As the work on the DHC's carburettors and this
car's heater has hit a small snag, I decided to address some smaller jobs to
keep myself busy and keep motivation going. The first one was to store one
small part that otherwise would probably get lost somewhere in the shed. So I
decided to fit it to the car. This way there's no way I can lose it! It was the
infamous steering shaft bush, in this case in the poly bush variety. As I could
work from inside the engine bay, fitting it was even easier than when I had to replace the one from
't Kreng a few years ago. I only needed the handle from a hammer
to give it a final push to seat it properly:
Next job was fitting
the fuel tank's gauge unit. Sounds straightforward, but it took me almost half
an hour to get it into position. This was caused by the tank sealant I used, blocking
part of one of the recesses for the two alignment tabs of the unit. But after carefully
cleaning the recess with a pen knife and with the help of a small hammer the
unit finally yielded, and seated properly:
And I trial fitted
the fuel filler neck together with its bezel and filler cap. Just to find out
that the fuel filler neck is from a very early car indeed, as the mounting
holes in the filler necks mounting plate were less than ø 5 mm, while the nuts
welded to the filler panel have M6 threads. And that isn't surprising as the filler neck
is from ACG96L and the rear deck from ACG10448L. At least
this was easily sorted with a ø 6,5 mm drill to enlarge the holes in the filler neck's mounting plate. But the main reason for fitting
it was to determine the length of the filler hose that will be needed for this
set up. And it gave a good impression how the rear deck will look once it is
finished:
But most importantly I spent some time in the shed
trying to get a feel of all the parts stacked there and where everything is put
away. And hoping to find a fuel filler hose to use on the car or as a template.
So far none found, but still a few boxes to go ...
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