I'm about to replace the parking brake cable on the driver side, but I started off the day by reinstalling the missing knobs in the dash. I have purchased two new wiper/washer knob sets and neither have fit correctly. The existing one has a tendency to spin on the threads when...
Now that the dash pad is finally - mostly - installed and I have replaced the defrost hoses, it's time to button this all back up. Last time I had it apart, I gave up and left it apart. I didn't, however, put that plastic tarp over the air vent and had a couple of days of rain...
I previously fixed the passenger side rear brake and got it adjusted. Now it's time for me to check the driver side. One could wonder why the parking brake wasn't working... I found when clipping the end of the cable back in place, there was a lot of slop and I could imagine i...
Back out in the car, it's time to mount this monstrosity and try to put the end result into perspective. It's hard to tell how it looks when it's on its own. You need to see it in context. So, off we go. First, I mounted those long bolts in the corners. I put all of the knobs...
OK, we're back at it. I've got to tighten up some of these loose corners, making little cuts, gluing little bits, and holding them down. There's a soft ridge around the hole for the speedometer that isn't yet taking an acceptable shape. There were some more gaps over here that...
After failing to vinyl wrap the old dash pad the first time, I ordered a new dash pad, which didn't fit. So... Plan B was always to try wrapping the vinyl again. There's lots of leftover glue on there. I ordered some new vinyl (Amazon link), which took a while to get here and...
I ordered a license plate housing gasket to replace the old, dry, cracked, and broken unit. Let's add that to the "Easy Wins" list. And then replaced it. As I was trying to unscrew the nuts from underneath the engine cover, every one of them just unscrewed the stud from the co...
I came back out this evening after work with renewed determination to get the dash buttoned up. After five or ten minutes of wrestling with the piece of garbage that is a $110 rubber dash pad, I threw it out into the yard and got busy reassembling the dash without it. I don't...
After letting this crappy new dash pad upset me so badly before, I decided that I was going to make it work. I won't be defeated! I first mounted the large built-in bolts in the top corners, then mounted the grab handle above the glove box. The rest will be just a few little s...
I decided this would be a good time to replace that broken parking brake cable, since the interior is already torn apart. I got the rear end up in the air and removed the wheel. Flaked off some more undercoating and gave it a quick shot of paint. I couldn't get the brake drum...