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Jay

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29th Mar 10 at 16:19

Well a Combo B to be exact, its a bit tatty with scrapes and holes in it and I'm thinking its well worth while to swap it as I'm changing everything else on the interior, seats, door cards, carpets, but just wondering is it a hard/big job? Never done anything like it before...

[Edited on 30-03-2010 by Jay]

DaveyLC

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29th Mar 10 at 16:22

Its an absoloute fecking mission!

Jay

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29th Mar 10 at 16:33

Oh fuck

is it really that bad

Gareth F

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29th Mar 10 at 18:33

Took me 5 hours to take one out and refit a black one. Im quite good with my hands and like a challenge though. Done all that to find i broke the brake pedal sensor

That was at 3am in the morning.

If you have common sense and learn fast then give it a go

scottyp1989

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29th Mar 10 at 19:02

can do one out and one in in bout 45 mins, there are 2 screws either end of the dash that you have to open the doors to get to, one in middle under the ashtray, and bout 5/6 under the scuttle pannel

Gareth F

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29th Mar 10 at 19:42

Then d/c all the connections and wires behind the dash..... that was the fun bit. Took about 45mins to get the speedo cable back in the dials! my hands were to big

Jay

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29th Mar 10 at 21:11

Need to try and get hold of an interior first...

taylor2008

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30th Mar 10 at 06:58

4 bolts on the bulk head under neath ur scuttle pannel and 2 screws either end of ur dash on the inside and 1 at the back of ur gear surround. 2 Under your fuse box cover and obv u got ur heater control panel 4 screws and ur clock surround 3 screws.
its not as hard as people make it out to be.

[Edited on 30-03-2010 by taylor2008]

DaveyLC

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30th Mar 10 at 07:31

quote:
Originally posted by scottyp1989
can do one out and one in in bout 45 mins

Can anyone else smell that? Smells like farmyards..

I doubt you could get the scuttle panel, wiper motor and steering wheel off and back on in that time frame.

[Edited on 30-03-2010 by DaveyLC]

Gareth F

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30th Mar 10 at 10:08

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC

quote:
Originally posted by scottyp1989
can do one out and one in in bout 45 mins

Can anyone else smell that? Smells like farmyards..

I doubt you could get the scuttle panel, wiper motor and steering wheel off and back on in that time frame.

[Edited on 30-03-2010 by DaveyLC]

Thats what i was thinking, its so fiddley.

x14xe ry

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30th Mar 10 at 10:15

fucking pain in the arse of a job i found it was the cables that got to me took me couple of hours getting it out

Generation

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30th Mar 10 at 11:44

I gave up on donor car after about an hour, and punching the shit outta it, I didn't know where screws under scuttle though TBF

[Edited on 30-03-2010 by Generation]

Jay

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30th Mar 10 at 21:14

Never... ever... ever... ever... ever... again! ever...!

Jay

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30th Mar 10 at 21:16

I cant WAIT!!! to put the new one in

DaveyLC

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31st Mar 10 at 07:34

45 minute job?

Jay

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31st Mar 10 at 11:52

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
45 minute job?

Yeh that was with two tea breaks too

vecky 8vt

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31st Mar 10 at 11:55

i give up trying to re fit mine lol up dont need half of them wires

[Edited on 31-03-2010 by vecky 8vt]

Jay

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31st Mar 10 at 12:53

You cant seriously use that as an everyday car

vecky 8vt

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31st Mar 10 at 12:55

yep every day all tax and tested

Gareth F

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31st Mar 10 at 13:12

I love it

Wonder how much road noise you get

vecky 8vt

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31st Mar 10 at 13:22

road noise is not the prob the exhaust is lol it wrapped now lo

Gareth F

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31st Mar 10 at 14:15

THink i remember you last posting this and people questioning the position of the exhaust.
Looks good to me

Jay

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31st Mar 10 at 18:57

quote:
Originally posted by vecky 8vt
yep every day all tax and tested

You must be insane, I drove a car about 2 miles down the road once without anything inside it just seats a dash and a steering wheel and that was annoying

Root

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31st Mar 10 at 19:36

hiya mick, where the fuck have your poly windows gone? lol

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