[Tigers] Is there a easy way to install the cubby liner after everything is installed?

[Graham Harlowe]

Listers –

 

A cautionary note about loosening the dash to improve access (cubby box, oil pressure line, etc.):   DISCONNECT THE BATTERY!   

 

I started to install a new cubby box and as I got deeper into the project, I realized a little more maneuvering room behind the dash would help.  I removed the screws and pulled slightly outward on the dash.  Somehow, one of the (now free) metal body struts that supports the dash contacted a live positive lug on one of the dash switches.   I forget if it was the ignition or headlamp switch, but I definitely remember the smoking result.  Before I realized what was happening, about a foot of the wiring harness was completely melted.   Installing the cubby box was one of the small finishing touches needed a couple weeks before the TE/AE United in St. Michaels, MD.  I spent most of the next weekend installing a whole new wiring harness.   

 

Just a community service reminder that a non-electrical Tiger project can inadvertently become one.   Play it safe and disconnect the battery.   

 

Best of luck out there…

 

Graham Harlowe

B382001466

 

 

 

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Terry Packer via Tigers
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2018 3:48 PM
To: tigers at Autox.Team.Net; Robert J. Wanty
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Is there a easy way to install the cubby liner after everything is installed?

 

Robert

 

Unfortunately I don't recall the precise assembly sequence used to re-install the cubby in my MkI. But I hope you won't mind me building upon your post.

 

I previously solicited advice on re-finishing the interior of my car's existing cubby. A gentleman named Nick, using the screen name "Scattt" offered to send me flocking materials left over from his cubby restoration. The process was simple and the end result superb. The only drawback is that applying flocking material can be a little messy so it is highly recommended that the cubby be removed from the dash for this purpose.

 

I would like to continue Nick's generosity by offering to forward these materials plus printed instructions, entirely free to anyone whose Tiger cubby is in need of renewal.

 

Terry Packer

 

 

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