Ive got a bent pipe one by my feet right now - looks harder to change the matrix on than the straight one.
I think the change over was at around 1994 (at the 200 to 300 change)
I got so sick of trying to trouble shoot it on the vehicle that i got it all on the kitchen table!
Id swap the broken plastic things for a raptor unit in the blink of an eye at any point into the future.
You have to take the front off the binnacle - screws on either end and the base.
Then the gauges have a screw and u shaped clip thing that has to come off.
Make sure you pay attention to the black wire with the eyelets on it, and replace it in...
I read that they were all bad. I then changed the thermostat in the engine and the heat coming out of the duct holes is at the "hotness" where you can hold your hand under it, but any hotter, and you would not want to.
As the OP notes, however...
I've just got some alloy layered to fit flush in the hole on mine (and another with a border to cover the joint on the inside).
When I get around to it I'm going to bond the whole lot in and be shot of it for good.
(I have a non sunroof liner...
If they're rivnuts (or some other sort of self-expanding captive nut) once you've ground the outer flange off, you should be able to push them through so they fall down inside the chassis and then you can put new ones in. I should know, becuase...
If they're in riv nuts, my money is on the riv nut spinning before the bolt remains come free.
Before you spend a whole bunch of time on it, I would suggest making sure that your new fuel component mates up to the fuel lines perfectly still, as...
I've got a drum axel on a 110, and id like it to be disc.
The conversion is simple enough, but when you get to things like the brake caliper mounting brackets at £70 a side, the numbers start to go a bit wrong!
I'm wondering if it wouldn't be...
I know plenty of people do the conversion like you say, but I don't really understand it -
Why not mount the engine in the factory 300 position and just buy a cheap, stock, 300 exhaust etc?
I know the cowel etc all needs altering then, but you...