New years day, 2005

The first day of 2005 was spent in the garage, doing more work on the Europa.

It's really starting to look like a car again, though I know I'm still missing lots of parts to complete the renovation. Most electrical parts; I guess all the relays need to be renewed, new carpet in the cockpit, new roof linings etc.

What I am most curious about, is if the relays already (test)fitted are
I am also not sure if the main loom along the mid-chassis is correct mounted, as I feel there is not enough room for the cables where the fuse box is ment to be.
And; talking about fuses. The old loom had some 15 cables going into the fusebox; the new loom only has 10 cables that is naturally ending in the fuse box.

In the pictures below I try to point out what I mean, and hopefully someone out there can mail me with answers to my questions...


 Well, in my opinion it's starting to look like a car again.
New headlights (complete set) are ordered, so are new sport-mirrors (60's look).

Someone on the Yahoo Europa list told me that it was inpossible to find new front window for the Europa...
A local car-window-shop can deliver three different types; clear, green and blue ;-) Guess I'll go for the blue.

Refitting the bumpers really made some positive cosmetic work on the car.

I have fittet two relays in the engine compartment, but I'm not sure if it is the correct ones.

Does anyone have a 'civil' part number for all tyhe relays on the Europa, and could they also tell me where they should be places?

I know two or three relays is to be placed in the engine compartement, where I hold my hand on the right hand side of the engine. One or two are placed under the facia, and another one is placed besides the radiator at the front part.

But; which is to be placed where???

And, there are two black cables in the loom going to the coil and relays in the engine compartement, that ends in one point which there is no natural earth point to mont it on.
Can it be the earth point of on of the relays?

This is an overview showing the two relays on the right hand side of the engine. Are these the correct relays??? I'm not sure...

This is the loom in the passengers footwell of the cockpit, right hand side. The green, white and purpur cables in the bottom, are what I guess the cables that lead to the fusebox.

But; the loom itself doesn't seem to fit too well, as the thick cable and the cable leading its way up under the facia and åast the wipermotor is too hard to press close to the body of the car...

This is another mystery..
Is this the correct relay to fit above/beside the radiator?
The colors of the cables coming into the front does not match the color on the cables already fitted to the old releay...

Where should the flasher, hazard, light and horn relays be placed??



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