11 May 2022
Popped out to the garage, cleaned up the fuel filler pipe and glued it to the reducer with JB Weld. Very happy with how that's worked. The pipe will get cleaned and painted once I'm happy witht the fit. A bracket will be required to bolt it to the chassis somewhere. Exhaust flexi pipe has arrived but doesn't feel very flexible... Will see if it works when I connect to the exhaust. Might see if I can bend the exhaust pipe enough to make it work. Otherwise will look at some different flexi pipe. 16 May 2022 Sorted out the connection for the side light warning lamp. Did some testing on the charge warning lamp. It's controlled by the ECU but isn't coming on when I turn on the ignition. Feed is working and the wire to the ECU doesn't have a break so a bit confused so emailed CANEMS to check how it should be working. Took the exhaust centre pipe out and trimmed it a bit. Did a test fit with the back box and flexi pipe, it's pretty close to being done now and I think the 2 hangers I have will work. 19 May 2022Had a look at the positioning for the coolant expansion tank on the firewall. Rearranged and sealed the sight gauge and inlet and outlets. Loosley attached the rear ARB droplinks. Popped the wheels back on now the brake fluid leaks seem to be resolved. 22 May 2022 Had a think about where I want to position the fuel filler, taped it and marked it and then left it for me to ponder over. Decided I really wasn't happy with the firewall grommet through to the engine bay, it doesn't fit well and doesn't hold the cables effectively either. I've been looking around for a while, there don't seem to be many good solutions for this which I find strange as every car needs to run a fairly chunky bit of wiring through the bulkhead. I stumbled across the Seal-It split firewall grommet so I've ordered one from Merlin motorsport (the one with the 1” hole). The good thing is that it is split in half and is bolted to the firewall so I can install it without having to pull all the wires back through. In future if something changes it will be a quick job to remove as well.
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