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Being that you're quite clearly a man of 'eye for the finer things' and your attention to detail has been great thus far.
Might I make a suggestion that'll grind your gears now that I'm pointing it out.
You see those tiny little white 'things' (Alarm sensors) in the upper corner of your A...
Not in my experience... maybe I'm doing something wrong, but at the bulkhead end of the cabling, mine didn't want to pull out easily.
Would have bee good if it had though.
I shall only need the Hazards and Climate buttons, so hoping I can make something with the limited tools I have. But this is a good point.
Thanks
Took a while but we finally got here, hopefully weekly updates from now onwards.
You're more than welcome to bud
My alarm is a cobra, connects...
I agree with that bud, but as I'd got to the point where half of the dash was already out, I figured, there is only one way to learn.
The loom will be back out Next week and hopefully by then I'll have the nonstick tape to tidy the loom.
I need a soldiering iron too.. the list is endless...
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So, I did manage to get the wiring all back into the car for a test run, however, I can sense that it's not earthing or I've got some live wires not cut and taped up properly and touching metalwork :grin:
Why... well, when I was touching metal (battery connected) I was having...
I did think that... but I'm fairly happy with it.
I need to get the airbag light out/covered
The Service light is on too, but I'm not sure this will bother me at all.
Now I know it all works, I shall get the wires covered and perhaps loose the centre clock/ unit. I thought it would still be...
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Well it's that time again...
Last night I got the wiring out of the car.
I'd labelled all of the connectors whilst it was in the car to make things easier.
Anything that I was getting rid of was simply cut out.
About to get the wiring out
Loom out :up:
Wires cut out...
Gents
Quick one
1st White wire - comes in from Alarm and is spliced into my interior lock loom
2nd white wire - comes in from alarm and connects to hazards.
Black wire - comes in from alarm and connects to Earth.
If I cut 1st & 2nd white cables out will that play up with my central locking...
Also, thank you @Ads29 ... it's been a long time coming and I'm starting to get stuck in with the build now. It's certainly surprising just how much stuff can come out of a clio
This is probably the cheapest option, but I'm not sure if I can blank off the Headlight washer pump and the rear washer pipe.
I think I'm just going to disconnect the pump for the headlamp washer jets, then ill blank the rear hose off.
If I get serious in terms of weight reduction in the...
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UPDATE TIME!
Apologies in advance I've been storming on, so photos are a minimum at the minute...
Right gents,
On Monday after much bartering, I finally placed an order with DemonTweeks.
I then went to the lock up with all of my gear and set about getting settled in.
Firstly...
Gents,
Another Wires related question from me as I really don't want to cut the wrong stuff out.
The wire for the horn buttons on the steering wheel end at the 'Boss area'
Where do they go from here?
Which wires will they be from the picture below (if there at all)
Whet do I have to keep...
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Evening all, I shall do a rather large update later tonight/tomorrow morning, when I get back from the Unit again but I thought I'd leave you with a peak at what's arrived today... there's more to come :wink:
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Gents,
I'm in the middle of stripping the airbag Wiring out of the Clio, but the handbrake warning light wire, is wrapped in all of that wiring.
Do I need to trace this back and have it plugged in or can I get rid of it?
Cheers
Also, take off as much masking tape that you can whilst it's still wet.
This will stop the paint from cracking along the edges when you take it off whilst dry.
(This is what I've always been told... Shoot me if I'm wrong 🙈:grimacing:)
P.S. I am super jealous now!!!
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I popped down to the lock up in the race bus earlier, just to see what painting still needed to be touched in before I fill it up with car parts :laughing:
There are only two small sections that I should have enough in the tin to do.
Whilst I was there, I wanted to see whether...