OK, I realise there’s a bit of a contrast between the title and that big A over on the right. However, it seemed appropriate as I’ve finally finished all of the wiring.
And, as you can see, the lights work.
Tag: electrical
Filling in
With loins still firmly girded, bloody uncomfortable I can tell you, I’ve been getting the bodywork properly finished. As discussed I’ve made an aluminium panel to fill in the gap at the back of the seats, as in the photo.
Putting the fire out
Back in J15 land, things are progressing albeit slowly. I must admit that I’m getting down to the scraping the barrel things here. Of course, as usual there’s lots of these.
One thing to do was to fit the various cable releases. First of all, the electrical one. I favour a good old fashioned cable job so I added an anchor for the cable outer to the side of the switch panel as you can see in the photo. I’ve also twisted the master switch around slightly so that the angle of pull works a bit better.
Powered flight
No photo, but it’s interesting so I thought I’d post something. I sorted the car out to take it to Andy’s to make an exhaust system this evening. With it on the ground, I flicked up the reverse switch and it moved backwards all under its own power. Not that there was very much of that, I suspect the battery wouldn’t last very long without the engine running.
All the same, seems a fun milestone.
Flame on…
I trimmed down the dash a bit and mounted the instruments, so far as they go, to the smaller plate; here it is. The space on the right is for the Palm. Traditionally, I put this on the left but the gearchange actuation lever is in the way. I might change the software slightly so as to move the gear indication to the left of the display, although it might not be necessary.
Dashing along
After musing for some considerable time, I decided that I was never going to like the other gearchange and I’d just have to make my own again. So I did, and here it is. It’s essentially a reworking of the one I made for the Fury, albeit reworked for 2010. Specifically as I’ve now got a lathe some bits are rather easier to do.
Gearing down
Hmmm, I seem to have spent a lot of time in the garage recently, albeit hobbling around rather. But, I don’t seem to have made too much progress, and have made at least one rather backward step.
First up, though, is a bit more progress on the electrics. In fact, I’ve just about got it all finished now. For example, I’ve now got all the sensors on the engine such as the oil pressure/switch in the photo here.
Electrickery
I’ve been slowly pressing on with the electrics. In particular, I’ve finished doing the engine loom, easily the most complicated bit, which is shown here languishing in the kitchen. This now fits the car and, as you can see, I’ve taped it all up so it shouldn’t be vibrating to bits at the first sight of a working car.
Alive Alive-O
It’s time to press on with the electrics, and the first part was to fit the battery. I decided to position this low down behind the driver’s seat so I made a little plinth for it and held it in place with some bits of aluminium angle and, yes folks, some chunky tie-wraps.
Gearing up
I’ve got the main switch panel finished, as in the photo on the right. All I’ve got to do for the wiring now is to connect to those connectors that you can see sticking into space. The ones that aren’t connected to anything.