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<blockquote data-quote="flyboypuoi" data-source="post: 796568" data-attributes="member: 25768"><p>Today, I continued. Sadly it was raining all day long so I couldn't take the sunroof glass off to look at the problem in the mechanism. I did, however, suspect a loose drain pipe on the front right, both because of the wet patch and the extreme length of the re-route.</p><p>I was correct, it was not attached. I can't guess how this could happen, but I think someone has been fiddling in here before.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76969[/ATTACH]</p><p>So, I pulled it out from the outside. So much for those red cable ties.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76970[/ATTACH]</p><p>Getting it back in the car was actually quite difficult. I almost got it all the way through but it would snag somewhere. I decided to reroute it entirely and send it down alongside the aerial wire. I almost did a really neat job of this, but I broke the top clip of the pillar trim near the end. I have spares but I think first facelifts might be a slightly different colour. I'll check some time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76971[/ATTACH]</p><p>I decided to move onto something more aesthetic. If you've read this blog before, you might already know what's coming from the next photo. I am scraping off the glue, diffuser and blue filter from the back of this extremely dirty vent faceplate. This took much more effort than I remembered!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76972[/ATTACH]</p><p>Eventually I got there though. You can see here that even the symbols that appear clear have a blue filter over them, to make the amber bulbs look white (at an expense of brightness).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76973[/ATTACH]</p><p>This needed a thorough clean. I also tried to unclog the front washer jets as they had, well, clogged again. I haven't had much luck with this in the past so I might just get some universal ones again, like in the very early days. They're soaking in the bowl.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76974[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now for the lighting part. I've done this enough times that it took only an hour or so. I went for a plain card insert with some basic strips on it. I sent the wire out of the back into the shell of a cheap T10 unit so it can easily plug into the existing socket.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76975[/ATTACH]</p><p>I really should have tested for accidental continuity before trying it out, because there was some, thus the fuse blew. I found the bridge quickly (the first two wires I added were a bit melted) and got it in. It looks great, but the blue strips were causing the surrounding area to be purple!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76976[/ATTACH]</p><p>To make this better, I folded some bits of electrical tape to form some dividers. This sorted the purple problem.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76977[/ATTACH]</p><p>That looks much better. I'm going for red on this car, with some orange in places.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76978[/ATTACH]</p><p>With the knobs back on, the end result is nice. I have bought some more red T3s for the two switches above since they look really out of place.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76979[/ATTACH]</p><p>A cool thing about how I did this one is that the temperature knob lights up blue while it's in the blue zone. That's cool!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76980[/ATTACH]</p><p>And it goes red again in the red zone.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76981[/ATTACH]</p><p>Later on, I went to wash the car. This might be the first wash in over two years. Clearly it was needing this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76982[/ATTACH]</p><p>That's better.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]76983[/ATTACH]</p><p>I'll hopefully do some more work on this car during this week, around work and other responsibilities. Soon it'll be MOT time and <em>hopefully</em> I can start driving this daily while I get the N13 registered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboypuoi, post: 796568, member: 25768"] Today, I continued. Sadly it was raining all day long so I couldn't take the sunroof glass off to look at the problem in the mechanism. I did, however, suspect a loose drain pipe on the front right, both because of the wet patch and the extreme length of the re-route. I was correct, it was not attached. I can't guess how this could happen, but I think someone has been fiddling in here before. [ATTACH type="full"]76969[/ATTACH] So, I pulled it out from the outside. So much for those red cable ties. [ATTACH type="full"]76970[/ATTACH] Getting it back in the car was actually quite difficult. I almost got it all the way through but it would snag somewhere. I decided to reroute it entirely and send it down alongside the aerial wire. I almost did a really neat job of this, but I broke the top clip of the pillar trim near the end. I have spares but I think first facelifts might be a slightly different colour. I'll check some time. [ATTACH type="full"]76971[/ATTACH] I decided to move onto something more aesthetic. If you've read this blog before, you might already know what's coming from the next photo. I am scraping off the glue, diffuser and blue filter from the back of this extremely dirty vent faceplate. This took much more effort than I remembered! [ATTACH type="full"]76972[/ATTACH] Eventually I got there though. You can see here that even the symbols that appear clear have a blue filter over them, to make the amber bulbs look white (at an expense of brightness). [ATTACH type="full"]76973[/ATTACH] This needed a thorough clean. I also tried to unclog the front washer jets as they had, well, clogged again. I haven't had much luck with this in the past so I might just get some universal ones again, like in the very early days. They're soaking in the bowl. [ATTACH type="full"]76974[/ATTACH] Now for the lighting part. I've done this enough times that it took only an hour or so. I went for a plain card insert with some basic strips on it. I sent the wire out of the back into the shell of a cheap T10 unit so it can easily plug into the existing socket. [ATTACH type="full"]76975[/ATTACH] I really should have tested for accidental continuity before trying it out, because there was some, thus the fuse blew. I found the bridge quickly (the first two wires I added were a bit melted) and got it in. It looks great, but the blue strips were causing the surrounding area to be purple! [ATTACH type="full"]76976[/ATTACH] To make this better, I folded some bits of electrical tape to form some dividers. This sorted the purple problem. [ATTACH type="full"]76977[/ATTACH] That looks much better. I'm going for red on this car, with some orange in places. [ATTACH type="full"]76978[/ATTACH] With the knobs back on, the end result is nice. I have bought some more red T3s for the two switches above since they look really out of place. [ATTACH type="full"]76979[/ATTACH] A cool thing about how I did this one is that the temperature knob lights up blue while it's in the blue zone. That's cool! [ATTACH type="full"]76980[/ATTACH] And it goes red again in the red zone. [ATTACH type="full"]76981[/ATTACH] Later on, I went to wash the car. This might be the first wash in over two years. Clearly it was needing this. [ATTACH type="full"]76982[/ATTACH] That's better. [ATTACH type="full"]76983[/ATTACH] I'll hopefully do some more work on this car during this week, around work and other responsibilities. Soon it'll be MOT time and [I]hopefully[/I] I can start driving this daily while I get the N13 registered. [/QUOTE]
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