7 April 2021 Cooked the crinkle paint on the cam cover and inlet manifold to cure it. The cam cover and lower inlet wouldn't fit in my mini oven, so utilised the two hobs on the top to heat them up. Applied some paint to the fuel tank to cover up some scratches and the treated rust. 10 April 2021 Out for a social drive with the GRRC in the TVR so no work on the Replicar this Saturday 11 April 2021 Fitted the thermostat housing and torqued it down. Fitted the front cover and cam sprockets. Fitted the timing belt and tensioned it, fitted the main crank pulley and all the remaining front covers. Did another trial fit of the petrol tank now the bobbins have arrived. Seems to fit nicely, I want to add a protection strip to the edge of the tank near the rear of the cockpit to stop it rubbing against the chassis. 12 April 2021 Reassembled the internal baffles, PSV grommet, PSV valve, and cam position sensor. Refitted the VVT actuator to the cam cover and then bolted the cam cover to the top of the engine with a new cam cover seal. Fitted the new thermostat and the lower radiator hose outlet. Fitted the VVT feed pipe with new copper sealing washers and torqued it down. Checked the new (bigger) oil pressure switch would not foul anything and it all looks OK, removed it until the engine is back in the car. My new alloy filler cap has also arrived and I think it sets the cam cover off nicely.
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