Friday 13 February 2009

Wiper Motor & Vents

Now that the bars are fitted, I can fit the wiper mechanism. It will all probably have to come out when the carpets are to be fitted but that's a long way off.
This area is normally straight forward to fit. but I opted for the glove box potion. This means that the screen demister is right in the way of the glove box and needs modifying but only to foul the wiper drive route. I had to bend the tubing to clear the vent and still allow free movement of the drive cable.
I cut about an 8-10mm strip out to allow me to bend it. Tack welded and then sealed with sealant.

Using the vent splitters I made a while ago, I fed the ducting to the 4 vents and left lose as this may need some adjusting later.
Dash now fits snugly in there. While there I also secured the main loom along the floor with P clips, SVA/IVA require secure fixing no more that 300mm apart. I went with 200mm to be on the safe side. These will be checked even if a carpet is fixed down! All wiring is thoroughly checked.

2 comments:

David McNiff said...

Hi, much prefer your shaped dash to other simple ones like simon's. Did GD supply this or have you crafted it yourself?

Steve said...

oops, just saw this coment.., sorry.

GD supplied this, they have a few options, you only have to ask GD.