Wiring & Water.
The 110 Posted by
Nicky Smith Wed, March 02, 2016 07:42:01
Wiring. Old tired brittle wiring. I am sick to death of the sight of the stuff on the 110. The weather broke so I thought I would walk outside wiring diagram in hand to get the rear lights sorted. That was about as good as it got for the next couple of hours.
Honestly I checked it all wired it up and then gave up because now sod all seems to be working and to top it off I made the mistake of opening up the fuse cover only to see the mouldy corroded fuzz on all of the fuses as well as the relays...it is no wonder bugger all works!
Oh well at the damned thing runs ok at the moment.
The 110 is turning into a major project now and if I am honest there is going to be absolutely no rush with it in fact this will probably turn into one of those “Will it ever get finished” projects especially as we have the house move coming up as well along with all of the hard graft that will be needed on that renovation. Still not to worry it will get done in time so I will buy it a proper cover to help keep the rust at bay.
After a final manic giggle to myself when yet another wire broke up in my fingers I turned around to see my neighbour struggling along the pathway with a box the same size as her along with another heavier package in her left hand. I went over quickly to help her with these parcels to be informed they were for me and that the courier had dropped them off earlier. I don't know how me or the courier managed to miss each other maybe I was underneath the 110 muttering madly to myself at the time.
She then said with a grin on her face “You are going to miss this Smith parcel drop off point when you move you know” and she is quite right I will! Maybe all orders will have to made for delivery on a Saturday morning from then on saving lots of trips to the local sorting office.
The big box was the snorkel for the Disco and the heavy one was the new door hinges for the 110. Either were a welcome distraction from the wiring so what to do first?
I went with the snorkel.
I have no plans to make the Disco into an off road monster but I want it to be ready if I fancy a play or some nice easy old fart green laning so slowly I am working my way through it fitting the essentials like diff guards and snorkels “Just in case”.
Out of the box came all of the bits and soon the template was in place...
I then marked it all up double checking it was all where it was supposed to be after nearly moving the bonnet alarm sensor thing when I did not need to thinking I was fitting a 200tdi snorkel instead of a 300tdi one. Out came the drill so no turning back now...
Soon enough using the drill and a grinder I had holes all over the wing!
I offered it up and they were out a touch but not enough to cause me any concern so I removed the plastic inner wheel arch trim (going to need some welding underneath that lot before the MOT) and on the snorkel went...
It was getting late now so once it was all tightened up and fastened on the passenger door pillar I called it a day. The air box and other bits underneath will be done later this week so at the moment the snorkel is just a fancy ornament doing bugger all!
I would like to get the new hinges on the 110 as well so it feels like I am getting somewhere with it once again who knows I may even give it a lick of undercoat once the weather warms up a touch.