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Giving a 405 Sport Wagon another chance

By diyauto

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2-29-2016

Replaced oil temperature gauge as mine was showing 190*F at all times and of course I had to replace center went as one on it that I've replaced broke again. Good old 405 interior...

Heated seat pads came in on Friday,hopefully I can take seats to upholstery shop on Wednesday.

3-1-2016

...me happy :-)...

3-2-2016

I haven't posted pictures of finished engine bay so here it is.

No I haven't painted engine bay just got it cleaned up very well. Yes it's using small vacuum pump that's driven by exhaust camshafts.

3-3-2016

ABS unit is too large and my engine bay won't look as clean. I removed cruise control as it was too large and looked too bulky,I think it looks way better with out it.

I cleaned up top of the radiator when engine was out but pitting came back from rain and moisture in the air. I'm thinking to order aluminum GTI6 radiator as this one is old and probably about to let go soon.

3-16-2016

Fuel fume odor was present ever time I would fill it up even after I replaced F.P housing rubber gasket and hold down ring. I had same problem on my MI16 and I was suspecting same problem,cracked feed nipple where fuel feed hose is attached. I found two spare units but both had same cracks :-(

It took me a month to fined NOS unit and Mike Aube had one. It got delivered yestrday but it has been damaged by USPS,by look of it looks like it has beed dropped or something heavy landed on it. I was very surprised that Mike shipped it in original box with out any protection which if it was used this could have been avoided.

Luckily fuel gauge plate tab and circuit board thingy broke and I was able to replace it out of my leaking unit. Also I end up swapping primer fuel pump as new one had a stamp 1990 and it was extremely noisy.Today was beautiful outside so I end up installing it before work,I'm pleased it's working great so far. Hopefully no more fuel fumes odors:-) however I'll need to fill it up few time to confirm.

3-16-2016

Wagon has been down for two weeks now :-( do to electrical issue.

I was on the way to work when all the sudden interior lights and gauge cluster stopped working. Long story short with multi switch in park possition fuse A4 blows,route cause is wire 25D in connector P706A,pin B6. Once P706A is disconected fuse would not blow any longer,this 25D wire feeds little light bulbs in several switches,clock and radio illumination. I've disconected every related switch and connector and fuse would still blow with headlight switch in park position. I've peeled back electrical tape from P706A connector to top of dashboard to inspect for short to ground but I can't see anything further up dashboard,dashboard it self is on the way. At this point I stopped and left it alone for few days,today I got back to it and magically fuse stopped blowing which is what you do not want in electrical issues,I would hate to lose this car to electrical fire.

3-31-2016

Found it. Can't say it was fun...

I'm just glad it did not catch on fire.

4-15-2016

I got my seats,floor mats and cargo shelf back from upholstery shop. With some reason seats look more red then they are,floor mats color is close to factory color and they fit great. They mimicked factory stitches and little pocket thingy on back of the seat. Overall I'm satisfied but I do wish seats were darker color close to factory color.

Replacment heated seat elements came with low and high temperature settings which include additional switch to control it. I mounted switch on side of lower plastic cover where it's easy to access and change temperature to desire of occupant. I used power source from original wiring,once original heated switch is turned on it supplies power to replacment heated unit relay. With relay energized heated seats come to life with temperature adjustment on new switch that's mounted by side seat plastic trim. Simple and easy If I may say :-)