Good Day!
Here is the latest I have on the project... I’ve come to the conclusion that this is going to be more involved than most DIY’ers are willing to go. I found out tonight that to do this correctly, I would need to pull the dash, all heating and A/C components from the interior, seats, and center console. All that is so I can get the front section of carpet out, just to install the hydraulic line for the clutch...
But, let’s keep moving on to see how much labor is going to be involved…
Here is the arm... Incredibly long!
The easy part... Pulling the brake assembly to install the assembly already completed. Here is a “Before” shot!!
Pulling this for future upgrade...
I find it easier to leave this connected and just pull the sensor from the adjuster housing...
With these, you pull the red part out and depress the tabs to remove from the holder...
I initially did not pull the metal plate, but dealing with that area so much, I decided it was better to remove it. You have to pull the headlight switch to access one of the screws, but the other five are easily seen. Here the metal panel is out...
This is the unfinished “After” shot...
I must say, this was easier to get out than I have seen on the internet (we all know everything is true on the internet!)... It was stated that the dash needed to be removed to get the center console out. Proof that it doesn’t...
I can go over how to remove it if anyone needs me to.
I will also say that getting this shifter out is more of a pain than it’s worth to leave the shifter cable in place... Better to just remove the shifter and cable together, unless there is some secret method I am unaware of...
Gotta remove this to pull the carpet... Push the tab and slide it to the left... Be careful of the connector!! Upon re-assembly, make sure the wire is out of the way... This one was a little crushed by the mounting plate...
Okay, I don’t want to hear anything about what I did here!!!! In the essence of time, I decided to cut the carpet for ease of removal! Any future modifications will be done the long “correct” way!! It was difficult, but I have access to a rotary knife so it wasn’t that bad...
Oddly, I cut this in ALMOST the correct spot for the hydraulics to go thru the body... The plug and hole seems to be a little bit bigger than it should be. The plug on the line goes easily thru the body. I might be missing something and will look into it more later.
The carpet has a depression for the tube.
That little bump is where the line routes... There is also a depression in the section I removed...
This is connected... One zip tie and this part will be completed... Carpet install and I get to move on to better areas of the project!! Like transmission removal!!
And the hose I used was exactly 365mm long. I think you can get away with using something in that ballpark!
Some things I do need to get! A driver’s seat bottom. A center console arm rest (mine has a factory phone and one hinge is broken), and a left rear exterior door handle.
I’m going to try to pull the transmission tomorrow. I don’t have a clutch arm, throw out bearing, clutch arm pivot pin, or pilot bearing... So, while I can install the flywheel, the rest will have to wait.
Okay!! Cheers for now!! More to come!!