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buy some carpet for it....relatively cheap and easy way to make the car quite a bit more pleasant inside.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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I'd like to get some Pontiac Phoenix bucket seats, front and back. There was a guy with a Nova on Drag Week last year that had Phoenix interior and it looked comfy.
Putting a dent in my todo list.
The big job for the day was getting the LCD display behind the dash cluster bezel. I didn't finish the install, but I'm over the half way point.
Cluster is out. Lots of wiring I did around a decade ago that I would do much nicer now if I were to do it again, but I'm not going to worry about it now since it's been doing it's job for a long time.
From the front with a complete cluster bezel.
I used a long bolt and a large washer to hold screen to the cluster body.
I mocked it up before calling it the night. I have to pull it back out so I can install the blinker and highbeam indicator lights. I'm going to use some LED's behind the stock covers so I can go around the screen and still have the indicator lights working in front of the screen.
Escaped on a technicality.
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it's hard to get motivated to get ac working when you live where you don't need it. I have the same problemMy fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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To give you an idea of how little Randal needs AC....my fingers were numb leaving his house on a nice summer morning. That's the middle of August. It was about 40 degrees outside.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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I have been using the same excuse with my Caprice. But now I need to get my compressor rebuilt, or buy a replacement. I have finally figured out my valve train issues, and replaced the heads, so I can't use those excuses any moreBS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Originally posted by squirrel View PostTo give you an idea of how little Randal needs AC....my fingers were numb leaving his house on a nice summer morning. That's the middle of August. It was about 40 degrees outside.Escaped on a technicality.
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Got the cluster installed and functional. I have a hiccup with the highbeam indicator and it came loose so doesn't quite illuminate properly, but otherwise good. I must of tightened up some grounds as the volt meter has historically read 1-1.5v low and now seems to be pretty close.
Guess I should of used something more substantial than scotch tape. And actually in retrospect I should of used electrical or duct tape because I can see the flash of the LED behind the bezel. As mentioned the high beam LED came loose, so I can see it light up the speedo when the highbeams are turned on. So kind of works =P
All wired in and ready for install. I hate tampering with the circuit backing because its so fragile.
A picture of it installed and software running.
I made a video of it. I have been running some tests of making changes on my laptop and remotely uploading the changes to the car computer. In that process I currently having it do a full boot, so it's taking longer than usual and I reset the AFR gauge and the lean limits, so it's turning red when lean. I can fix these issue pretty quickly though.
Escaped on a technicality.
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