally hung the wiring harness.
Routed and untangled as I secured it to a mock-up board . Next I will transpose the breakouts in the runs and unwrap the rest of the harness, check wire by wire with schematic and replace runs that are inconsistent.
  Add a few extras for future use also afterward . Starting to notice a drop in the humidity so painting season will soon start. I’m glad I missed my deadline because the clear coat on my car really constricted and shows some hi and lows in the glass fibers. The engine cover also needs repairs bc I stored it upside down for about two weeks and the support structure bent upwards , resulting in seeing a big x from the top side.
Dakazman

[jbcollier]

Do yourself a favour and fit a reduction gear starter.  Works much, much better.

[BDA]

I agree with JB. The only disadvantage is that the gear reduction turns the motor much slower getting oil pressure from cranking the starter takes longer. That's a minor point, though.