22 December 2022
I couple of hours in the garage so I made up a bracket to support the air filter on the upright next to the radiator. I put in a rivnut to allow me to bolt the bracket on and bolted the filter tube to it. I ran the flexi hose in and cut it to the correct length then did a test fit which looked OK. I took it apart and primed and painted the bracket. While I was waiting for the paint to dry I cleaned up the top of the scuttle and then added Tiger Seal and pop rivet my scuttle panels in place. I cleaned up the excess Tiger Seal. Then I lowered the body down, the air filter tube cleared the bottom of the body nicely but once the body was in position, there was not quite enough room to get the filter on the end. I think if I cut a 20-30mm off the end it should give me enough clearance. The filter will be tucked up by the secondary lights but not directly behind the grill so it's not visible from the front. 30 December 2022 Lifted the body off and removed the air filter and marked where I needed to trim the pipe. Cut it off with an angle grinder and then smoothed it off with a sander. There is a hole in the side of the pipe which was designed to hold a sensor in the original fitment but I don't need it. I had applied some tape temporarily but wanted to fix it permanently. I misxed up some GRP filler applied some tape on the outside and then applied the GRP on the inside and left it to dry. I made a start on making up the loom to power the USB charge point I added a connector to the wires on the port and a longer piece to connect to it. 2 January 2023 Happy New Year! First day in the garage in 2023 and I drilled out a larger hole in the glovebox so I could fit the connector through. I wrapped the loom and fed it in to the area behind the fusebox. I mounted the dash panel so I could check the electrics, I needed to remake the immobiliser connection as it had come loose. I tested the immobiliser and spent some time thinking about where to fit the aerial. I found a location that is convenient which wil be hidden behind some trim. During the testing I found an issue with the multiplug connectors on the dash I had created when extended the indicator wiring. I had to remove the pins and reterminate them that took longer than it should as I struggled to extract the pins. I then had to remount the dash panel and retest again. It all seems to work correctly.
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