Re: [Quantum Owners] Replacement dashboards?

[Jim Hearne]

I think the major issue with the Mk5 Dash is that it is a fair bit wider, as 
are most modern car dashes.
So you end up trying to cut the end’s off neatly.

Don’t forget that you either need to make the new dash fit the existing heater 
system or swap that out as well and make that fit the 2+2
Then there’s the steering column, column switches etc
And making the new instrument cluster work with the old wiring.

It’s a lot of work which is why i never did it in my 2+2.
The H4 i plan to upgrade from a Mk3 Fiesta to a late Mk4 Fiesta dash but at 
least the basic bodyshell is the same size, but even so it will need extensive 
bulkhead mods as the heating system is totally different.

A peugoet 205 GTI instrument cluster is almost a direct fit in a Mk2 Fiesta 
dash and does give you a nice set of extra gauges with oil pressure and oi temp.
But you still need to fit all the senders from the 205 to make them work, and, 
i seem to remember i had to mod the circuit in the rev counter.

I have several spare Mk2 Fiesta dash carcases if you want to hack one up.

Jim


From: MatthewG 
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:25 PM
To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com 
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Replacement dashboards?

Hi folks,


My 2+2's dashboard is starting to look a little tired and rather than just take 
it out and clean it up I wondered about replacement. A quick search of the 
forum here reveals that a Mark3 Fiesta, a Vauxhall Corsa, a Ford Orion and, of 
course, A Fiat Coupé have all provided a 2+2 with a new dash at some point but 
those threads are all pretty old. I do also recall seeing one Q which had 
acquired a Jag XJS' interior, up at Stourbridge. I'd like something that is a 
little more modern and I kind of like keeping a Fiesta connection if I can.

I've been looking at the dash fitted to the Mark 5 Fiesta (and Puma) as a 
likely candidate. A very cursory glance suggests that a lot of the major 
controls are in roughly similar positions and I think it's more attractive than 
the flatter dash used on the more recent Fiestas. But I've not done any 
measuring or thinking much beyond that point, so far.



The alternative I'm thinking of is to track down another Mark 2 Fiesta dash and 
play around with it outside the car to see what I can do with it myself. This 
way I can explore several options without having to take my Q off the road 
while I investigate. Sadly those are getting pretty rare, coming up as more 
expensive than some modern ones.

Have any of you considered the Mark5 Fiesta dash (or got further with this idea 
than I have)?

Thanks in advance

Matthew
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[Quantum Owners] Replacement dashboards?

[MatthewG]

Hi folks,

My 2+2's dashboard is starting to look a little tired and rather than just 
take it out and clean it up I wondered about replacement. A quick search of 
the forum here reveals that a Mark3 Fiesta, a Vauxhall Corsa, a Ford Orion 
and, of course, A Fiat Coupé have all provided a 2+2 with a new dash at 
some point but those threads are all pretty old. I do also recall seeing 
one Q which had acquired a Jag XJS' interior, up at Stourbridge. I'd like 
something that is a little more modern and I kind of like keeping a Fiesta 
connection if I can.

I've been looking at the dash fitted to the Mark 5 Fiesta (and Puma) as a 
likely candidate. A very cursory glance suggests that a lot of the major 
controls are in roughly similar positions and I think it's more attractive 
than the flatter dash used on the more recent Fiestas. But I've not done 
any measuring or thinking much beyond that point, so far.


The alternative I'm thinking of is to track down another Mark 2 Fiesta dash 
and play around with it outside the car to see what I can do with it 
myself. This way I can explore several options without having to take my Q 
off the road while I investigate. Sadly those are getting pretty rare, 
coming up as more expensive than some modern ones.

Have any of you considered the Mark5 Fiesta dash (or got further with this 
idea than I have)?

Thanks in advance

Matthew

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Re: [Quantum Owners] QOC Website

[Ian Harrison]

Thanks for the update Steve. 

Ian

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On 14 May 2013, at 19:56, Steve Kodz  wrote:

> All,
> Sorry for the outage on the QOC website today.
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> There was an extended power outage at my home today, which obviously went on 
> for longer than my UPS could last, so everything was down until I could 
> power it back up.
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> Regards,
> Steve
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