What did you do to your 2002 today !

[Chimi562]

Had a little time before my wife came home and was able to mock up the hell a 500 driving lights. Hopefully tomorrow I can wire it up.

[0257]

4 hours ago, Mike Self said:

Last week Ken (Zouave on the FAQ) and I had a sunroof party...both our cars needed new sunroof weatherstripping--his just along the back edge, but Wolfgang, my '69, needed it all the way round.  Both required removing the sunroof panels, best done with two people to prevent scratching, both removing and replacing.  In addition, Zouave had a loose seam along the back edge of the upholstery panel that's on the inside of the sliding sunroof panel, so we both had a learning experience removing and replacing it.  

 

Other than than that, all went smoothly except wrestling Zouave's upholstery panel back into position so it could be clipped to the sunroof panel.  Several minutes of grunting and groaning and using all four of our hands, the upholstery panel surrendered and popped into place--without breaking anything, or cutting ourselves on the very sharp edges of the upholstery's metal frame.   

 

Wolfgang's panel exhibited no such difficulties, and we attributed the difference to the thickness of the upholstery material--Wolfgang's was the original, thin material, while Zouave has a renewed headliner with thicker material.  But all is back together, the sunroofs work famously and all is right in the 02 world--at least for us...

 

mike

There’s nothing quite like having an experienced sherpa on hand when undertaking an inherently “squishy” task, like sunroof repair — where one can’t read torque values and there’s no slot B for your tab A, but one must guess at things like “how high do I need to set this felt on the sunroof edge?”, “how many twists of each of these four adjustment screws?”, “why won’t the @*&@#&@!! thing close, for f$()$’s sake” and “where did I put that danged bolt?”.  

 

This was a job I had never done and had no interest in attempting (certain as I was of abject failure and inability ever to drive on a cloudy day again).  At least, not until Mike pointed out that my rear seal was in fact completely missing (oh, really?), and offered to guide me through. Glad I am that he did.  Not only do I feel much better about the sunroof’s function, and have confidence that I can now remove, repair and replace one without fear of failure, but see rear headliner before:

And after:

THANKS, MIKE!  Lots of reasons I’m glad to be a forum member; the company I get to keep is right at the top of the list.

[Eissmann]

The rear seat back is recovered and reinstalled in the car.

Today I was test fitting the rear seat bottom.It’s a little tight  after my first pass at shaping the foam. 

I got sidetracked by project creep. The carpet was flopping around while I was fitting the seat cushion so I got some contact cement and glued it down.  

[sczapiga]

Built brackets and installed some E30 sport seats. New German vinyl upholstery next:)

[sczapiga]

On 2/9/2023 at 11:34 AM, AceAndrew said:

That is so awesome.  Cannot wait to do the same with my boys.

 

Maybe some trunk or treat fun as well.

 

I remember my best friend’s parent’s classic Ford truck, great great times to pass on to the next generation 

So good:) I remember my mom picking me up in her 67 Bronco amongst all the “fancy” cars in middle school. I was so embarrassed… fast forward and now I’m picking my son up in the 2002 in a line of Teslas and Range Rovers;) The kids love hearing the car pull up with its squeaks and rumble. 

[Dave919]

52 minutes ago, sczapiga said:

Built brackets and installed some E30 sport seats. New German vinyl upholstery next:)

 

 

Oh that's nice - have thought about this as e30 sports seats are more readily available than Recaros

[jimk]

1 hour ago, sczapiga said:

Built brackets and installed some E30 sport seats. New German vinyl upholstery next:)

Did you add reinforcement plates on the underside of the floor?

[sczapiga]

42 minutes ago, jimk said:

Did you add reinforcement plates on the underside of the floor?

I did, so far I used some 4” square structural washers (Simpson type). The floor pan is ridiculously thin and worries me to be honest. I think I’ll make two straps, one for front and one at rear that span each set of bolts. That way I can capture more floorpan and keep from weakening it by having individual points of flex/stress in normal use. I used all 3/8” grade 8 hardware and thick fender washers as well as AN washers on the top. 

[sczapiga]

I might add: I want to change out the square Simpson plates for something closer to 1/8” plate so the sheet metal to plate thickness ratio is closer. So I’m not punching out a square hole in my floor with too stiff of plates;)

[tzei]

Got some pipe bends. Time for new exhaust...

[Markster]

Found one of my

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 38/38 idle needle valves and seat had issues … a bad needle and a defective casting.   Major kudos to @Ireland Engineering for honoring the warranty!!!  New carb arrives today. I hope this one is a keeper.  

[Son of Marty]

3 hours ago, sczapiga said:

I might add: I want to change out the square Simpson plates for something closer to 1/8” plate so the sheet metal to plate thickness ratio is closer. So I’m not punching out a square hole in my floor with too stiff of plates;)

You also want to stay away from 90' corners, round plates will avoid a corner digging in and starting a tear.

[Chimi562]

Got home late from work so I couldn't finish installing the driving lights. I had a little bit of time to replace and clean the dome light. Also since I was there I decided to clean up the sunroof crank. It's kinda rusty so I am cleaning it with some oxalic acid(wood bleach) with hot water.

[bergie33]

2 minutes ago, Chimi562 said:

Got home late from work so I couldn't finish installing the driving lights. I had a little bit of time to replace and clean the dome light. Also since I was there I decided to clean up the sunroof crank. It's kinda rusty so I am cleaning it with some oxalic acid(wood bleach) with hot water.

 

Hey, if your crank is missing the w spring, I have them for sale! 

[Chimi562]

22 minutes ago, bergie33 said:

 

Hey, if your crank is missing the w spring, I have them for sale! 

Lol ive been meaning to pm you about in too.