Sometimes I am such a prick....
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My oil pressure and temp gauge finally came back from speedy cables. The gauge looks great and I can't have any complaints over the workmanship but speedy they aren't...10 and a half weeks for the repair. Still, my car isn't back on the road yet and I did tell them I wasn't in a rush but it was a way off the 4 week estimate they gave me before sending it.
Anyhow, excited to have my gauge back I decided to refit it. I started off by feeding the length of water temp hose through the back of the dash behind all the gauges and into the footwell.
Then I decided to try and push the water temp sensor thought the grommet out to the engine bay. That was really hard work mostly because I can't open the doors very much inside my garage:
After 10 minutes of failed attempts I figured out the correct way to do it. Remove the grommet form the engine bay wing and then there will be a second grommet inside the hole on the inner footwell wall. The best bet is to pull that out into the engine bay area too. You can then manipulate the grommets enough to pass the temp sensor and it's threaded nut through without having to remove the throttle cable. Here is a pic of it through the grommet and back in place:
Getting the inner grommet back in the footwell is a rear pain - literally. As I said I can't open the door that far and suffer with a bad back. It wasn't easy but eventually the whole temp sensor was routed through:
So around 2 hours into the fiddly pig of a job and feeling pretty happy with myself I went for a cup of tea. Just the gauge and temp sensor to refit and I was done...or so I thought.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong in this picture?
Oh, hang one a second...AARRRGGHHH!!
What a prick!
The gauge has to go into the dash from the front.
I then spent the next hour or so calling myself a whole bunch of obscenities whilst threading all the water temp pipe back through the grommets and starting again. This time threading the temp sensor through the dash hole FIRST and then repeating the job.
On the plus side one of the tiny spring washers on the back of the gauge I lost when first removing it I found again in the footwell during the hours of agony I spent in there!
Fingers crossed after fitting the gauge and dash pod back in I started the car up:
A stable 81PSI. Another job ticked off the list and one step closer to being driven.
Happy new year to everyone on here and thank you all for the advice and help I have received this year.
Anyhow, excited to have my gauge back I decided to refit it. I started off by feeding the length of water temp hose through the back of the dash behind all the gauges and into the footwell.
Then I decided to try and push the water temp sensor thought the grommet out to the engine bay. That was really hard work mostly because I can't open the doors very much inside my garage:
After 10 minutes of failed attempts I figured out the correct way to do it. Remove the grommet form the engine bay wing and then there will be a second grommet inside the hole on the inner footwell wall. The best bet is to pull that out into the engine bay area too. You can then manipulate the grommets enough to pass the temp sensor and it's threaded nut through without having to remove the throttle cable. Here is a pic of it through the grommet and back in place:
Getting the inner grommet back in the footwell is a rear pain - literally. As I said I can't open the door that far and suffer with a bad back. It wasn't easy but eventually the whole temp sensor was routed through:
So around 2 hours into the fiddly pig of a job and feeling pretty happy with myself I went for a cup of tea. Just the gauge and temp sensor to refit and I was done...or so I thought.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong in this picture?
Oh, hang one a second...AARRRGGHHH!!
What a prick!
The gauge has to go into the dash from the front.
I then spent the next hour or so calling myself a whole bunch of obscenities whilst threading all the water temp pipe back through the grommets and starting again. This time threading the temp sensor through the dash hole FIRST and then repeating the job.
On the plus side one of the tiny spring washers on the back of the gauge I lost when first removing it I found again in the footwell during the hours of agony I spent in there!
Fingers crossed after fitting the gauge and dash pod back in I started the car up:
A stable 81PSI. Another job ticked off the list and one step closer to being driven.
Happy new year to everyone on here and thank you all for the advice and help I have received this year.
At least it's not just me who does things like that then.
How about rebuilding all the rear suspension with new parts then go to put the wheel on to find you purchased the wrong wheel bearings with the wrong PCD...
It's amazing how quickly you can redo what you've already done though.
How about rebuilding all the rear suspension with new parts then go to put the wheel on to find you purchased the wrong wheel bearings with the wrong PCD...
It's amazing how quickly you can redo what you've already done though.
Oh Tim,
Very kind to illustrate the task so well and so brave to admit your problem.
(I did spit my tea all over my laptop
)
Have been there so many times. I am so relieved to hear that I am not the only one...
(and double 'Thanks' as I intend to remove my dash panel soonies)
ETA
Actually Tim, a serious question - have you found a way to refit the airbox with all the induction hoses still attached ?
Every time I take my airbox off I also take the hoses off and reattach the airbox first and each hose individually, afterwards.
Very kind to illustrate the task so well and so brave to admit your problem.
(I did spit my tea all over my laptop
)Have been there so many times. I am so relieved to hear that I am not the only one...
(and double 'Thanks' as I intend to remove my dash panel soonies)
ETA
Actually Tim, a serious question - have you found a way to refit the airbox with all the induction hoses still attached ?
Every time I take my airbox off I also take the hoses off and reattach the airbox first and each hose individually, afterwards.
Edited by Mr Cerbera on Sunday 29th December 11:39
Mr Cerbera said:
Actually Tim, a serious question - have you found a way to refit the airbox with all the induction hoses still attached ?
Every time I take my airbox off I also take the hoses off and reattach the airbox first and each hose individually, afterwards.
In the picture of the engine I put the hoses back on to keep crap out the intakes while the air box is off. But, in answer to your question I usually attach the hoses to the airbox first before fitting the airbox back onto the engine. Then the hoses just seem to slip over the engine intakes once the box is back in place. I've done this both sides twice now and it worked both times.Every time I take my airbox off I also take the hoses off and reattach the airbox first and each hose individually, afterwards.
I have the short induction air hoses though and these seem easier to manipulate. I'm not sure you could do that with the full length original ones.
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