Its getting HOT in here!!!

Well i haven't really got a massive amount of stuff to do on the chassis, until the pick up of my exhausts etc... and i am still awaiting delivery of my fuel pump from Roadcraft (ordered 6 weeks ago) they advertise the item on line as being in stock (and still are doing) yet they apparently have non and are waiting for them to be delivered from the USA. Starting to get a little miffed now!!!

Anyway i received my radiator and cooling hoses so i set about doing a quick trial fit and checking for any potential issues. All seems to be fairly straight forward allowing me to mark up the position for the header tank and fix into place on the chassis cross member using a couple of good old rivnuts.

The initial fit looks ok, however the little overflow hose from the header to the top of the radiator has a massive internal diameter and IMO will never be able to compress the amount it needs to in order to create a seal. So i think this i will have to change this. Also the bottom hose to the water pump is very close to the front brake pipe T piece, this will touch with the engine vibration, and road bumps, so some more playing there to allow a better fit.

I've spent most of today basically ticking off the snagging list. eg. my rear hubs were ABS hubs and because ABS is for homosexuals and i have removed the ABS toothed ring and sensor it has left a hole in the side of the hub where the sensor would have gone. So I've made up a couple of alloy sheet plugs that screw nicely into place and with a little instant gasket to seal them they should now stop any water ingress into the hub and mixing with my bearings.

Other little jobs i have done is wire lock the bolts for the inner pivot rear wishbone carrier, this is one of those jobs that i wish i had have done when it was first put on and torqued up. i had to take off the protective plate from under the diff and fiddle about trying to get the lock wire through the holes and twisted up... fiddly but glad I've done it.
 I've also checked the camber again of my rear wheels and lock tight the drive shaft nuts to final drive studs. I'm still uneasy about how many shim's i have had to use to achieve the required tolerance however job done. This is another job that took time because it basically involved stripping the rear shocks/springs and getting everything level, removing wheels and just bloody tedious really.

Coming next will hopefully be the prop shaft, which i will need to get shortened and balanced. and also i still need to order and fit my clucth line and unions.