Hope not, but a good point either way.Bartman wrote:I've seen that in the Low volume hobby car technical manual too.
I'm pretty sure that only applies to if the factory didn't run them there. There are heaps of repowered 510's kicking around, and I've not heard of anyone being made to re-route that line?
Been working on the dash and I tell ya, the previous guy who built my 1600 needs a punch in the face!
Not only did he butcher the hell out of the dash loom but also the SSS cluster has been back yard repaired too.
Almost every line in the loom has been cut, soldered (in the ugliest way where its solder blob on the wires but not actually soldered properly, if you get what I mean!) or twisted and covered loosely with insulation tape.
The dash cluster had a broken trace so he managed to get a massive blob of solder to stick onto one trace line that was floating off the board, and insulation taped it to the other side of the broken trace!
I swear these fuck heads don't deserve to own cars. If you are one of those insulation tape, wire twisting mechanics then put the insulation tape down and step away from the vehicle.
/rant
Anyway, I have repaired it, in the process teaching my nephew about soldering. Unfortunately my conductivity pen and real soldering station etc is in the back of storage otherwise I would have just painted on a new trace.
In the end I showed him about cleaning the traces, applying solder to the trace (not the iron!), tinning the ends of the wires and then heating the wire and trace and applying together. He didn't do too bad (maybe a touch too much solder on the centre side of the trace).
Before (and after removing the insulation tape) After: Shitty photos with iPhone 3g sorry.
Here is the condition of the loom: So, considering my soldering station, heat shrink etc are all in storage awaiting movement to the north island, I am removing the SSS cluster + surround and installing the spare standard cluster and the spare loom which is in mint condition.
When I have settled in wellytown I will rewire the whole cluster and mint the loom.