my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

[dave955]

Good work mate its all plane sailing from there. I've got to take my dashboard out again in a few months lol

[TurboDan]

I remember when i first took a dashboard out in my first nova, there was just tons of wires everywhere and i thought it was never gonna go back together but eventually it did, i think the hardest bit was getting all the heater piping lined up with the matrix unit.

As dave said though youve done the hard bit now the rest is easy.

[Ads]

had another hour or so on the cav today, and continued to install all the wiring and switches in to my new dash, trial fitted my new oli temp, oil pressure, and water temp gauges, into the top readio din slot, and my stereo in th bottom din slot.





gradually getting sorted, and a bit of progress is better then none

[specks]

Seeing this just reminded me about the panel and cables,pester me like mad on Facebook,my memory is utter useless

[Ads]

had another hour or so on the cav yesterday, wired up my aftermarket gauges, ( oil press, oil temp, and water temp)



fitted a new heater control panel that had all the cables intact, my old one had two broken cables, so now i might have a heater that actually works, lol




then refitted hazard warning switch and speedo clocks etc




i started the cav and it started straight away, and everything seems to work ok, which is a bonus, as when it was like this i thought it would never run agaain LOL



well shouldnt be long before its back together, just need some time to work on it, Ads

[gsi pie]

cracking on slowly dude

[Ads]

cracking on slowly dude

thanks Pie, slowly is the word, Ads

[John Owens]

Good work Ads , that's a crazy amount of wires behind that dash ! Lol

[Stoater85]

Good stuff so you eventually figured out how it went back! Great progress.

[Ads]

It's getting there if had time to do it it would be all done just keeping her in doors sweet you know how it is lol.

[Barney]

Help me out here what car is that splitter from??

[TurboDan]

Renault Laguna or Renault espace has a slightly deeper one.

[Ads]

Yeah it's from phase 1 laguna mate also comes standard on cav gsi and turbos from about 1992 lol

[Barney]

Thanks Guys I'll get hunting..

Ads out of interest what did you do with the old dash as im also currently sourcing the bits and bobs to change my interior over from lovely beige to black. I had thought abt having the beige dash flocked but not sure it'll suit the Cav.

[Ads]

Thanks Guys I'll get hunting..

Ads out of interest what did you do with the old dash as im also currently sourcing the bits and bobs to change my interior over from lovely beige to black. I had thought abt having the beige dash flocked but not sure it'll suit the Cav.

sorry mate i binned the dash, the dash itself wasnt to bad, but the bit in between the dash and windscreen was a right state, it let the inside of my cav down, it bugged me for the six years i have had the cav until i eventually plucked up the courage to change it LOL, Ads

[Barney]

Thanks Guys I'll get hunting..

Ads out of interest what did you do with the old dash as im also currently sourcing the bits and bobs to change my interior over from lovely beige to black. I had thought abt having the beige dash flocked but not sure it'll suit the Cav.

sorry mate i binned the dash, the dash itself wasnt to bad, but the bit in between the dash and windscreen was a right state, it let the inside of my cav down, it bugged me for the six years i have had the cav until i eventually plucked up the courage to change it LOL, Ads

Cheers ads..

If you hear of one going can you give me a shout


Thanks

BTW love the car..

[dave955]

Sorry to butt in my flocked dash will be for sale soon.

[terkin]

Yeah it's from phase 1 laguna mate also comes standard on cav gsi and turbos from about 1992 lol

[Barney]

Sorry to butt in my flocked dash will be for sale soon.

Talk to me!!!

[Ads]

had a bit cav time yesterday, firstly fitted the new starter motor




then removed the back 3 water gallery core plugs, had a right struggle getting these little buggers out, anyway new ones fitted




then fitted new water expantion bottle and top, looks much better than old manky bottle



fitted modified top hat, so i can get dump vale under top hat cover



then continued fitting inlet manifold, hoses wireng etc, still have fuel rail etc, alternator belt, and airbox etc to fit, but this will have to wait intil next weekend now

thanks for looking Ads

[Ads]

re fitted injectors, fuel rail etc, and wired and hoesd up all the vac pipes etc



fitted new 2.5" blue boost hose, to do away with some of the joints in the pipework



not much,done, just a few odds and sods to do now, airbox, strut brace etc

[gsi pie]

top work ad's

[cavaliersri130]

She's looking good m8.

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[TurboDan]

Looking really good, so clean and shiney!

Although i'm not sure on the long blue silicone hose youve fitted, being so long like that surely it could collapse? Might be better with a long straight metal pipe?

[terkin]

looks awesome