So close

 A few more jobs have been ticked off the list and some side tracking but towards the cause.

Completed today was  widening the garage door. Having just 2" either side of the car has been a bit of a pain when pushing it out for extra space to work on it.

With the mini doors on now I realised the battery could be left connected. I connected the battery when I was in the garage and quickly noticed that all was not quite right. The doors where closed but the interior light was on. It almost seemed fitting that the first electrical problem and could be the last. It turned out that the re wiring hadn't quite corrected everything, the feed to the extra under seat lights was earthing. 

I finally collected the clubman sticker for the center dial. With some delicate work the sticker was placed and the dial back together again. It was time to finally fit the dials. The bolts are quite tucked away, I was really glad I had held off fitting the bonnet. It would have been so much harder holding the dial in place through the drivers window whilst fitting the bolts. After quite some time it was all bolted up. A quick check .... when I out the hazards on all 3 dial back lights flashed with the hazards!! This was clearly not right, I had tested the dials and all electrics before mounting. It was time to unbolt the dials and check it out. It turned out to be a quick fix, the loom plug had worked loose. Fortunately it was much quicker re fitting the dials.

The door check straps was a nice quick install, although I am lacking split pins. But for now they will be fine. The plastic cover over the inside of the doors has also been done, I had picked up some I hadn't seen before. The whole sheet was sticky and window/lock holes pre cut which did make it quite straight forward.

Tonight I took the plunge and marked out to drill the fixing holes for the mirrors. Sadly one of the fixing plates to the door was simply rubbish. It wouldn't tighten to the door fully and it also mashed up when fitting the mirror, the second bracket in the kit worked better and will do for now. All be it at a different angle to the drivers one.

The last job of the day was to bolt on the steering wheel... at last. At work I have started making the new door cards so I can  re cover them. Not an critical thing, so for a change won't hold things up. We are all ready for the bonnet to be fitted, yep that means I can make the call, the call to book an mot, woop