Dateline - 10/29/2016 - Didn't spend a lot of time on the car this weekend. What I did do was work on the window switches, the steering wheel cover and some upholstery. For the passenger side window switch, I decided to de-solder the original leads, which are pretty small gauge wire, and solder on new leads of 12 gauge wire with appropriate bayonet connections.
On the driver side, I de-soldered the four switches from the original motherboard, but when I tried to put them into the new holder, they did not fit. I spent about an hour reworking the holder to hold the switches. I needed to solder on new leads, but it was getting late and decided to pick that up later
As I wrote about last week, the steering column cover has been a bit of a pain, but I think I have figured out how to mount it. I have added a pin to the upper part of the cover that hooks behind the turn signal switch frame. I'm going to add a screw on the bottom that will screw the cover to the fascia and that should hold everything in place.
Finally, I worked on the upholstery for the arm rests and piping that goes around the window switches.
It doesn't feel like I got much done, but every little bit brings me that much closer!
