Skoda Rally Blog

… another minimal tale of progress.

Today’s task list was wiring and dashboard. The wiring mods are fairly straightforward for the most part – provide a switched feed from the main beam for the relays that will power the pod, provide a switched, permanent and light-fed power supply to the roof (for the navigator’s lighting), wire in the cut-off switch (which means breaking into the standard loom in a number of places) and also tidy the standard loom up whcih looks like an old mummy after a few years, cloth tape which rips really easily, plus provide connections for the navigator’s horn and washer buttons. Just re-taping it took a while, and the rest of the mods took a long time, most of the day. And then there was fitting the dashboard, which predictably took more cuts than I’d expected (I’d done it before, but only in two parts, when they were screwed together it took more to make it fi), and then modding the glovebox lid to open past the rollcage (amazing what you can do with an angle grinder and plastic). And that, for the most part, was the day done. I know I worked all day, but it seems that nothing got done really.

In addition, I’m STILL waiting for the pistons to turn up, and tomorrow is supposedly the day that the gearbox gets finished. I just have no idea how it’ll all get done in time – at this rate it won’t be ready for WRGB 2008!