Wilma FB project

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my bad - for some reason I thought they were up the B pillar :oops: for some reason I ran the wires up the b pillar in my ute I think , unless I am thinking about the HQ-Z utes that I have built ......
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All good, no bad. These niggly little questions being sorted helps the next poor bugger to get through these checkpoints too. Thanks again everyone for your ongoing support.
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My Melbourne FB ute ran up the b pillar. Adelaide ek van up the a pillar. With commercials b pillar is easy, apart from the foam stuffing. I recon my Adelaide ek standard ran up the b pillar, with no door switches. There was an oval shaped hole in bottom of pillars.


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Blacky is right even though he may be a bit confused the Utes run the dome light up the B pillar I found that out the hard way with Frank and the sedans and others I suppose run up the A pillar form my small amount of knowledge.
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Mine goes up the B pillar. Image


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Yep, same as my EK215.

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you can tell its not standard and that joseph owned it before you
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Re: Wilma FB project

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Thanks Scott. Today I ran it up the A pillar. No new holes needed, just a bit of patience. I am pretty confident that originally it did go up the B pillar because the cut wires when joined together were the right length and position for that to work. I can also vaguely remember that oval hole. I did a lot of metal work on the bottom of the B Pillars so reckon the original hole was not reinstated in my plate work. I started trying to get a feed wire down the B pillar but just could not get it to go through. So just lengthened the wires and worked it through A pillar. Thanks again for the photos and advice on this one. I need to keep better records of original fetures in future.
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Boot rubbers. Is this photo showing the right placement of the rubber?Image

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Hi Brett, it looks like it needs to rotate a bit more than where you are holding it. Patrick

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The orientation is correct. Rubber sits square in the channel of course but yes tail of the comma pointing in to centre of boot.

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Thanks Patrick and Clay. Yes that's what I thought too. That photo was of the rear cut I had. Took the photo at the time as a later reference, but having a play today with Wilma's boot rubber I figured it was wrong. Lip should be facing in and standing up I hope. Rotated 45 degrees.
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Errol62 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:39 pmtail of the comma pointing in to centre of boot
I've heard a lot of blokes describe the way that seal fits, but that's the best description I've heard.

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Yes Harv, Clay has a way with words 🙂. Question 606: I have two types of gear lever knobs- one is bigger than the other. Which one belongs on FB ?
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If I could only translate it in to beer

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