Today started off with lots of confidence. I was convinced I was going to get the dash fully put back together. It’s only like 5 pieces, right?
Well I found some dash trim pieces that I had previously painted that were scratched, so those needed to be repainted. Oh, and I found the hold down trim pieces for the dash pad and package tray. I didn’t even know they went to my car. I had forgotten how or when I removed them. They were not painted so I needed to paint those black.
After cleaning the dirt and dust on the rest of the dash pieces, I realized that the black dash pad will need to be re-painted as it was pretty discolored.
As I was painting the trim pieces and cleaning parts to put back in, Dad stopped by to admire the paint job. Between finding the parts, several paint coats, and cleaning, the morning quickly disappeared, and the dash was still empty. I replaced all the bulbs for the gauges, but could not install them because the dash pad needs to be re-painted and needs to go in first. Lots of work today that didn’t look like progress.
After lunch, I was determined to get the radio and new speakers hooked up. My cousin had dropped off some speaker wire and a small 6x4 oval speaker to replace the front speaker that sits in the middle of the dash. He and wired up the connector to the important parts (ground, ignition, yadda yadda). All I needed to do was hook up the speakers. Looking at the wire and speakers and the connector wires, I was thoroughly confused. Needed a few YouTube videos and a call out to my cousin to figure it out.
Fingers crossed my wiring job works.
