OK. Not much done but I have to post something - 14 June 2010

It seems an age since my last blog post and to be honest not much has been done to Trigger. Since March I have been working away 5 days a week and the weekends have been mainly taken up with house redec so we can sell and move on.


FUEL SYSTEM
The military fuel changeover valve that was donated by Twizzle has now installed for the injector return - but I now need to remove it again. The cork gasket had dried up and is leaking dieso. That'll teach me for trying to cut corners with the cheap price of the part? Also Minivin donated a spare 'nipple'/hose connector for the top of the fuel selector so when it comes off that can also be fitted.

Despite that the system works without fault.


REAR TUB
This is now bolted on after Minivin donated a bit of time (under duress) after being plied with a helping of Chinese food. The front was plumbed in and the front mounts on the tub drilled to suit (a previous owner had replaced the 'tabs' with new ally due to corrosion).

Last weekend was spent refitting the steel strengtheners down the inside of each tub side. These were held in with s/s screws in pref to ally rivets. Then I spent some time sanding the corroded surface of the tub back and filling the holes.

Pic below after final fill and etch primer and later LWB rim fitted.

On the rear of the tub was the original military power connector, which refused to capitulate to my previous attempts to remove it from the bent piece of ally that it had resided in. After some thought and the application of a 4" chop disk it eventually relented and is now sprayed with primer ready for later re-install. The dented panel around it's original location has also seen the visit of the No.1 LR tool and is a tad flatter than it was.


NEXT JOBS ARE...
Steering column rebuild/overhaul
Look at the front brakes again (bleed/mod)