Makin Progress

Well, got some more stuff done the last few weeks.  Sad thing is, with what little time I get, I dunno if it will be ready for Crusin the Coast :-(.  Anyways, got the new sunroof in and the submarine snorkel thing in the back cleaned up/painted/resealed (I hope).






Got my new gauges put together.



The old wiring is out and new is going in.




Got my rear seat belts mounted.



Started installed the new steering wheel.

Nice work!!

Looks Great

lookin good!

nice to see them coming togather.

OOOH, pretty new parts!

Couple more things done in my spare time during the week...

The dash is looking great

Got wires ran to the back (under carriage).

Kind of a slow but sure weekend.  But, I got my gauges wired up and installed (hopefully everything works right, lol).  

Looks 1st class

Nice!!

real nice I would love too have a dash cover like that for mt 66 and 65 chevy van can you help?

Honestly, all I did was get some steel, about 1/16th" thick (15 or 16 gauge?) and trace out the glass from the original cluster, cut it, and centered 3 holes on it.  The hole sizes all depend on which size gauges you get.  I also drilled 4 holes for the LED lights (turn, brights, brake/alt). I then cut out the center section of the original plate holding the factory gauges so I could mount my new plate inside the old bezel (without the glass) and mount it with the factory hardware.  The hardest part was drilling all the darned holes so I could cut out the big ones, and soldering all those wires together with my new harness.  ;-)

The dash and wiring looks GREAT love the mileage (fresh start) I installed a Ron Frances wiring harness in my 41 Willys Coupe took me about a week it was a job take your time heat shrink and solder everything you can and it will prevent Gremlins down the road. ..............

I finished wiring everything (but the radio) and got the van started again over the weekend.  Everything works except for my brake lights.  So, I will try a new brake light switch (then the fun begins if that isn't the problem).  I also made a plate and mounted the radio in this weekend.  Bad thing is, while I have it up on stands I decided to put in drive & reverse so I could double check my trans fluid and noticed that when my foot was on brakes, the back wheel was still slowly spinning.  UGH! Even those had a shitty rebuild.  Only one of the wheel cylinders pushes both pads.  And, the pads are rotten at the ends.  Oh well, more parts, more work.

really nice!

Looks great, love the gauge cluster. Nice work  

Looks great, question, which way is the rear hatch facing? looks like the hinges are towards the rear which would make it open like a scoop?  I just bought a similar one to replace the broken one the PO put in and I thought it should open to the rear with the hinges in the front, wouldn't high speed air tend to rip it open if its hinges at the rear?  I would be a good way to force air into the back on warm days that way? Also, I've got a monster oversize dash hole too that I have to make a similar faceplate for the radio, looks there was a ham radio in there or something, my hole is 9" x 4"!

Backwards installed vents are cooler!! Ram Air =effects!! Must just remember to always close them above 3 MPH!! No prob!! 

Regarding brake lights, remember, assuming all the front to back wiring is OK, they route through the turn signal switch, and those contacts in there wear out over time. I had to replace that as well as the brake switch to get mine working properly. The pedal switch has a gasket in there that dries and shrinks over time allowing corrosion of the contacts, that's what I found when I opened it up.

jbass62 wrote:Looks great, question, which way is the rear hatch facing? looks like the hinges are towards the rear which would make it open like a scoop?  I just bought a similar one to replace the broken one the PO put in and I thought it should open to the rear with the hinges in the front, wouldn't high speed air tend to rip it open if its hinges at the rear?  I would be a good way to force air into the back on warm days that way?  Also, I've got a monster oversize dash hole too that I have to make a similar faceplate for the radio, looks there was a ham radio in there or something, my hole is 9" x 4"!

Ya...lol...that's how it was when I bought it. When I took it off and sealed everything up better, I was gonna flip it around the right way...but I forgot.

jbass62 wrote:Regarding brake lights, remember, assuming all the front to back wiring is OK, they route through the turn signal switch, and those contacts in there wear out over time.   I had to replace that as well as the brake switch to get mine working properly.  The pedal switch has a gasket in there that dries and shrinks over time allowing corrosion of the contacts, that's what I found when I opened it up.

They worked with the factory wire harness. I put in a whole new AmericanAutoWire kit. So, they should be good, but if the new switch don't work, I will check those connections again (but since tail lights do work, idunno if that's where it is). I will also dbl chk what the kit calls for bulbs, maybe it uses little different than the van had originally? Like I said, the fun begins.

looks nice

Good time to install rear disc brakes!