First thing Saturday was to continue with the painting, the rear axle and the drum brakes needed to be painted. This required taking off the wheels and then lots of sanding. I wasn't too fussy as its was only to cover the existing paint.
Wheels removed ready for sanding
Since it so fine I gave the battery box, Brake booster mount and fuel tank another couple of coats of paint.
My old man seat and the bucket of water for the wet&Dry paper
Ready for the rattle can paint :)
First coat of paint
All looking good and no purple to be seen.
Tank on to see how its looking.
The next major job was to start the re-plumbing, brakes and fuel. I had to get some hard line, some soft line and a fuel tap. The fuel tap was to allow me to shut off the fuel supply, as a theft deterrent.
Its a nice alloy job was expensive. But small and perfect for the job.
I had to make my own brackets to hold the fuel line.
Here is the finished item with the rubber inner and all the holes drilled ready for mounting.
First front mount installed.
The next 4 brakects i had to make, All slightly different for the different locaitons that were to go.
Routing of the hard line up to where the tank sits.
Mount holding the hard line between the battery box and the chassis
View of the fuel and brake lines and how they run. down the chassis rail.
The next task was to get the fuel tap and filter all hooked up to the original spout that comes out of the tank. This is what it looks like all made up.
Now this is where I ran into a slight issue and had to come up with a way to connect the fuel pump to the filter. They were very close and the bend to tight for a right angle or the use of just some soft line.
So my ingenious play was to create a spiral. as shown below. It was a bugger to bend, but work a treat.
Last thing Sunday evening was to give the underneath of the fuel tank a coat of paint.
A great weekend and good feeling of making progress.
