What have you done in your Garage this evening??
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Hello Andy and Andrew.
For what its worth.
I have done a investigation on prices for the interior, materials for floor, ceiling and seats.
Materials are hard to find, it looks asif you have to go to a trimmer so prices are high.
And Andrews pricing is in line with mine.
But of course I will continue my search.
Any Dutch advice ????
At least I found a trimmer with a reasonable price for the seats.
Oke back to the rubbing of the body ( my Vixen I mean)
Hans
For what its worth.
I have done a investigation on prices for the interior, materials for floor, ceiling and seats.
Materials are hard to find, it looks asif you have to go to a trimmer so prices are high.
And Andrews pricing is in line with mine.
But of course I will continue my search.
Any Dutch advice ????
At least I found a trimmer with a reasonable price for the seats.
Oke back to the rubbing of the body ( my Vixen I mean)
Hans
Hansoplast said:
Hello Andy and Andrew.
For what its worth.
I have done a investigation on prices for the interior, materials for floor, ceiling and seats.
Materials are hard to find, it looks asif you have to go to a trimmer so prices are high.
And Andrews pricing is in line with mine.
But of course I will continue my search.
Any Dutch advice ????
At least I found a trimmer with a reasonable price for the seats.
Oke back to the rubbing of the body ( my Vixen I mean)
Hans
http://www.hirschauto.com/For what its worth.
I have done a investigation on prices for the interior, materials for floor, ceiling and seats.
Materials are hard to find, it looks asif you have to go to a trimmer so prices are high.
And Andrews pricing is in line with mine.
But of course I will continue my search.
Any Dutch advice ????
At least I found a trimmer with a reasonable price for the seats.
Oke back to the rubbing of the body ( my Vixen I mean)
Hans
Best,
B.
Didn't get in my garage for the last weeks due to illness.
Started again with rubbing the body. Nearly done but haven't I said that before?
But also sorting the wiring, checking the wiring and eliminate the voltage stabi.
Marked all the wiring that are checked on the diagram
And prepare a better and cleaner routing in the dashboard.
And finding a good place for the relays I want to use. Seen the detailing of Andrew.
Hans
Started again with rubbing the body. Nearly done but haven't I said that before?
But also sorting the wiring, checking the wiring and eliminate the voltage stabi.
Marked all the wiring that are checked on the diagram
And prepare a better and cleaner routing in the dashboard.
And finding a good place for the relays I want to use. Seen the detailing of Andrew.
Hans
Hansoplast said:
Didn't get in my garage for the last weeks due to illness.
Started again with rubbing the body. Nearly done but haven't I said that before?
But also sorting the wiring, checking the wiring and eliminate the voltage stabi.
Marked all the wiring that are checked on the diagram
And prepare a better and cleaner routing in the dashboard.
And finding a good place for the relays I want to use. Seen the detailing of Andrew.
Hans
OMG. I was having a relaxing half hour on pistonheads till I saw that. I'm off for a lie down now. Started again with rubbing the body. Nearly done but haven't I said that before?
But also sorting the wiring, checking the wiring and eliminate the voltage stabi.
Marked all the wiring that are checked on the diagram
And prepare a better and cleaner routing in the dashboard.
And finding a good place for the relays I want to use. Seen the detailing of Andrew.
Hans
Do you have to be really good with electrics to make head nor tail of that, or can a clear head, common sense and a lot of patience get you through?
quattrophenia said:
Do you have to be really good with electrics to make head nor tail of that, or can a clear head, common sense and a lot of patience get you through?
I rewired my Taimar to get shot of the "mish mash" of relays etc. on the bulkhead and added a few extra fuses and relays to various circuits.It's not "rocket science, just take it a circuit at a time and it slowly but surely comes together.
[quote=phillpot]
I rewired my Taimar to get shot of the "mish mash" of relays etc. on the bulkhead and added a few extra fuses and relays to various circuits.
It's not "rocket science, just take it a circuit at a time and it slowly but surely comes together.
Hi Mike,
Your words give me strength in this E item.
You must know I hate E
, but nobody wants to do it for me.
I have learned a lot in practice driving my Triumph a lot so had to resolve the problems on my way.
Like ; Lucas the prince of darkness.
Earthing, earthing and good earthing.
Earthing the engine block to the frame helps a lot.(not seen on my Vixen)
Earthing the instruments as is in my Vixen, better directly from the bulb holder.
