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I started making a brackety thing.

No progress..

I've decided to use the casing from my current open diff as it already has uprated bushes in. Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Bassett Down, but if you're ever near sunny Watford in Herts feel free to swing by and give the seats a test.

With the engine off at the shop being bored and balanced I'm left with mostly cosmetic stuff to cross off the list.

1st up the gauge mounts. I originally made a single pillar mount (which was nice, then added more gauges and made a 3 gauge mount (which was ok), but I found it was slightly intrusive on right hand bends.






I wanted to do something with the new project - I'd tried to do recessed binnacle mounts before, but didn't really have the skill to make the look tidy. I had a spare binnacle kicking around and thought I'd give it another try. So, armed with some pvc pipe a mitre saw and some fibre glass I set to it.









From a fabrication point of view I think it turned out ok, unfortunately it really doesn't go with my favourite steering wheel.



Looks way better with the Momo. I'll live with it for the moment, but update it (again) further down the line.

Yesterday I undid a bolt that I should not have done. The missing bolt is from the top door hinge - It's a locating pin used on the assembly line and you don't need to undo it to remove the door (I found out the hard way). If you undo this pin it will drop down into the A-pillar. canoe!


Luckily It fell onto the top of the door loom. I could just about feel it with a finger, but couldn't get it out. I tried a mag-stick, but it was sticking to everything else except the bolt. Time to use the mag-finger technique.

Find some small strong magnets and put them inside the finger of a latex glove.


Put your finger in the hole and locate the dropped part. Voila!


Now I can get back to the jobs that need doing rather than the jobs caused by my own feckwittery. 

Still no news on the engine, so I thought I'd fit the amp.