Electric cut out guys
The hardest part was fishing the wire under the carpet.
Had to remove the rear seats, untuck the carpet from
the panels (convertible) and use a coathanger to get
it past the hump. I drilled / slit one of the rubber plugs
in the under-seat body pan to get a fairly tight seal
to the cable and gooped it up w/ black RTV. I tucked
the cable between the heat shields and the body; a
pair of strategicall-drilled holes and a black tie-wrap
keep it in place there, unobtrusively.
I didn't do the welding though; otherwise the metal
work would top the list. I marked the location, had the
shop dude rough-cut the hole and weld the flange on;
at home I ground out the hole to its sensible limit (and
dressed the weld bead inside, some) with the die
grinder and a carbide burr.
Now, the -riskiest- part was probably drilling the
switch hole in the pretty piece of trim. There is a
definite "sweet spot" there, too close to the power
seat cluster and you may interfere; too far away
and you're onto a curved area which will just not
look so nice. I used a piece of black plastic stock
wedged in between the cutout switch and the
power seat cluster, just to make sure no shorting
would occur if things moved a little. Also you will
have to disconnect the wires from the switch, so
make sure you have a picture or a good memory.
The switch wanted a larger-than-1/2" hole so I
had to use a big rat-tail rasp to get a good fit after
running my biggest drill bit through. To keep the
switch from pullling out or moving I "staked" it w/
the soldering iron, lightly fusing the body to the
trim piece.
Use the pictures as a guide and you won't go too
far wrong
Had to remove the rear seats, untuck the carpet from
the panels (convertible) and use a coathanger to get
it past the hump. I drilled / slit one of the rubber plugs
in the under-seat body pan to get a fairly tight seal
to the cable and gooped it up w/ black RTV. I tucked
the cable between the heat shields and the body; a
pair of strategicall-drilled holes and a black tie-wrap
keep it in place there, unobtrusively.
I didn't do the welding though; otherwise the metal
work would top the list. I marked the location, had the
shop dude rough-cut the hole and weld the flange on;
at home I ground out the hole to its sensible limit (and
dressed the weld bead inside, some) with the die
grinder and a carbide burr.
Now, the -riskiest- part was probably drilling the
switch hole in the pretty piece of trim. There is a
definite "sweet spot" there, too close to the power
seat cluster and you may interfere; too far away
and you're onto a curved area which will just not
look so nice. I used a piece of black plastic stock
wedged in between the cutout switch and the
power seat cluster, just to make sure no shorting
would occur if things moved a little. Also you will
have to disconnect the wires from the switch, so
make sure you have a picture or a good memory.
The switch wanted a larger-than-1/2" hole so I
had to use a big rat-tail rasp to get a good fit after
running my biggest drill bit through. To keep the
switch from pullling out or moving I "staked" it w/
the soldering iron, lightly fusing the body to the
trim piece.
Use the pictures as a guide and you won't go too
far wrong
