Inspector-Gadget
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OK, I admit that what follows is a total bling-bling project, but I like it anyway. Hopefully, a few others will like it too.
I have grown accustomed to having an overhead console showing the compass heading and outside temp in my cars. I have missed that feature in my CJ, so I thought I would make a sort of mini-overhead compass-temp console for the "Bubbacon."
So, Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, off to the junkyard I go to acquire the electronic circuit board and temperature sensor from a Chrysler Town and Country van. (This is why I was in the junkyard on the day I discovered the FJ-3, Fleetvan.)
Here is the circuit card from the Chrysler overhead console on my bench. The circuit card is being tested and fitted to the Radio Shack project box. There was a wiring plug on the board, but I desoldered and removed that plug so as to allow the use of a more shallow box.
The circuit card installed in the project box. I cut a rectangular window into the box cover and glued in the smoked plastic window from the Chrysler overhead console. The circuit card is here powered-up by a car battery.
Here is a picture of the outside temp sensor that I mounted under the front crossmember of the "Bubbacon" frame. The sensor connects via two wires to the electronic circuit board. The cicuit card uses the sensor to measure the outside ambient temperature.
The finished compass-temp mini-console mounted to the CJ windshield frame using common "L" brackets and the mounting holes for the footman loop. The smaller box mounted atop the compass-temp box is a digital clock salvaged from a Honda.
Another picture, included only because it shows the halo that perpetually encircles my head. My halo shows up well against the newly painted ceiling of the hardtop, doesn't it? :roll:
OK -- you can post your comments now. Just remember that Christmas is coming and I have a good memory.
:mrgreen:
Bling-blingingly yours,
Gadget
I have grown accustomed to having an overhead console showing the compass heading and outside temp in my cars. I have missed that feature in my CJ, so I thought I would make a sort of mini-overhead compass-temp console for the "Bubbacon."
So, Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, off to the junkyard I go to acquire the electronic circuit board and temperature sensor from a Chrysler Town and Country van. (This is why I was in the junkyard on the day I discovered the FJ-3, Fleetvan.)
Here is the circuit card from the Chrysler overhead console on my bench. The circuit card is being tested and fitted to the Radio Shack project box. There was a wiring plug on the board, but I desoldered and removed that plug so as to allow the use of a more shallow box.
The circuit card installed in the project box. I cut a rectangular window into the box cover and glued in the smoked plastic window from the Chrysler overhead console. The circuit card is here powered-up by a car battery.
Here is a picture of the outside temp sensor that I mounted under the front crossmember of the "Bubbacon" frame. The sensor connects via two wires to the electronic circuit board. The cicuit card uses the sensor to measure the outside ambient temperature.
The finished compass-temp mini-console mounted to the CJ windshield frame using common "L" brackets and the mounting holes for the footman loop. The smaller box mounted atop the compass-temp box is a digital clock salvaged from a Honda.
Another picture, included only because it shows the halo that perpetually encircles my head. My halo shows up well against the newly painted ceiling of the hardtop, doesn't it? :roll:
OK -- you can post your comments now. Just remember that Christmas is coming and I have a good memory.
:mrgreen:
Bling-blingingly yours,
Gadget
