G28 - Simple Mans, Simple REDO of an G28 LP640

[Simple Man]

before and after.

My gal  "what happened to all the Q-tips"   

[Simple Man]

The instrument cluster,  Covered in dust, Fiberglass resin and nicked up pretty bad.
A couple of leds not working.

Sanded, epoxy glaze, primer, paint.  New plexi glass.

Would be nice to get a new gauge face, but imperfections not to noticeable.

[Purple LP670 SV]

That's gonna come in very handy! Thanks Simple for sharing!!! 

[Simple Man]

Not seeing this info on this forum so this might be of help to someone. These are the schematics for the 98 Sebring and 2012 Yaris Wiper systems.

[Simple Man]

The REDO will use the Yaris  motor and linkage and a Sebring switch. 

Tired to get the intermittent wipers to work but failed.  I did get the slow and fast to work with the park on off. 

Did a mock up of the system in place. Just need to add my mounting points.

[Simple Man]

The REDO  windshield wiper system was a fiero motor.  The car came with a Yaris wiper blade and arm. 

The wiper arm mounting holes were perhaps to  close to the glass. When the wipers turned on the arm undulated and maybe that was causing the windshield to crack. Either way it has to go

Underneath the mounting was creative and included a bolt welded in 

Easy enough to take out the interesting bracket with the plasma cutter

A nice access hole was cut buy the PO 

[Simple Man]

Moving right along...

Passenger side - tagged and tested all the wring. I might be using the Fiero wiring for the side view mirrors and power windows, its  there, will have to see.

The floor pans..... my 88 parts car has mint floor pans.   The PO must have left the REDO in the weather or something...  clean, wire wheel, metal prep por15.

[Simple Man]

have some extra wires that are cut and not used.  Might come in handy later

[Simple Man]

ah where to start

Uncovered a few more wires that need to be soldered and wrapped.

All the wires are on top of this jagged edge added rubber

Had to cut and reroute a few wires as the wiring was spaghetti.  Bundle wire that were cut and not being used. they might be useful later.

Cleaned up nice!

[Simple Man]

Like everything on the REDO, the instrument cluster is filthy.   It needs to be removed for a complete disassembly and cleaning.

The PO even it left an assortment of dried leaves in all the nook and crannies

[Simple Man]

Nice clean up job! 

Thanks FC!  I just keep plugging away! 

[Footcutter]

Nice clean up job! 

[Simple Man]

It took a while to sort out the wiring under the dash,

Learned a lot about fiero wiring, and still have more to learn.

Fiero connectors for sale cheap, slightly used!!

On to the instrument cluster!!

[Simple Man]

Ah Ha!  Figured out what the twisted Orange and Red wires were!!
They are part of the wiper system. 

The black connector with only one wire not cut (white) was hot and was traced it to fuse block space for the wiper motor.

Not sure why the PO didn't use the fiero wiper motor power, or fuse

What I did find was a Red wire run over the top of the dash and spliced on to some wire up by the  the A/C relay and fuel pump relay, up in the front trunk area. 

I feel like I'm making some head way on this wiring mess

[Simple Man]

Good stuff Simple! I'm very jealous of your 640 taillights, I'll be running the original Murcielago one unless I find a good deal on the 640's but that's not very realistic 

I think they keep going up in price. Mine are tucked away back in bubble wrap and boxed