Soldering the connections is best.
And take your time as Mike says. On my age not a big problem.
So some questions to you;
- which main circuits have you split in the fuse box?
- how many relais have you placed?.
Hope the other readers of this forum learn something from this and when I have written something wrong please let me (and the others) know.
Hans
I rewired my Taimar to get shot of the "mish mash" of relays etc. on the bulkhead and added a few extra fuses and relays to various circuits.
It's not "rocket science, just take it a circuit at a time and it slowly but surely comes together.
Hi Mike,
Your words give me strength in this E item.
You must know I hate E
, but nobody wants to do it for me.I have learned a lot in practice driving my Triumph a lot so had to resolve the problems on my way.
Like ; Lucas the prince of darkness.
Earthing, earthing and good earthing.
Earthing the engine block to the frame helps a lot.(not seen on my Vixen)
Earthing the instruments as is in my Vixen, better directly from the bulb holder.
Soldering the connections is best.
And take your time as Mike says. On my age not a big problem.
So some questions to you;
- which main circuits have you split in the fuse box?
- how many relais have you placed?.
Hope the other readers of this forum learn something from this and when I have written something wrong please let me (and the others) know.
Hans
phillpot said:
quattrophenia said:
Do you have to be really good with electrics to make head nor tail of that, or can a clear head, common sense and a lot of patience get you through?
I rewired my Taimar to get shot of the "mish mash" of relays etc. on the bulkhead and added a few extra fuses and relays to various circuits.It's not "rocket science, just take it a circuit at a time and it slowly but surely comes together.
I've almost finished rewiring our Taimar too, 
We've got 10 relays if you include the two flasher units, and 10 points on fuseboxes, then some inline fuses and others that are built into relay holders.
Got left and right sidelights fused independently, along with left and right dip and main beam also fused independently.
One relay for the two rad fans, fuel pump is on a relay with a modified version of adrians wiring (not wiring into starter but a prime button), heated screen relay, dip and main relays and then I think I'm going to put another one in for the horns once they arrive (might test them to see what the draw is first).
An addition to my wiring is the reverse light switch. When we looked at the switch on the gearbox, it looked very close to the exhaust, and the wires would be even closer, so we decided to just wire the reverse lights into a illuminated toggle switch on the dash. Might not be quite as practical, but it's less wires coming through the body, won't get the reverse light stuck on when/if the gbox switch fails and there's no wires near a very hot thing,.
On the progress front:
We got the fuel tank, filler and filler pipe fitted the other day, and the windscreen is now in. Both done in record time unbelievably,. Fuel tank and filler neck etc took us about an hour, and the windscreen about the same. Got the new tyres put onto the black wolfies yesterday along with the numberplates made.
No comments on the wiring colours! I know they're not standardised or anything, but it's on a multiplug and all localised to the dash so it doesn't matter, , and I know which is which, which is good enough for me, .
We've got 10 relays if you include the two flasher units, and 10 points on fuseboxes, then some inline fuses and others that are built into relay holders.
Got left and right sidelights fused independently, along with left and right dip and main beam also fused independently.
One relay for the two rad fans, fuel pump is on a relay with a modified version of adrians wiring (not wiring into starter but a prime button), heated screen relay, dip and main relays and then I think I'm going to put another one in for the horns once they arrive (might test them to see what the draw is first).
An addition to my wiring is the reverse light switch. When we looked at the switch on the gearbox, it looked very close to the exhaust, and the wires would be even closer, so we decided to just wire the reverse lights into a illuminated toggle switch on the dash. Might not be quite as practical, but it's less wires coming through the body, won't get the reverse light stuck on when/if the gbox switch fails and there's no wires near a very hot thing,
.On the progress front:
We got the fuel tank, filler and filler pipe fitted the other day, and the windscreen is now in. Both done in record time unbelievably,
. Fuel tank and filler neck etc took us about an hour, and the windscreen about the same. Got the new tyres put onto the black wolfies yesterday along with the numberplates made.No comments on the wiring colours!
I know they're not standardised or anything, but it's on a multiplug and all localised to the dash so it doesn't matter, , and I know which is which, which is good enough for me, .
Edited by Cerberus90 on Wednesday 1st October 21:01
Sorting out problems on wiring looms is often made more difficult when the colour coding is lost through repairs/mods and the wires disappear into a wrapped loom. Only about one quarter of the original loom came with my car so the decision to start again with a new one was easy.
