I finally measured up and fitted the air filter. This included fabricating the brackets, moving the housing closing clips so that they didn’t foul anything, fitting rivnuts to the chassis (much stronger than self tapping) and painting the whole assembly. During the measuring up, I had to refit the left wing panel which, with the […]
Seatbase
I’ve just finished the seat base stripping, mods and repairs. The front has been double plated to cover the left side (blanked) hand brake hole and the holes on the rhs left by the heater plug button and battery isolator, and also to hold the (trial fitted) feul tank selector valve assemblies. The RHS galv […]
Bonnet Spare Mount
I fitted the whole of the spare mounting kit today. The central reinforcing plate I made up seems stiffer than the stadard item, so it should hold up well. It was a bit of a shame to have to fit 10 rivets through the skin to secure the frame reinforcers, but once painted I hope […]
Bonnet/Spare Wheel Mount
I also recieved the spare wheel mounting reinforcers from Craddocks and colected couple of associated bits from Rogers. I fitted the wheel buffers in order to hold the frame reinforcing stri[ps (black sections). This is just temporary so that I can drill the rivet holes to secure the stips in place. The factory fitted strips […]
Wings
The wings are done. The outer panels were removed, the joint edges of the tops and fronts cleaned, sanded and etch primed, the new outers bolted up (with copious amounts of copper grease on each bolt and washer to prevent corrosion), and the undersides given a thorough Schutz covering, especially around the seams and fasteners. […]
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