I'm doing the project I've dreaded for the last several years: heater hoses and heater core in my 83 NA.
Disassembled and waiting for parts:
What a colossal PITFA it was to get to the stupid heater hoses! I hope they sent the engineer that designed this to Eastern Europe to work on Yugos... Stupid, stupid, stupid design. At the same time, I've gotta compliment Porsche on heater hoses that last 31 years!
While I'm in there, I'm recovering my dash (which is severely cracked), replacing the heater core, and am gonna put new plugs on the speed and reference sensor wires on the harness-side - I've been having to jiggle the wires, occasionally, to get it to start. I've been through that with other cars and it only gets worse. So replacing the plugs with new ones seems the way to go. This car's my daily driver and it has to be dependable...
Yes, I'm gonna clean up all the grounds while the dash is out and replace the foam rubber in the HVAC unit doors. I'm also thinking of replacing the gas lines...
The dash cover is from Coverlay. I think it's gonna look pretty decent.
I've given up hopes of finding a good dash from a wrecked car - just too much time has passed. I looked at the leather dash covers from Classic 9 Leather Shop, but after trying to prepare a donor dash, I gave up. I just wasn't confident I could make it look good - $400 bucks is just too expensive for something that might or might not end up looking like a grade school kid did it.
So I went with Coverlay. About a quarter the price and much more idiot proof.
I spent maybe an hour gluing it on and fixing the clamps to hold it all down properly. It fits well. I think to a casual observer, it'll look like a normal dash.
I take the clamps off tomorrow.
I'm stuck till next Monday or Tuesday waiting for the heater core. Hopefully I'll have it back on the road by the end of next week.