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out of curiosity I pulled the head off the RB20. cylinder #5 rusted. cylinder #6 - black as. headgasket let go I figure and took the rest with it. EVERY line on htat head was catcus wit rust and crap.

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panel is loose and ready to remove. used a air saw to trim it out panel off. started grinding spot welds down at that point and tidying the rusted area in the middle. removed section of panel.

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even the GTT isnt far off. i have a pair here that are destined for my better halfs VW. have been thinking about bolting them into my 33 (34 seats are a tad bigger), but they do require a small amount

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couple of images of the modified cluster: (this is V1 - I'm not happy with how it came out.)

I had these done locally:

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that entire panel (where the cruise indicator sits) has been redone. there is one issue with it. the security indicator

is inverted. it was supposed to be a red background with black text. a stupidly bright white LED lights it up. (I have a LED drop light under it for this shot.)

I am going to take it back to the people that made it for me and get the security area redone so it matches the rest of the panel.

at the moment its a bit hard to see unless you are on top of it.

this part came up ok apart from the inverted lower panel.

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LCD panel in place. this is also V1. it needs to come up about 2-3 mm and the entire panel squared up.

this was done with a hand saw and looks a bit rough for my liking. again something I intend to take up with the

people that did it.

more to come. the interface and harnessing is next up.

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yep. most of the electronics is getting done at the moment. my goal is to get the cluster done again and from there the switching,rev cam, HKS unit and navi harnesses.

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ok started V2 of the dash.

V2 entails totally removing any evidence of the tach even being there.

started looking at it this morning and I reckon I can make a insert to fit on top , high fill,sand,chamfer and make it look like this:

(yes this is a nismo 33 item - concept is what I am going for. note chamfered edges around the screen)

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so it looks like I will need another 32 cluster to work with..

(if you know of one - tell me.)

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just put a request in for a set of N1 headlights, new from indicators,

purchased a new set of door catches (they were cheap!)

the catches should be here in a couple of weeks. they are part of a much larger shop order.

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