13 April 2021 Finished off the rear brake pipe using the new union. I made up the two front pipes and tie wrapped them in position until I can drill and mount them permanently. I found a section of edge trim from the donor that fitted nicely on the petrol tank to stop it rubbing on the chassis at the back of the cockpit. Checked the engine coolant sensor thread (M12 x 1.5mm) which matches the ECU sender thread. Need to find a location to fit the sender for the temperature gauge nearby. 14 April 2021 Found a suitable location for the gauge sender. On the rear of the engine on the cover that the ECU sensor is located there was another tapped hole filled with a bolt, unscrewing that was another M12 x 1.5mm hole do I can screw the gauge sender in there. It will need an adaptor as the gauge sender is a 1/8 NPTF thread. Ordered an appropriate adaptor from ETB. 17 April 2021 Adaptor arrived and fits into the threaded hole so all ready to go. Put the rear water outlet cover in the ultrasonic cleaner to clean it up before fitting it to the engine. Disconnected all the hard lines and blew air down them from the airline to get any small bits of dirt out of them. Then I connected up some of the old pipes to the 3 outlets on the master cylinder and put some clean brake fluid in and let it run through into a suitable container just to clear out any bits of dirt. Then I completed securing the pipes to the body with pclips and self tappers. On the rear subframe I used a couple of the existing holes and fitted the p-clips using some suitable plastic rivets I had. Connected up all the hard lines. Dug out the old front pads ready to fit them. 18 April 2021 Stripped the front calipers off the car, cleaned up the discs and all the mounting bolts. Regreased the slider pins and fitted the brake pads and new clips. Torqued up the brake mountings and then did the same for the rear brakes. Went round all the unions and adjusted the flexi hoses so hopefully they won't rub on the wheels or suspension. Won't really know until the body and new wheels are on. Added some brake fluid and did and started bleeding the brakes. With all new pipes I suspect it will take a few bleeding sessions to expel all the air. I was in the garage about 6 hours today, not much to see in terms of progress (so not a lot of photos) but I just need to keep chipping away at the jobs.
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