The dashboard inner panel has a small cutout to allow the end gauge to fit; It needed a little adjustment (marked here with black pen) with my instrument positioning:
Then the dash comes off & a 3" strip of vinyl/leatherette to cover the gap between it and the scuttle panel. Bonded in place with contact adhesive, once it goes off the inside part will be cut back & the edge which shows covered with some 'U' trim:
Harness
A little quiet time to work out the dashboard harness. I'm using the GBS 'plug & play' loom which generally is labelled up really well - except for the dashboard.. Not too hard to work out - each plug has a standard black, green & red white stripe:
GND - Black
12v - Green
(didn't need to test these 3 - so don't rely on my info -
Smiths seems to use opposite colours to GBS for 12v/GND)
Smiths seems to use opposite colours to GBS for 12v/GND)
Then signal on the remaining lead (double checked with a tester back to the dash plug):
Volts - no extra line, just has the green, black & red/white
Fuel - Yellow
Water - Blue
Oil - Orange
Fuel - Yellow
Water - Blue
Oil - Orange
The stock loom then dictates the instrument layout. From the front, left to right - Volts, Fuel, Water, Oil, Speed, Revs:
Note - during IVA the stainless surround was checked, only the left most dial area was outside the exempt steering wheel zone, but the edges had to be blunted; i.e. filed smooth. My tester wasn't keen on the slightly rough edges on the rev counter end - but couldn't do anything about that because its behind the steering wheel.
