964 Refurb
02-11-2014, 02:46 PM
#421
Three Wheelin'
Sorry to all you yanks, but McMasters, reply to Per seems very typical of what I have experienced trying to deal with many US based companies (not buying Porsche parts I hasten to add).
02-11-2014, 04:35 PM
#423
Nordschleife Master
Stuart, you'll be pleased to know that the Pcar parts specialists that serve the 964 forum like Appbiz and Rennline are a pleasure and extremely helpful to deal with. Shipping charges from US to UK always turn out to be very reasonable (cheaper than if we sent stuff the other way). However, we do get stung for import tax but that's not their fault.
02-11-2014, 06:56 PM
#424
The lions share of the time was spent sorting out the loom. My car doesn't have AC, rear defroster, rear blower, rear wiper, sunroof, stereo or the big electric seats. What I wanted to do is remove all this from the loom. I'm not talking about just snipping off the connectors and taping the end, I mean total removal. From device, to switch, to fuse box. To help with this I printed the wiring docs on A3 and laminated them. This proved a worthy exercise since you need constant referral to many sheets at the same time.
With that job now done, my loom is HALF the size it was and I no longer have the engine bay fuse box
More pictures to follow.
With that job now done, my loom is HALF the size it was and I no longer have the engine bay fuse box
More pictures to follow.Do you have those wiring diagrams in a handy PDF format you could send me or direct me to where I can download my own copy?
What sort of weight do you think you stripped out and what fuses are in the rear fuse box?
Thanks for the thread, one of my favourites on here
02-12-2014, 03:53 AM
#425
Three Wheelin'
02-12-2014, 05:06 AM
#426
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
>What sort of weight do you think you stripped out and what fuses are in the rear fuse box?
Didn't weigh the removed wiring but I ended up with a tesco shopping bag full
The engine bay fuse box has the fuses for rear blower, rear demister, and one for the AC (i think?) But it also contains relays for these too. All this is mounted on a steel plate within the box, which you obviously now don't need in addition to the box and the three rubber bobbins its mounted on.
With the box now gone, the two big engine loom connectors that also lived in there need some attention. The vehicle harness side of those connectors is now too long and needs to be shortened so that it looks tidy. I'm going to un-solder each of the wires on the vehicle side of these two connectors, shorten the wire by about 6 inches and resolder. I'll also source a rubber boot of some description to protect them. With no fusebox, rear blower or PS pump, the bay is starting to look relatively clean.
Didn't weigh the removed wiring but I ended up with a tesco shopping bag full
The engine bay fuse box has the fuses for rear blower, rear demister, and one for the AC (i think?) But it also contains relays for these too. All this is mounted on a steel plate within the box, which you obviously now don't need in addition to the box and the three rubber bobbins its mounted on.
With the box now gone, the two big engine loom connectors that also lived in there need some attention. The vehicle harness side of those connectors is now too long and needs to be shortened so that it looks tidy. I'm going to un-solder each of the wires on the vehicle side of these two connectors, shorten the wire by about 6 inches and resolder. I'll also source a rubber boot of some description to protect them. With no fusebox, rear blower or PS pump, the bay is starting to look relatively clean.
02-12-2014, 09:23 PM
#428
Three Wheelin'
Steve, I can see that the companies you've mentioned are easy to deal with and offer some great products!
02-23-2014, 06:23 PM
#429
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
So... the latest installment. the last few weekends have been focused on the interior. I'm starting out from a completely stripped car. Not even the little edge pieces of trim around the doors or A and B pillars. Its been time consuming but a nice change from wrenching.
Oh and dropped in the strut brace
Door trims are on (left)
...and right
The tunnel is padded with 6mm foam beneath the carpet to help take out some of the minor lumps and bumps.
The rear shelf and bulk head is covered in 10mm high density closed cell foam.
I'm not using the original trim pieces that fit beneath the rear quarter windows, so I had to cover the 'B' pillars from top to bottom in one piece. Padded with 3mm foam.
'A' pillars, again with 3mm scrim foam. Gotta unpick the bottom of this one and re-stick as a small crease got in.
Lower covers, and door aperture edge trim. The latter were tricky to do as I wanted a one-piece finish all the way up the side and where it disappears behind the dash.
Same story on the drivers side...
All in except I haven't yet stuck down the carpet join mid way along the tunnel. I may weld in a harness anchor point first.
Center console is gone - I'll tackle the displaced controls soon.
No idea whats going on with this photo! Any unevenness looks massively exaggerated! Going to pull and re-lay the piece of carpet that bridges between the rear seats. It doesn't quite look right but no where near as bad as it looks in this picture!!
The handbrake is still work in progress. It'll stay like this until I decide what to do with it.
Trial fit of one of the seats and runners
This is the look I'm going for. Very simple, clean and uncluttered. I even quite like the idea of leaving the gear-stick gator 'as-is'. The keen eye'd will notice the roofs not covered yet. I'm not going with the standard headliner but instead going with a thin scrim foam layer before using a felt type material.
For the 'weight -watchers', don't worry about the foam used here. In total I've easily used less than 2kg and that includes the closed cell stuff on the rear bulkhead. Its all seriously light weight stuff
Oh and dropped in the strut brace
Door trims are on (left)
...and right
The tunnel is padded with 6mm foam beneath the carpet to help take out some of the minor lumps and bumps.
The rear shelf and bulk head is covered in 10mm high density closed cell foam.
I'm not using the original trim pieces that fit beneath the rear quarter windows, so I had to cover the 'B' pillars from top to bottom in one piece. Padded with 3mm foam.
'A' pillars, again with 3mm scrim foam. Gotta unpick the bottom of this one and re-stick as a small crease got in.
Lower covers, and door aperture edge trim. The latter were tricky to do as I wanted a one-piece finish all the way up the side and where it disappears behind the dash.
Same story on the drivers side...
All in
except I haven't yet stuck down the carpet join mid way along the tunnel. I may weld in a harness anchor point first.Center console is gone - I'll tackle the displaced controls soon.
No idea whats going on with this photo! Any unevenness looks massively exaggerated! Going to pull and re-lay the piece of carpet that bridges between the rear seats. It doesn't quite look right but no where near as bad as it looks in this picture!!
The handbrake is still work in progress. It'll stay like this until I decide what to do with it.
Trial fit of one of the seats and runners
This is the look I'm going for. Very simple, clean and uncluttered. I even quite like the idea of leaving the gear-stick gator 'as-is'. The keen eye'd will notice the roofs not covered yet. I'm not going with the standard headliner but instead going with a thin scrim foam layer before using a felt type material.
For the 'weight -watchers', don't worry about the foam used here. In total I've easily used less than 2kg and that includes the closed cell stuff on the rear bulkhead. Its all seriously light weight stuff
