Managed to get a couple of hours on the Cobra today before Christmas.
Stainless steel shroud
The leather was cut to an approximate length to go around the shroud and the thickness of the shroud marked with chalk.
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| Metal shroud and marked up leather (the area to glue is nearest the camera) |
Contact adhesive was applied to the metal shroud and leather (within the chalk mark). After 'drying the contact adhesive' the leather was fixed to the metal shroud. It was then trimmed to expose the control stalk holes.
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| Leather glued and fitted to metal shroud prior to being trimmed |
The shroud was tried in the stainless steel trim plate and needed a small amount removing with metal shears at the joint.
The plastic mounting needs to have the two pre-drilled holes opening out a little and then tapped to take M8 threads. I used a 6.5 mm drill bit to open out the hole and a sharp M8 tap to create the thread.
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| Tapping for the M8 thread |
The old mounting brackets (plastic below and metal above) were removed.
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| Old brackets removed (lower bracket already done) |
Next the ignition switch barrel was removed. This is achieved by turning the ignition key clockwise one click to position one. A thin allen key is inserted in the small hole just above the barrel (see photo below) and the barrel just pops out.
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| Hole to release ignition barrel |
The leather on the shroud was cut to the indicator and wiper switches using a craft knife. The shroud was then fed over the column. The switches were then put in place on the column. The stainless steel stalks will be fitted later.
The stainless steel trim plate was fitted to the column and over the shroud using M8 buttonhead bolts to fix it. The leather covered shroud is a friction fit to the stainless steel trim plate, so does not need any fixings.
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| Old type stalks in place (they will be replaced) |
On the plate are operating symbols for the lights, wipers, horn etc, so the stainless steel GD stalks can be fitted before the IVA.
The leather was trimmed around the inside of the ignition barrel.
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| Leather cut around the barrel |
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