Thanks Ian for your step by step. You’ve created a wonderful, detailed archive for future gens and restorers to reference. Love your approach, lessons learned, results and leveraging others via comments as you go along. 💪🏽👏👍
You might want to paint some rust treatment under the dash, before it is covered up for another 60 years. Thank you for showing what you are working on.
Ian - the Bugeye I’m working on now had the windshield washer nozzles removed and the holes filled in with Bondo. I’d like to put the nozzles back on the car but wanted your advice on how to clear the Bondo from the hole without damaging the paint on the sill. My thought was to carefully drill or saw off the bottom of the Bondo ‘drip’ underneath the dashboard to get a level surface, then use the smallest drill bit I have to drill a very small hole through the Bondo to erupt through the paint on the sill. Then use progressively smaller drill bits to open the hole wider until I can finish getting the proper hole size with a rat tail file or sandpaper. What are your thoughts? Also, could you send me (via e-mail) that photo you have with the labels for the holes in the firewall? That would come in real handy.
I think you're on the right track but I assume you meant to say progressively "larger" drill bits. I would drill the first, smallest, hole from underneath and have some masking tape covering the location on the top, finished, side. I would drill the remainder from the topside with the masking tape in place. Here's a link to the firewall cable & wire layout I used... gerardsgarage.com/Garage/Tech/Cables_wires_lo2.htm
@@EconoboxGarage Yes, I meant progressively larger (reminds me of a joke a friend always uses: “I don’t understand; I cut this board TWICE and it’s still too short…”) Your suggestion of the masking tape and making the first, smallest hole from the bottom and all subsequent drills from the top was exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for confirming the plan!
Thanks Ian for your step by step. You’ve created a wonderful, detailed archive for future gens and restorers to reference. Love your approach, lessons learned, results and leveraging others via comments as you go along. 💪🏽👏👍
Thank you. I've really enjoyed the whole process. Glad you've enjoyed it.
Super play/play install of the dashboard components. Coming along very nice.
Thank you Dan.
Nice prep work. Will make installation of the dash much easier.
Thanks Joel, that is the goal.
You might want to paint some rust treatment under the dash, before it is covered up for another 60 years. Thank you for showing what you are working on.
Thanks Steve. I have sprayed some rust converter in that area.
Great Videos. I have a MG Midget from 1967. I hope you make a lot of Videos...Thx from Germany Kalli
More videos coming soon!
Ian - the Bugeye I’m working on now had the windshield washer nozzles removed and the holes filled in with Bondo. I’d like to put the nozzles back on the car but wanted your advice on how to clear the Bondo from the hole without damaging the paint on the sill. My thought was to carefully drill or saw off the bottom of the Bondo ‘drip’ underneath the dashboard to get a level surface, then use the smallest drill bit I have to drill a very small hole through the Bondo to erupt through the paint on the sill. Then use progressively smaller drill bits to open the hole wider until I can finish getting the proper hole size with a rat tail file or sandpaper.
What are your thoughts? Also, could you send me (via e-mail) that photo you have with the labels for the holes in the firewall? That would come in real handy.
I think you're on the right track but I assume you meant to say progressively "larger" drill bits. I would drill the first, smallest, hole from underneath and have some masking tape covering the location on the top, finished, side. I would drill the remainder from the topside with the masking tape in place. Here's a link to the firewall cable & wire layout I used... gerardsgarage.com/Garage/Tech/Cables_wires_lo2.htm
@@EconoboxGarage Yes, I meant progressively larger (reminds me of a joke a friend always uses: “I don’t understand; I cut this board TWICE and it’s still too short…”) Your suggestion of the masking tape and making the first, smallest hole from the bottom and all subsequent drills from the top was exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for confirming the plan!