Hi Nige
That was a long post!
Anyway:
Started stripping the dash tonight after I finished opening up the inlet ports.
The way it is looking so far ill be incorporating a bit of a major rewire, all the bits and pieces I've added over the years, best bet whilst the dash is out is to get back to basics, group some earths together, get a decent fuse board sorted etc etc.
Safe to say the actual MS has nog started at all yet, might get some glimmer this weekend but it depends if my new valley gasket arrives tomorrow do I can replace the inlet mani, then I'LL NEED A PLENUM BASE! hint hint
Then I can carry on, removing the old ECU and wiring, all the original ignition components, and open up the engine bay looms to check what they contain.
Gonna keep the MS loom separate but want to start on a clean sheet, make sure there's no old redundant wiring still fitted.
SO, gonna go home now and get an early night, still tired from 3am Wednesday night, hopefully get a decent weekend at it this weekend, remove dash, sort out my extra wiring, start considering MS!! :D