Thursday, August 11, 2016

Good News....

...Bad news.  A full day starting with the bumper uprights, finally installed and look pretty nice. Next I took a look at the exhaust pipes and how ragged they looked, one even extended out the back 1/2 inch further than the other. 
After taking them down I was able to straighten the mounting bracket and cut off the intermediate pipe enough that the resonators could sit flush and symmetrical.


As they were

Prior to adjusting and cutting the intermediate pipe 


How the 'Otter' switch was wired, 

After 

You've seen this problem before, cleaned it up and re-wrapped. They had been run on the wrong side of 'strut' so that the tire would rub on it at full lock, fortunately the only damage was the sheath. Will re-direct the wires to the inside and secure them so this won't happen again.

Rat's nest of wires that have been modified to allow a switch to be in the circuit.  Will be cleaned up and moved out of the way of the suspension.


Had to make a seal for the gas cap


Another rat's nest. the wires and fuse holders are in a sorry state and likely to have reliability problems unless cleaned and straightened up.

Pipes after 

Wires cleaned up and tucked up against the frame rather than the suspension

New battery installed.
So long ways to go, good news the car didn't blow up when the battery was connected ;-)  Sadly the only thing that worked was the parking brake indicator light.  Still aways to go....
Cheers, and thanks for looking.

1 comment:

  1. Not that it happens very often, but there has been a time or two, but no more, that I have forgotten to release the parking break, so it is good the indicator light works!

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