Well I really didn't want to go this far...
But I've had to pull the screen out, it's not as bad as it looks.
Then pulled the dash, mainly just for cleaning but it should also make sorting the wiring easier and getting into the faulty wipers.
Pulled the wiper motor assembly out, good news is the motors working on the bench so the fault lies with the switch.
Bad news is the one of the spindles is seized and the whole things been turning in the housing.
Going to take this into work tomorrow to see if I can free it all up with some heat.
Nice bit of American wiring on the ignition, this is were somebody has spliced an aftermarket key switch in
Would of been easier to just fit it from the fuse box instead of running it through the dash and ignition cowling.
And you might of noticed this monstrosity on the heaters....
I've always thought it was something that'd been cobbled up and welded to the floor
Turns out though that someone had put a lot of thought into it...
And then cobbled it together
And since the fan works really well I might actually just tidy it up a little, paint it and keep it.
Another boring update really,
I've had a lucky break with the wipers, although it didn't come easy.
After two full days soaking in a bath of oil, some very light heat and about half an hour with a small hammer working it one way and the other finally I got the seized spindle out.
And the other spindle didn't look any better, so probably best this is getting stripped.
And all greased and built back up, had to do a small repair to the nipple on the frame that locks the spindle in place. It's all fitted back in and working now, so another job ticked off the sheet.
Now back peddling a little here but I'm sick of these rear lights, working one minute then not the next which is no good for the upcoming mot.
When I looked into it, it wasn't a fault with the power side of things but the earths.
It's difficult to explain but for those that don't know, VW in there wisdom earth the rear lights with some small 'nipples' on the housing that clamp to the body (earth) when the lens is screwed on because the units sit inside the seal.
Now as anyone whose has ever removed a light cluster will know they are usually bent, snapped etc.
Bit like most of mine are,
I've decided after a lot of head scratching that I would give each light unit it's own true earth.
Brake light units were easy enough,
Take one piggy back crimp and break off the tab,
Then solder this onto the bulb holder earth fitting (if you look back I'd already solder this for extra support to the bulb holder)
Now the reverse lights (will now be indicators) proved a little more tricky as it wasn't possible to solder to the body or bulb holder.
So only one thing for it, drill holes in it
Then add cable,
Nuts a bit tricky but not as bad as I thought it would be.
And all together and for the first time I've actually got all my lights working at once
. The connection on the battery will be made permanent eventually.
And the other side just earthed to the body,
Then everything got a coating of battery terminal protector just to keep the weather off them.
And today the dash is going back in..
Last job hopefully on the electrics was to tidy up the fuse box,
Including cleaning the grubby terminals and look at repairing the broken clip,
Not perfect but it should do,
And back in the hole,
Waxoyl'ing all done and got the dash all cleaned up,
It was worth pulling the dash out just to be able to scrub it clean properly,
Came up well 8)
Before
After,
Dash before and after,
And just when I thought there was light at the end of the tunnel,
Pulled the steering column to bits, got to sort the ignition out,
And going to clean this up too while I'm at it,
I've ordered some keys praying that one will fit the ignition, problem I have is that the cab doors have been replaced (not 68 door handles) so I pulled the sliding door lock and also the engine/tailgate locks and there all different numbers
So I've ordered a pair of keys, fingers crossed.