coming along .
old wiring needed to go as it was in a bit of a mess and there was so much extra electronics for the nitrous and all my other electronic bits it need a major revamp, as well as my steering column needed to come out for repair as the clamp holding the combi switch housing cracked,so the combi wiring needed to come out as well .
gutted and looking not so good,and have to admit not looking fwd to it
on a up swing to the wiring .
way better everthing is in one of 4 harnesses ,and routed much better and leaves easy room to add onto .
i had found a break fluid leak from the right steel line to the brake body fitting , replaced it and repositioned it ,
cleaned the pealed paint as well as drilled the extra tunnle hole for the -12 line .
mallory fuel pump is also gone ,but mount stays just in case its needed down the road
picked up the fuel cell and mounting plate from
ALTECH ANODIZING , very happy !!!
these guys were excellent to deal with and very knowledgable and able to assist in what type of anodizing i needed for my aplication ,
give them a call and ask for ED or DAVE
the mounting plate recieved the type 2 anodising clear , and it turned out fantastic ,
i highly recomend getting anything you are going to get anodized polished as the results ar unbelievable .
now the fuel cell originally i thought i would need the military hardcoat anodizing but lucky the owner is also a racer and turns out type 2 hardcoat anodizing will be fine for methanol fuel .the only downside is the clear when used with hardcoat turns the surface a milky tone .so black it was and it will be a nice contrast on the mounting plate .
thursday was the day and at 4 pm thursday afternoon the "boozer" touched down in the shop along with 8 more boxes of bits
---now if you have the chance something i did right away before moving fwd was connect the trans to the motor while its on the floor to make sure the clutch is going to work out.what happened last year when i first put the bus box in and my last motor there was excessive travel in the clutch do to using a tilten dual disc clutch and the late style pressure plate and throw out bearing .major pain pulling the motor in and out several times getting that figured out ,if the trans is not out and your mocking your motor up and while the cranks in the case install your clutch and mount the case/crank/clutch assemble to your trans in the car and check it out , you may be thanking me down the road .
tuesday will finnish tranny mods and in it goes , and time to start pullin the "boozer" down into a long block and shoehorn it in ,