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Getting Ready for Testing - 2

While I waited for Jeff to perform his magic, I had plenty to be getting on with. The heated front screen was going to need it's own loom adding. At the time, I didn't know whether the screen was going to feature a split heating system or a single one. Working on the split screen scenario, I planned the wiring accordingly. As you can see from the wiring diagram, we would need 2 x 25amp circuits. That might need a bigger output alternator. The installed switch featured 2 poles to cope with it. As the screen is being made to order, I am waiting somewhat anxiously. The other piece of additional loom was for Stefan's interior light. The Don Barrow one, inherited from the wrecked Honda.

With the switch panels ready to go back in, I decided to go a little bit retro and label everything with an old fashioned Dymo machine, so embossed lettering rather than the printed one I had originally used. More in keeping I think.

One more thing to look at was lighting. Although the wiring for spots was in place, we had never had the need while the car was in Kenya. For the RAC, that would be very different.

What we needed was a light bar. Enter a length of aluminium tube that I had laying around. Introduce it to a tig welder and you have mounting brackets. Add a couple of M8 rivnuts and you have the makings of a lamp bar.

The mountings for the actual lamps will be made when a decision is made as to what to use.

 

Getting Ready for Testing

In due course, the replacement electric extinguisher system arrived. There were a number of differences, the FIA ensuring that we have to pay out more money & the makers were able to profit from the poor old competitors pocket. The bottle replacement was straightforward enough, after that things became a bit more challenging.

Now we have two 10mm pipes going forward, one feeding four nozzles to the interior [previously 2] and one going to the engine bay, once again 4 nozzles replacing the previous 2. In order to replace the the under dash nozzles and with the need to add a few bits of wiring, I took the dash apart, revealing a lot of Kenyan dust. Working with the 10mm pipe made life a little harder, especially when working in tighter spaces. The engine bay was a little easier, installation requiring one nozzle in each corner. The handhelds would wait until after the seats have gone in.

One other long outstanding job that I have been able to do, was a fix to the speedo drive. When I had the new cables made, the drive end for the gearbox drive, was too large and needed to be reduced a little to fully engage. An easy enough job, a quick touch with the Dremel on each face of the square and the job was done.

My plans for adjustable TCA's went out of the window following a visit to Jeff Skitt Engineering down in Aberporth. He was however able to repair the damage to the ones we brought back from Kenya. As you can see, they were heavily ovalised. The plan is for Jeff to make some tapered inserts & tig them in place.

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