Papa's MKIV Roadster Build - #9115 (Post Grad) - One million + views!!!

[Papa]

Not a lot to talk about on my build this weekend. I'm concerned that I may have done some electrical damage while trying to test various circuits using a Power Probe II. I was trouble shooting my wiper circuit and was able to directly power the motor with the probe, but couldn't get it to operate via the switch. While fiddling around with the probe, I think I managed to fry my wiper motor and my gauges light up, but the needles are all off the bottom of the sweep pointing due east on the dial except for the reverse sweep speedo, which is at around 15 mph.

Put the probe down! I am going to need some serious help getting the electrical sorted out, so I hope Doc is up to the task.

On to something else while I try to get over my mistake. I decided to tear my seats apart and install the CobraHeat WarmSeats. I have the leather roadster seats and the installation was way easier than I expected. The only tools I needed were a razor, some spray adhesive, my hands, and a little patience.

I removed the bottom cover completely, but the back I only needed to undo the plastic clips to allow me to slide the heater pad between the cushion and the cover.







Next I used a bit of adhesive to get the pad stuck to the front of the bottom cushion.



I then made a slit in the foam to embed the wiring.



I reinstalled the cover and used spray adhesive to re-attach the cover to the cushion and reassembled the seat with the wires accessible under the seat.



I'm now thinking of how to route the wires so they don't get pinched when mounting the seat. I'm not sure how I'll do that yet, so any recommendations would be appreciated.

That's it for today.