Dash Supports

June 24, 2015 -

  I've been working to fit a dual USB charger into one of the support braces for the dash.  There is a rectangular hole in the braces and it was just a little too big for the Blue Sea Systems USB charger that I got on Amazon.  So I cut two scrap pieces of aluminium and riveted them on to make the hole smaller.

  Then I decided to use some spare dash cover material to cover up the part of the aluminium that one might see.  I think carpeting will cover up the vertical part that attaches to the frame.

  And because it's fun (and to test the fuel filter relocation) I went for a brief test drive with Michele's mom Terry.

Test Run

May 31, 2015 - June 1, 2015 -

  With the seat heaters wired in, the seats bolted in, and no wires dragging around under the car I thought it was time for a quick test run.  It was a pretty hot day so I forgot to test the seat heaters.  Here's Michele and I backing out:

  I think she was happy there was no pushing the car involved in this outing.  However we did hear a brushing noise from the rear passenger area.  (By the way this was a trip just circling the block.)  I saw afterwards the tail of the strap holding the fuel filter was touching the rear passenger tire and I think on bumps the filter itself rubbed the tire.  So I trimmed the strap and moved the filter (again).  Fortunately I saved some of the 5/16" fuel hose and had a spare piece that was long enough to move the filter back as far as it can possibly go.  It should be out of the way now but if its not I will have to engineer something up.  I would say the instructions weren't clear about moving this to the absolute rear but then again maybe they didn't expect as big a tire as I have (although I think people are often putting these wide tires on this car....)