Builds Ikarus' HDJ81 Aussie-Style Build (2 Viewers)

[ikarus]

Continued disassembling the interior. Pulled the steering wheel, instrument cluster and steering column:

I was glad to see that the captured nut for the top of the clutch pedal is already there, as well as a pre-cut section of the firewall insulation for the clutch mount.

Just need to get in there with a dremel and remove that stud to the top right of the clutch MC hole.

 

[ikarus]

Dashboard out. I swear I had 2x the amount of screws and bolts to remove than the FSM's instructions.

Pulled off the foam/cracked section. Need to figure out how I'm going to reupholster the dashboard and fix the cracks.

 

[Mag71k5]

For some reason an image of the dash being out just terrifies me. lol.

 

[Beach80]

Dashboard out. I swear I had 2x the amount of screws and bolts to remove than the FSM's instructions.

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Pulled off the foam/cracked section. Need to figure out how I'm going to reupholster the dashboard and fix the cracks.

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Cosmetic repair shops do exist that can repair your dash. I know it can be done.

 

[ikarus]

Cosmetic repair shops do exist that can repair your dash. I know it can be done.

I was thinking about sending it here:

Classic Car Interior Restoration | Just Dashes

We specialize in Classic Car Interior Restoration more than just the dash pads and instrument clusters. Check our works to know what other parts we restore.

www.justdashes.com

 

[ikarus]

Built the clutch pedal tonight. The pedal isn't covered in any FSM I could find so I had to go off the EPC diagram, and I kept a spare clutch pedal assembled to use as a reference.

The pedal and bucket are NLA but all the other parts are available new:

Here's a few photos mid-assembly:

I used Toyota body grease on the moving parts based on the places I saw with grease on the assembled pedal.

One thing to note is there are non-cruise and cruise control clutch pedals. The old pedal on the left is from an earlier 80 with no cruise control. The pedal stop adjustment is a bolt on the left side of the bucket. This bolt is smaller in diameter than the cruise control cancel switch.

The pedal I built is from a later 80 and uses a clutch switch (88280-14030) as the pedal stop.

I need to dig into the EWD and double check but I think I found the cruise control cancel switch connector taped up here behind the instrument cluster: