26 April 2021 Started to work on the rigid fuel line which I am doing with 8mm copper tube. Started by straightening it our from the coil and then feeding it into position from underneath. I had several goes at different routes but finally settled on something. At the rear I originally wanted the pipe to come out and around but I couldn't get the bend tight enough without it collapsing which would restrict the fuel flow. So I settled on finishing it under the rear transmission tunnel and I will run flexible hose from the up to the fuel filter and secure it with p-clips. 27 April 2021 Finalised the front end of the fuel pipe near the damper, I turned the damper the other way up and with a right angled connector foitted a short piece of flexible hose. The final pice is from the damper to the fuel rail and I test fitted a bit of hose which looks to be fine. I will get the inlet manifold fitted before finalising that. I cleaned up the starter motor and fitted that to the engine, finished torquing all the bell housing bolts. Got the alternator loosely fitted to the block and put some primer on the adjustment bracket to clean it up. I got the oil pressure sensor and coolant sensor for the gauges fitted along with the coolant sensor for the ECU. 30 April 2021 Finished off the remaining fuel hose at the back and added p-clips to support the hose. Refitted the petrol tank to the mounts. Had a look and a think about the inlet manifold, forgot the manifold support hadn't been cleaned so gave that a going over and a coat of etch primer. Checked where the power steering reservoir and cooler pipe need to go. Gave the reservoir a going over with a wire brush to get the worst of the rust off and then appied some rust treatment, it will be painted once that is dry. The cooling pipe that runs in front of the radiator needs cleaning up as well, but first need to let any remaining fluid drain out otherwise §1`z it drips everywhere. 1 May 20201 Painted the inlet manifold support and the alternator bracket. Then I spent a couple of hours stripping the tape and conduit off the wiring loom. I plan to find the plugs I will need (handbrake switch, fuel pump, ignotion switch etc) and cut them out with as much wire as possible. The rest of the loom I will cut out the wires and hopefuly reuse them. I am hoping to reuse the fuses and relays if they will fit into standard holders. 2 May 2021 Finished stripping the wrapping of the reminder of the loom. Started to race out the circuits using the wiring diagrams. Once I identified the wires for a particulat circuit I decided how to seperate it from the llom, either by cutting wires or extracting pins from connector. I labelled the wires I disconnected with a labeller, stating what they connected to. Each circuit was bundled up. So far I have extracted the front/rear side light, reverse switch, indicator, cooling fan circuits.
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