I did look initially at buying a loom that was specifically made to fit my Vixen but in reality there was so much of the loom that was superfluous and fitted with the wrong connectors that I sent it back and bought a very basic loom with no connectors but simple front, rear, instruments and engine bay harnesses, all in standard Lucas colour code. I have not significantly increased the number of relays over what was fitted originally, only going for relays to drive the indicators and hidden hazard switch (not OE on my car). I've also fitted the little relay/diode circuit recommended by Adrian to drive my fuel pump with a little push button primer switch mounted out of the way on a side panel.
For me, less is more and I only have two extra fuses over the original car but this time mounted inboard. I know that for a daily driver the use of relays to reduce wear on switches is recommended but it didn't make sense for my needs.
I did look initially at buying a loom that was specifically made to fit my Vixen but in reality there was so much of the loom that was superfluous and fitted with the wrong connectors that I sent it back and bought a very basic loom with no connectors but simple front, rear, instruments and engine bay harnesses, all in standard Lucas colour code. I have not significantly increased the number of relays over what was fitted originally, only going for relays to drive the indicators and hidden hazard switch (not OE on my car). I've also fitted the little relay/diode circuit recommended by Adrian to drive my fuel pump with a little push button primer switch mounted out of the way on a side panel.
For me, less is more and I only have two extra fuses over the original car but this time mounted inboard. I know that for a daily driver the use of relays to reduce wear on switches is recommended but it didn't make sense for my needs.
Easy Tiger! Adrian, is there a correlation between your temperature and the numbers of capital letters in your posts? For what it's worth, I agree. Much better to have shorter threads on specific topics. You never know what's going to pop up on this thread and I don't necessarily want to follow all the threads just in case I miss something useful.
Who will have the honour of posting the last comment on this thread? go on Andrew - you know you want to?
For what it's worth, I agree. Much better to have shorter threads on specific topics. You never know what's going to pop up on this thread and I don't necessarily want to follow all the threads just in case I miss something useful. Who will have the honour of posting the last comment on this thread? go on Andrew - you know you want to?
Edited by tomtrout on Thursday 2nd October 10:17
prideaux said:
I will later but if anyone wants to follow what i am doing on the Tuscan for example on wiring they can look on the TVRCC site as i post everything on that thread not here for obvious reasons to those that have been on here regularly
A
And very good posts they are too Andrew.A
D.
I started my restoration today. I plan on documenting it and I will start a thread with pictures and explanations. This is the first time I have embarked on such a project and would like to set it out as a step by step guide. That said I went mental today and ripped out all carpets and underlay. Two problems I have encountered thus far one is the removal of the heater vents in the footwells on centre console. I am presuming these are the same type as fitted to dash, so force fit with the two tabs, but I cant pries them out?
And the removal of the fuel tank. I have disconnected all electronics to the tank. The two straps unbolt and the tank is bolted in from underneath(?) I then have two feeds running through the bulkhead one either side of the tank. These are just hoses up to the bulkhead and fastened with clips. Then the filler neck. Is there anything to be wary of when disconnecting the two hoses? If I drain the tank will their still be fuel in the lines? do I need to do anything further down the fuel lines before lifting the body?
And the removal of the fuel tank. I have disconnected all electronics to the tank. The two straps unbolt and the tank is bolted in from underneath(?) I then have two feeds running through the bulkhead one either side of the tank. These are just hoses up to the bulkhead and fastened with clips. Then the filler neck. Is there anything to be wary of when disconnecting the two hoses? If I drain the tank will their still be fuel in the lines? do I need to do anything further down the fuel lines before lifting the body?
Start a new thread with all questions. Adrian V quite rightly pointed out that some interesting comments will be missed if buried in this long thread.
Just to get you started, yes there may well be fuel in your fuel lines - not a problem but best do the job without a fag on the go!! Once you've disconnected the fuel line and filler hose then just pull it up and out. There is a good chance the steel straps have rusted onto the bottom area of the tank so it might need to be 'persuaded' to come free.
Just to get you started, yes there may well be fuel in your fuel lines - not a problem but best do the job without a fag on the go!! Once you've disconnected the fuel line and filler hose then just pull it up and out. There is a good chance the steel straps have rusted onto the bottom area of the tank so it might need to be 'persuaded' to come free.
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