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Graham Bichard
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Posted: Thursday April 24th, 2008 07:38 pm |
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Right, here it is!
As you all probably know I took the dash out to check out the radio wiring and hawaiianblue put the idea in my head to do something about the rattling in the GLOVEBOX.
I looked in yellow pages, found an automotive upholsterer and went to have a chat. Turns out he was 76 years old and had been in upholstering since he was 14. He started up with a Rolls Royce coachbuilder in London, set up on his own, ended up being the top man in upholstery at Rootes (working in Scotland on the Imp along the way) before settling near Maidenhead and re-upholstering classic cars and the boats moored along the Thames. In the end I spent a good hour talking to the guy who is winding up his business before taking things easy (he reckons he only has about a year's worth of work left on his books!).
Anyway, he gave me loads of advice on how to make templates and do the job. Firstly, make a paper temple (easily pushed into the corners).
Glue that onto thick card (3mm plus, which the guy gave me too) - you can see this in the picture. This is cut out and again stuck with spray glue onto the material. I was given the black foam backed felt type material by the old guy for the princely sum of £5 (to go into a charity box). Thats the back (vertical) surface done. Then it was back to the brown paper to make the template for the material to go around the other surfaces. I didn't do this quite as well and ended up with a gap i.e. the length of material was too short. No problem, as this was at the twelve o-clock position - I stuck another piece in to bridge the gap and this is hidden by the lock mechanism. Not sure if you can see it in this pic:
I didn't put the roofing tape you suggested around the outside of the glove box, hb, do you use the glove box to keep a lot of things in, or is your glovebox very thin and wobbly? I couldn't see what this would achieve - my glove box plastic is reasonably sturdy and I only keep very few items in it (but the rattling did annoy!).
I also didn't modify the L shaped plastic bracket, the dash rattling hasn't been a problem, but having said that I might do this if I ever have the dash out again.
The hardest thing of all was getting the locking catch aligned and working again. So here's the finished item - what do you think?
Any other suggestions to keep my fingers busy hb?!? 
Last edited on Friday April 25th, 2008 08:35 pm by Graham Bichard |
taffy1967
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Posted: Thursday April 24th, 2008 08:47 pm |
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Looks fantastic mate.
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niall9311
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Posted: Friday April 25th, 2008 12:03 pm |
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interesting, but how did lining out the glove compartment fix the "rattling in the gearbox"?!
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Friday April 25th, 2008 04:51 pm |
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Looks good from here, i didnt bother with paper templates when i did mine, in fact i'd have to go and have a look to see how i did it. I think i did it in 3 peices, one at each side then one big bit down from the top into the back and cover the bottom. I thought the small catch was removable? im pretty sure i took mine off, covered it and then bolted it back on through the frabric. You're right it is fiddly re-setting the latch so it works properly.
The reason i used bitumen tape (aka flashing tape) on the back was to act as sound deadening. If you knocked the back of the box with your knuckle before it made a noise, afterwards it deadened the sound so it hardly made any noise. Much the same as the pads they stick inside the door skins do. It also gives the box a much more solid feel. As you say your fabric was a padded material so i suspect it probably deadens the sound quite a bit on its own. I felt the heavy tape added mass though, so it reduced overall vibration.
It looks good though, all you need to do now is fit the champagne bucket and sherry decanter.
I did much the same thing to the backs of the rear companion box covers, as well as leather lining them and covering the tops, gives them a solid quality feel rather than moulded plastic.
Last edited on Friday April 25th, 2008 04:54 pm by hawaiianblue |
oz
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Posted: Friday April 25th, 2008 06:13 pm |
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Wow! Lookin' good Graham (BTW-Passed Maths!! phew!)
Might give it a go.
Nice tutorial as well.
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Graham Bichard
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Posted: Friday April 25th, 2008 08:34 pm |
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Well spotted niall (answer - the materials' a thicker viscocity than oil  )
oz - well done on the maths, only electrics/electronics to go eh?
hb, you had to mention the companion boxes didn't you......
No, my next project is going to be an airbox with twin entry 'tubes'. I've refitted the 57i filter (which while sounds good on the 3 miles to work is too loud for distance work), bought another inj airbox from ebay and got the dremel type tool and glassfibre kit in preperation. Just got to get the house move and job change out the way then its all systems go!
And after that I've got my cylinder head to port (got the head and a exhaust manifold already - still looking for another inlet manifold if anyones got one spare.....)
Should keep me busy for a while
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