"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/29/2019 at 10:09 • Filed to: RuqSaq
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/29/2019 at 10:09 • Filed to: RuqSaq | 7
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with my toy car as my daily I am forced to spread my efforts out, and having a spare car this week I continued on my power features swap !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Let’s kick things off with a good summary image of my night :S
there’s simply no room to get the new wiring loom from under the dash through the pillar and into the door without removing the door. Having struggled on the passenger side by supporting the door from below, for the driver’s side I attached it to the garage’s roof beams. Far better
And far easier to rehang the door on its hinges with this method. A little fiddling later and I had it aligned correctly.
So why? If you haven’t been reading the #RuqSaq saga, I am swapping components from an EX civic to my VX model because I want the better engine, some basic power features (power windows, locks, mirrors, cruise control, etc.).
So far I’ve swapped the entire under dash and chassis harness, and the ongoing project this week is to finish loading the doors with power goodies. Having already done the passenger side the driver’s side was going smoothly. Here I’m part way through the rebuild, the locks are in place, power (see that wiring plug) and now the door key matches the ignitiion (Added bonus).
aaaaaaand here’s where I ended the night.
All wiring in place, window glass realigned (which is tricky in power windows with no power (not the shonky jumper cable to small wires attached to a car battery sitting on the floor)) but... nothing worked when tried with the buttons.
Fuses are all good, eveyrthing worked before removed from the black donor car, everything works when tested with a battery. So it has to be a wiring issue. I’ll place money on it being the large loom that is in the door jam and thus will require removing the door again :S
Frustrating. But to please myself I put in my newly arrived driver’s seat.
I think the blue/black ties in well with the black/blue of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
It’s not isntalled. I have a Corbeau seat base bolted in place, and needed to sit the seat on top to decide where I wanted it to sit before I bolted it all together.
pupper tax. with no kids on our daily walks (family are out of town spring breaking) I’ve been taking longer walks. This is exactly half way around the lake, as far from home as possible, when Zoe declared she was done with our walk
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MonkeePuzzle
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:25 |
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honestly it’s fine, I would be a fool to assume everything would just go smoothly. Just a hassle.
And chewing up my brief time with a spare car before I need to return RuqSaq to daily driver duties. and I REALLY don’t want to have no working windows in a car with no A/C (it will eventually have a/c) with Colorado summer approaching.
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MonkeePuzzle
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:26 |
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Additionally, I am well aware of the absurdity of a race (style, yes its not FIA certified or anything) seat in a ~80hp car with zero suspension, power , or brake upgrades :D
CalzoneGolem
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:31 |
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You plan on keep this C ivic for awhile after this is all swapped?
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MonkeePuzzle
> CalzoneGolem
03/29/2019 at 10:33 |
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100%
I did similar work on my last civic, and kept it for 14 years.
Future Heap Owner
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:37 |
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I have a decent amount of electronics experience but replacing wiring looms still indimidates me. At least you can drive it in the meantime, yeah?
Keep us posted on whatever you figure out!
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MonkeePuzzle
> Future Heap Owner
03/29/2019 at 10:40 |
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yeah. it’s still drivable. And if I don’t get it sorted before monday, I’ll leave the door panels off, and power the windows up and down as needed with a couple wires from cigarette lighter.
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Future Heap Owner
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:48 |
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Haha, awesome!
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Future Heap Owner
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 10:49 |
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Oof, yeah, no A/C makes the non-functional windows a lot worse
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MonkeePuzzle
> Future Heap Owner
03/29/2019 at 10:52 |
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fine in the mornings, CO spring is a pleasant sub-50deg. but by afternoon we’re getting into mid 70s, which in a fully sealed car will get TOASTY
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CalzoneGolem
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 11:09 |
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That’s peak Jalop right there.
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CalzoneGolem
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 11:09 |
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You can roll down the p assenger side!
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MonkeePuzzle
> CalzoneGolem
03/29/2019 at 12:03 |
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yeah no, I alreayd did the passenger side swap some time ago, it’s been in full upright and locked position for a month or so :D
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CalzoneGolem
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 13:22 |
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See I assumed that “you already did the passenger side” meant that the passe nger side was working.
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MonkeePuzzle
> CalzoneGolem
03/29/2019 at 13:45 |
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as I discovered when I did this same thing in my other civic, the passenger side doesn’t work without he driver’s side complete, which I believe is tied to the switch to turn off all windows which is on the driver’s side.
so it not working was as expected.
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CalzoneGolem
> MonkeePuzzle
03/29/2019 at 13:57 |
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lol
O f course you need the driver’s side for the passenger side to work.