Not quite the day I anticipated with wiring today! After the Panda passed its MOT I thought I'd better sort out a couple of points the examiner noted but didn't record as advisories! A slightly discoloured front indicator bulb (very easy swap) and a pinhole in the expansion tank. That too was an easy task with one screw and two clips (if you've got the Clik-R pliers). That lot got swapped over easily enough and I even saved the antifreeze in the old tank with a little careful maneuvering!
Then a visitor to the house for a pre-planned appointment and this afternoon back to fitting terminals to the instrument cluster connectors. Normally I hate spliced or joined wires. They're a weak spot and I prefer to keep connectors to a minimum. However, in this case, given the fragility of the circuit board on the back of the panel and the weakness in the edge connectors I made the decision to put three multiplugs into this part of the loom. There are 22 wires on the three blocks so I used a 6 terminal connector block and two eight connector ones (with the male/female plugs reversed on the second one so an idiot like me can't misconnect them in future). The new blocks are numbered so I just wired them in order of the gauge plugs from left to right or top to bottom. Should make mating them to the main loom much easier later on. Protection from a few lengths of cable tubing and we'll call that a job finished. There's one warning light not connected, the gearbox one. I can live without that!
