And my lights will not turn off....
Work log
- Worked from 6:00-11:30 p.m.
- Able to work after sunset after I remembered my Petzl headlamp x_x Doh.
- I decided to detach the dash once more to double-check I had not missed a connector on the passenger side
- Turns out I had, so I am glad I did
- Re-attached dash and secured with four bolts to the tunnel
- Re-attached blower motor connector--have to remember to troubleshoot due to corroded lead
- Re-attached center console
- Had a lot of trouble re-attaching the cigarette lighter connectors
- Shorter wires, which meant I had to hold the center console with one hand and reconnect with the other
- Decided to re-attach the HVAC control cables later
- Took quite a bit of trial and error to figure out how to route the HVAC control cables, but finally figured it out: the left side has a cable channel and the right side just goes over the heater box tube
- Vacuum connectors took a bit of looking at before realizing it does not matter what way they go on (I think)
- Re-attached the instrument cluster
- Had to really yank on the speedometer cable to get it back through the firewall
- Then I had pulled it too far, not leaving me enough room to re-attach to the instrument cluster
- Finally got it just right
- Then realized I could pull the speedometer cable from the engine compartment and simultaneously pull the instrument cluster into place : o )
- Re-attached the cluster bezel
- At this point, realized I had forgotten to re-attach a little metal plate on the right side of the cluster bezel and the left side of the center console
- Detached the bezel, added the plate, re-attached the bezel
- At this point I felt a shock: the rear of the steering column had detached from the mount plate
- Taking the advice of a FEOA post on a possible shortcut, I had removed the steering column support bracket
- This allowed the steering column to drop freely all the way to the floor
- Unfortunately, in my moving the steering column back and forth during repairs, I ended up detaching the steering column from the mount bracket x_x
- I felt a bit of relief after realizing I had not sheared off any metal bits
- I had bent one of the brackets, however...eventually I bent it back into shape with a pair of pliers
- I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH TIME I SPENT ON THIS
- Each of the two brackets has a clip
- The steering column weighs a bit
- It swings awkwardly due to weight and cables
- The clips love to detach when attempting to put the brackets onto the mount plate
- The clips love to detach when tightening the 10mm nuts
- The brackets love to shift when tightening the 10mm nuts
- The brackets love to come loose after tightening one side
- I tried re-attaching from outside the car with a 10mm wrench
- Then I tried re-attaching while attempting to hold up the steering wheel with one hand
- Then I tried re-attaching the support bracket
- After this, I got on my back and stuck my head under the dash
- I FINALLY figured out a way to tighten the bracket/clips to my satisfaction
- Screw two steering column support bolts loosely into the dash
- Get the clips onto the brackets
- Swing the brackets into place
- Tighten with a 10mm socket with an extension
- I think this represents the solution anyway...I kid you not this took me 90 minutes to resolve x_x
- Re-attached the clutch pedal chain I had detached while messing with the steering column
- After this point, I re-attached the steering column shroud, the middle and rear console, re-attached the front seat
- I re-attached the HVAC control cables--will test out when I drive the car
- Re-attached the negative battery cable
- Noticed my head lamps come on! : o (
- Does not matter what position the light switch is on...they still are on
- Turning the light switch does turn on/off the running lamps
- Fog lamps go on/off OK
- Started the engine: success
- Stripped some wire and twisted together the wires I had cut, then wrapped with electrical tape
- Head lamps still light up when the negative battery cable applied
- Noticed some loose tubes under the hood
- Figured out two of them but not a third one, a vacuum hose...cannot see where it goes, and it seems pretty long : o P
- Cleaned up
Next steps
- Figure out why head lamps stay on all the time
- Probably a limited number of things which I could have messed up
- It seems like the head lamps get power without considering the steering column control
- I guess I may have to bust out the electrical guide to refresh my memory on what I did when I wired the fog wiring
- Figure out where missing vacuum tube goes
- Likely something to do with the wires I cut...but maybe something else?
- Replace glove box
- Replace kick panels
- Replace lower driver side panel
- Replace side sail panels
- Clean
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