I finally started rebuilding the engine bay and did a few other tidying up jobs.
First job was to hoover up all the leaves and other bits of foliage that had fallen into the scuttle over the last 9 months, this was because I wanted to relocate the battery across the other side of the scuttle, to give me room to mount reservoirs for the pedal box that'll be going in. The purpose of the pedal box is two-fold - to facilitate use of an indepent brake biasing system, and also to provide a hydraulic output for the clutch on the L7X as the existing clutch pedal setup is (as you all know) for a cable operated clutch.
I removed the battery and undertray and bracket and found that rust had started to get a hold, so on with some Kurust again (I love this stuff) and some primer, paint and lacquer later it was looking good as new!
Also did the other side for good measure, want the battery to have a clean new home
Trial fitted battery:
Back on the other side, I painted the undertray and bracket satin black, and gave the long bolt a go on the wire brusher and reassembled:
The satin black paint came out again and was in use for a fair while. I started by recoating the towing eye, front plate, alarm siren bracket, washer bottle cap, auxiliary fuseboard cover, headlight covers, bonnet strut, and I even did the long rubber trims that sit on the scuttle and slam panels.
Results are quite good and just add that extra subtle feel to the whole bay.
Auxiliary fuseboard, headlight screw-cap, and alarm bracket painted and fitted, alarm siren reattached to bracket:
Painted towing eye, front plate and horn reattached and reconnected (horn)
Bonnet strut and rubber trim refitted:
Overall pic
The pictures really don't do it justice, and I'm chuffed to bit, it looks almost factory fresh!
i just look at the pictures :roll:
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