Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
I wanted to keep the factory rally dash "idiot lights" for the turn signals, high beam and brake warning. Too bad for me those are mounted in and powered by circuit boards screwed to the back of the gauge frame. Spent some time examining the boards and determined that those circuits could be separated and mounting them in their factory positions shouldn't cause any interference with the newly installed gauges. I took the chance and whittled away at them with a cutting disk on a Dremel. With some creative soldering I got all the wires connected and it seems like it's going to work.
To take a break from the electric spaghetti I worked on solving another problem. My new shifter boot was getting in the way of the adapter plate I made and the pistol grip handle. The problem was it was 1/2" too short. Since the first one was so fun to make I decided to do it again. Pic 1 Getting cut out of a piece of plate and pic 2 new vs old.
I wanted to keep the factory rally dash "idiot lights" for the turn signals, high beam and brake warning. Too bad for me those are mounted in and powered by circuit boards screwed to the back of the gauge frame. Spent some time examining the boards and determined that those circuits could be separated and mounting them in their factory positions shouldn't cause any interference with the newly installed gauges. I took the chance and whittled away at them with a cutting disk on a Dremel. With some creative soldering I got all the wires connected and it seems like it's going to work.
To take a break from the electric spaghetti I worked on solving another problem. My new shifter boot was getting in the way of the adapter plate I made and the pistol grip handle. The problem was it was 1/2" too short. Since the first one was so fun to make I decided to do it again. Pic 1 Getting cut out of a piece of plate and pic 2 new vs old.
