More new parts arrived this week, mostly to do with the hydroboost.
Vented Billet aluminium power steering reservoir with AN fittings
Aluminium 1 1/8" bore dual master cylinder with built in proportioning valve
It also has a port for brake light switch
Chrome plated steel tapered ET wheel nuts. These have the 60 degree taper plus an extended sleeve, the best option for locating and securing these type of wheels.
I bought a Ford/Jag remote thermostat housing a while back, and thought i'd give it a quick test polish recently. I'm using this as the 4.6 water pump works in reverse.
But it's not all fun and games. Whilst removing underseal in the tunnel to ready it for welding new gearbox mounts, I couldn't help noticing a previous owner's poor repair, more and more until I could stand it no longer and got the cutting disc out!
This is definitely where the water ingress was occuring early in my ownership. Time to sort it out properly. I will likely cut more away as another repair to the floor pan was just lap welded with a few inches overlap over the original steel and seam sealed from inside. It's not awful but it's not good either. Did I mention fibreglass too?
I've been promised a full large Fairmax gas bottle so have been waiting on that before I fully weld the diff or gearbox mountings up. I might as well do it with a proper regulator and better gas flow!
Oh and I did do a very quick bit of filler work to the modified door to get a better impression of the shapes. I'm going to find another couple of scrap doors to practice on before I commit to the final panels. I'm only showing this as a learning curve/work in progress, please don't judge the project on this, the final panels I'll make sure are perfect!
My crazy summer of work has all but ended now so I can spend some much needed time on the car. All I've really managed to get done all summer is buy parts and prepare and plan how to execute the finished product.
Jim